As the city prepares for the World Cup in 2026 and the Olympics two years later, longtime residents are being forced out.

The federal government is pretty good at handling the unique problems of seniors. Why don't we do the same for parents and kids?

A new report on corporate excess shows how the explosion of stock buybacks is exacerbating economic inequality.

Congress is planning to throw more money at school “security” as part of the bipartisan gun deal.

The franchise model makes hurting workers inevitable.

If Roe gets overturned, defense attorneys will face a wave of new prosecutions targeting pregnant people.

Employees at a store in Virginia filed for a union election Tuesday, with more locations potentially to come.

There was once a thriving Black middle class based on farm ownership. But during the twentieth century, the USDA helped erase that source of wealth.

The U.S. has treatments to help people dealing with opioid addictions but throws up hurdles to access.

The poorest Americans are feeling the biggest squeeze from rising prices. Alas, Congress allowed a program that might have helped them to expire last year.

Esplanade Gardens was trumpeted as a way to build wealth for middle-class Black New Yorkers. But its crumbling infrastructure shows how the government gave up on affordable housing.

Social equity programs were supposed to correct the disparities of the war on drugs as marijuana became legal. What went wrong?

Why labor can’t compete with real estate

It’s not just the pandemic, inflation, or the war—it’s how they blend together to disrupt the foundations of our lives.

In Indianapolis, like many American cities, the long shadow of segregation continues to punish Black neighborhoods—to the disproportionate benefit of white landlords.

The pandemic widened the gaps between the haves and have-nots—thus sowing the seeds of the next pandemic.

Two years ago, the World Health Organization declared Covid-19 a pandemic. Here’s what we’ve learned—and refused to learn—as the virus rages on.

It was great to see the president criticize the large meatpackers Tuesday night. But why didn’t he say what he’ll do about it?

Simple overall stats don’t show the truth of the housing crisis.

The message that could galvanize voters in the midterms is at Democrats’ fingertips. Why do they resist grabbing it?