These essays set a geographic context for the volume’s discussion of mixed-income communities, exploring questions such as: Where do mixed-income communities exist and what are their characteristics?

The Role of Banking Access in Reducing Poverty, Why It’s Expensive to Be Poor in America, Addressing Systemic Barriers to Economic Opportunity For many of us, the financial system is a lifeline — ...

Putting “fun” back into low- and middle-income Americans’ budgets could be years away with most of their income barely covering the surge in costs for bare necessities, economists said. Even with ...

Low-income students have been underrepresented at many of the nation’s most selective public and private colleges since before spiral notebooks were invented. That’s one of the key findings from a new ...

Editor’s note, August 7, 10:30 am ET: On August 7, Trump’s tariffs went into effect for about 90 countries. The story below was originally published on April 13. President Donald Trump’s tariff plan ...

Changes in overall economic conditions may affect real household income levels and also how income is distributed across households. Analysis using annual data from 1967 to 2023 shows that the adverse ...

While recent numbers show a slight improvement in the availability of affordable housing for extremely low-income Rhode Island renters, the state is still experiencing a severe shortage for those who ...

This article was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Read the story at Maryland Matters. For the first time, low-income Marylanders will be able to receive a ...