The GOP reconciliation plan’s potential impacts on death, hunger, and disparity by the numbers.

A drop in personal income in May data released Friday is largely attributable to an anomaly in Social Security payments, according to T ...

We've talked about the meaning of "food deserts" and "low-income, low access." But let's break down a few more terms often used in conversations about food inequality: food apartheid, food ...

July’s Supplemental Security Income payment, worth up to $967, will go out to millions of beneficiaries in six days. The next SSI payments are scheduled to be distributed on July 1.

Ending taxes on Social Security income has made headlines as the Trump administration looks for ways to reduce financial burdens on older Americans.

While California, Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York are all well known for their expense, Louisiana is by far the lowest cost state to rank in the top five for income inequality.

The cost also likely varies depending on where you live — and a recent study by WalletHub looked to see which states spend the largest portion of their income on quick-service food.

Why do we continue to oppose solutions to economic inequality, like increasing minimum wage or taxing the rich more heavily or providing a basic income, all of which could help bring this gap down and ...

Republicans whose constituents rely on nutritional assistance worry that cuts to those programs approved by the House will saddle their states with huge costs and harm low-income children.