It was a series of guilty pleas in DeKalb County court in an elaborate scheme designed to steal tax dollars intended to help ...

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 01, 2023: People line-up for a halal food distribution in Brooklyn organized by the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty and Pakistani American Skilled Women Organization ...

Drivers in Pennsylvania and Michigan have benefited from temporary consumer protections during economic downturns and ...

The Republican megabill enacted in July will require most states to pay a share of SNAP food benefit costs — for many states, ...

Neighborhoods with sparse food access and low income could be a risk factor for accelerated cognitive decline and lead to more health disparities, a report published Tuesday in BMC Medicine finds.

The departments of Health and Human Services, Agriculture and Housing and Urban Development have worked to usher in stricter ...

Not only low-income shoppers are hunting for deals these days. Better off consumers are also flocking to discount stores to save a few bucks. Since 2021, budget retailers have seen a large influx of ...

A "pretrial justice" fund created to help low income people pay bail was victimized by one of its supporters in an ...

When Allison Luke received an eviction notice at her home in Lynn in November 2023, she didn’t even bother looking for a new one in the usual places. Luke knew without looking that she couldn’t afford ...

Older people who earn less than $20,000 a year die nine years sooner on average than those who earn $120,000 or more. That's the conclusion of a new analysis that shows a strong connection between ...