Gen Z's adult lives are complicated and complex, fueled by a number of factors like social media, a tumultuous social environment, and a collective lack of belonging. From building communities to ...

In 1931, deep in the dust of the Great Depression, historian James Truslow Adams gave America a name for its highest ideal: the “American Dream.” Adams called it a vision where life should be “better ...

The COVID-19 pandemic altered American spending patterns dramatically. In the early days of the pandemic, social distancing and stay-at-home orders resulted in a shift away from transportation, ...

A single adult in Stanislaus County needs $23.54/hour to meet basic expenses. Two adults with three children require $142,387 annually to cover essential costs. MIT’s living wage calculator reflects ...

An alarming share of older adults use credit cards to cover basic living expenses, AARP reports in a new survey. The findings illustrate how the rising costs of food, housing, health care and other ...

Imagine a school system designed to produce complete, fully-functional humans. As we stand before the result of decades of defunding education until it is a shell devoid of impact, we are also at the ...

Fast-food employees are struggling to afford necessities and a recent report shows they must work more than twice as many hours as the average worker just to afford the meals they serve. It ...

Reaching basic living standards is tied to work Children do not work and cannot earn their way out of poverty, but they face long-term harm because the right to having their basic needs met is not ...

The minimum cost for basic living in Michigan in 2023 was just shy of $29,000 for a single adult, or about $74,500 for a family of four. Using that threshold -- calculated by the ALICE Household ...

A living wage calculator from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology reveals how much a worker needs to bring home to afford basic living expenses in Fresno County, California. Photo by Jakub ...