People living in areas with fewer resources are less likely to receive cancer screenings from federal clinics, according to a ...

With rising prices and one of two Social Security trust funds set to dry up by 2032, a comfortable retirement seems more and more out of reach for many Americans. The Trump administration wants to ...

Classic economic theory assumes low-income people would stop working if governments gave them money as a strategy to reduce poverty. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates.

Before nursing home patient Carmencita Misa became bedridden, she was a veritable "dancing queen," says her daughter, Charlotte Altieri. "Even though she would work about 60 hours a week, she would ...

The stock market isn’t just for rich people anymore. More than half of low- and middle-income Americans now invest in capital markets, according to new research by the BlackRock Foundation and ...

Every few years, Washington rediscovers fraud. A viral clip of someone misusing food stamps. A headline about child care providers in Minnesota. A politician promising to crack down on “fraud and ...

A new paper in Nicotine and Tobacco Research, published by Oxford University Press, finds that people experiencing more economic disadvantages are more likely to smoke cigarettes, have higher levels ...

A policy that started out with humble intentions is estimated to now be costing as much as 15 times what the government ...

President Trump is once again proposing to eliminate a program that helps low-income people heat and cool their homes. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It was a series of guilty pleas in DeKalb County court in an elaborate scheme designed to steal tax dollars intended to help ...