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Did Child Poverty Really Increase Last Year?
The Dispatch via Yahoo News· 6 months agoMali Gank, left, holds her son Jeremiah as she talks to stepdaughter Makayla Gank, right, at the Gank home in Terra Alta, West Virginia, on October 21,...
Why some people receiving federal benefits don’t consider themselves poor − even though poverty...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 week agoFor the past 25 years, my research as a cultural anthropologist has taken me into the homes and...
Yellen: No signs of recession now despite GDP decline
The Hill via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTreasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Thursday that the U.S. economy doesn’t appear to be in a...
A House Democrat plans to introduce a bill that would hit AR-15s with a 1,000% tax — and it could...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDemocratic Rep. Don Beyer of Virginia at a hearing on Capitol Hill in September.AP Photo/J. Scott...
Economy shrank 0.9%, marking second straight contraction and stoking recession worries
USA TODAY via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoThe U.S. economy has contracted for a second straight quarter, sounding the alarm over a possible recession as the nation grapples with soaring inflation and rising interest rates. Top economists ...
How Covid threatens the left’s win at the Fed
Politico via Yahoo News· 2 years agoProgressives two years ago won a big battle by getting the Federal Reserve to ease up on inflation. Now, the staying power of that hard-fought victory is in doubt. The Fed pledged in the depths ...
'Bear market' and 'recession' are back in the conversation. What they mean and why they matter.
ABC News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoLately, the stock market has taken a thrashing. The losses on Wall Street owe in no small part to...
Worry about stagflation, a flashback to '70s, begins to grow
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoStagflation is the bitterest of economic pills: High inflation mixes with a weak job market to cause...
Equilibrium/Sustainability — Midterm races put state climate action in jeopardy
The Hill via Yahoo News· 2 years agoState-level races in multiple parts of the country could help determine the fate of the clean energy...