After several years in gestation, the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) recently launched Jamaica’s Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), which is intended to provide a complementary measure to ...

Inflation in the United States eased at the start of 2026, providing a reprieve to the Federal Reserve as it contends with yet another year of consumer prices rising faster than the central bank’s ...

A key measure of inflation fell to nearly a five-year low last month as apartment rental price growth slowed and gas prices fell, offering some relief to Americans still grappling with the sharp ...

No wonder that retirees thinking about relocating consider published rankings, like WalletHub’s recent ranking of 50 states ...

While recent reports have highlighted a rise in parents financially supporting their adult children, another, less discussed ...

The Indiana legislature is considering SB 88, a bill that would require schools to include a version of the “success sequence ...

New Census Bureau data shows seniors, renters and rural Americans are struggling financially as inflation and rising costs ...

Local leaders joined Gov. Tony Evers and Labor Secretary Amy Pechacek Feb. 11 in Racine for a roundtable to talk about affordability.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear twists Christian compassion to defend transgender "treatments," even as medical associations are ...

The sharing of a racist meme on the Truth Social account of President Donald Trump is sadly predictable. But as the United States honors the contributions of Black Americans to our history and our cul ...

Non-cash benefits bring many Americans above the poverty line — and our poverty statistics should reflect that.

What I see is schools fighting for their students. These states have created a structure that closely monitors each school’s performance and incentivizes principals and teachers alike to do ...