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AP POLL: 4 In 5 US Adults Face Near-Poverty, No Work For At Least Parts Of Their Lives
While racial and ethnic minorities are more likely to live in poverty, race disparities in the pove…
Hope Yen, Associated Press
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These maps show that counties where opioid deaths and prescription rates are highest are also places where Trump won big in 2016
"Why are more people dying in West Virginia? When people are addicted, they're far less likely to g…
Michal Kranz,Skye Gould
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When Literacy Flunks: IT Superpower Staring At A Bleak Future
In a stark contrast to its rapid growth and aspiration to turn into a vibrant economy towards the …
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Illinois is launching a basic income pilot for 400 families in the child welfare system in the hopes of reducing maltreatment
Illinois' guaranteed basic income program will give no-strings-attached cash to families in the chi…
Allie Kelly
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Digital initiatives to triple Indian retail borrowing to USD 2.5 trillion by 2030: S&P Global
Recognising the impact of digitisation in the country, S&P Global Ratings said that the state-backe…
ANI
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Here's how inflation has ratcheted up the cost of basics like housing and food for families across the US
Daily essentials are inflating faster than broad inflation indexes, as the ALICE Essentials Index i…
Juliana Kaplan,Noah Sheidlower
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Kenya is experimenting with universal basic income. Here's what the US could learn about no-strings payments.
Kenya's universal basic income program, which will continue through 2030, is offering no-strings ca…
Allie Kelly
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Some baby boomers are burning through their retirement savings to pay for cancer treatments. Then they have to go back to work.
Some baby boomers who hoped to retire are instead draining their savings and cutting costs on food,…
Juliana Kaplan,Noah Sheidlower
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Meet the typical ALICE: Americans struggling to afford basic necessities but making too much to get help
The number of Americans who are ALICE — Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed — i…
Noah Sheidlower,Juliana Kaplan
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India could emerge as an economic superpower amid dull global economic landscape
IMF, World Bank and prominent rating agencies have predicted further slow-down in global growth thi…
ANI
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The big lie about sleep
When it comes to slumber, what matters most is how rich you are.
Jeremy Ney
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Over 100 basic-income pilots have run in US cities. Now states are getting creative to fund no-strings-attached cash payments.
The success of over 100 local GBI pilots in the US provides insight into future state-level policy.
Allie Kelly
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Between 1930 and 1970, around one third of all women in Puerto Rico were sterilized to address concerns of 'surplus population'
After Puerto Rico became a US colony in 1898, the federal and local governments pushed sterilizatio…
DeArbea Walker
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Puerto Rican tax breaks are luring wealthy newcomers. A millennial says that's bad news for members of her generation with dreams of careers and homeownership.
Puerto Rico is becoming a popular destination for mainland Americans seeking tax breaks, but an inf…
Cork Gaines
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How Democrat Brandon Presley could win the Mississippi governor's race and pull off one of the biggest political upsets of 2023
Presley has visited all 82 counties in Mississippi, courted the state's Black voters, and ran heavi…
John L. Dorman
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I've lent people more than $63 million to buy homes and start businesses: 'If you see a problem, fix the problem'
In 2013, Arlo Washington lent $150 to a customer. Now the "Barber of Little Rock" issues high-risk …
Alcynna Lloyd
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Denver experimented with giving people $1,000 a month. It reduced homelessness and increased full-time employment, a study found.
UBI, or universal basic income, is a form of direct cash assistance to help the most vulnerable get…
Charles R. Davis
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Meet the typical mover leaving California: Gen Zers and millennials making $53,500 a year who aren't married and moved to states like Texas and Arizona
Movers from California are typically younger, make a modest income of around $53,500, and don't hav…
Noah Sheidlower
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Elephant will not march but run, powered by private consumption: Union AMC
The next two decades and not just the next five years will be India’s “moment of reckoning”, accord…
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The key to eliminating the MSME finance gap in emerging markets
While some experts believe survival will remain the top priority for micro, small, and medium-sized…