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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

As we stand before the result of decades of defunding education until it is a shell devoid of impact, we are also at the brink of the possibility of designing a more equitable education system that ...

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 ...

The Baby Boomer generation, more than 70 million Americans who were born between 1946 and 1964, is now retiring. Like most people from that group, I have many friends and relatives who have already ...