Around this time last year, we wrote about the remarkable resilience Hispanic workers were showing in the labor market. Despite weaker job growth, the share of Hispanic workers with a job remained hig...

A 28-year-old man was shot by a federal immigration agent in New York City on Thursday. Mayor Zohran Mamdani said agents were “terrorizing our city.”

A summary of SNAP eligibility and benefit calculation rules that are in effect for federal fiscal year 2026, which began in October 2025.

The Trump administration wants to stop asking about race and ethnicity on the next U.S. census. Since 1790, the topic has been used to exclude people of color, and, more recently, for inclusion.

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A Trump administration proposal would change access to Head Start for children experiencing homelessness and the kind of care they would receive if they do get in.

Federal Reserve chair Kevin Warsh has raised interest rates after facing pressure from markets, because that’s what markets expect the Fed chair to do

The 2025 Census data may show how the Trump administration’s policy choices were starting to impact the economic well-being of workers and their families last year.

The 2025 Census data may show how the Trump administration’s policy choices were starting to impact the economic well-being of workers and their families last year.

The proposals for 2030 are among significant changes that would upend a process for helping allot congressional seats and shape policies that address disparities.

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Join us for a thought-provoking conversation and book launch with internationally renowned economist Mariana Mazzucato on her new book, The Common Good Economy: How to Make Capitalism Work for Us All....

Las elecciones de Haití están programadas para el 13 de diciembre, pero la violencia extrema podría retrasarlas. Comunidades enteras corren el riesgo de quedar aisladas de la votación.

The U.S. State Department has proposed requiring parents applying for passports for their children ​to provide proof of their own citizenship or immigration status as part of President Donald Trump's ...

The Trump administration has tried to eliminate all U.S. food assistance.

Both people were unvaccinated. Their deaths, the first ones reported in the U.S. this year, came as the country registers the most measles cases in any year since 1991.

It was the latest example of President Trump’s bid to use the legal system against those who voice unflattering facts and opinions generally protected by the First Amendment.

From state and local food-safety response to the federal health agencies that fund that work, a record-breaking year for cyclosporiasis cases runs up against the Trump administration's cuts last year.

This is an excerpt from an op-ed originally published at In These Times. Read the full piece here.  Affordability—or the lack thereof—has dominated the recent political debate in the U.S. And for good...

Affordability has been the policy buzzword of recent years. Much of the affordability discourse—both among policymakers and the public—has focused near-exclusively on prices as the big affordability p...