In 2025, the official poverty rate decreased while the supplemental poverty rate remained statistically unchanged. Yet cuts ...

After widening for two consecutive years, the gender wage gap narrowed in 2025—to 84 cents for women working full time, ...

The wealth gap between the richest Americans and the bottom half of the country has widened significantly since the start of the Trump administration, according to a new analysis from the Center for ...

A sweeping Trump administration proposal to rewrite the rules governing more than $1 trillion in annual federal funding would inject politics into grantmaking, weaken independent scientific research, ...

LGBTQI+ people lack access to safe, quality health care. States can take immediate steps to improve their health systems to better serve LGBTQI+ patients.

As electricity costs rise and states make important decisions about energy affordability, the most successful approaches protect consumers today while continuing to invest in energy efficiency and ...

A new proposed rule from the Trump administration would subject all federally funded grants and research to politically ...

The wealthiest 0.1 percent of households have gained more than 8,000 times as much wealth per household as the bottom 50 percent since the end of 2024.

Listen to one mom’s story as she talks about how her cancer journey triggered her awareness of harmful pollution and toxic ...

According to published reports, the Trump administration is expected to repeal carbon pollution standards for new gas and existing coal power plants. The move comes after the Environmental Protection ...

This month, Congress faces a deadline for reauthorizing the Farm Bill—must-pass legislation that supports farmers and ranchers, rural development, and nutrition programs. However, will lawmakers take ...

The Trump administration may be planning to send Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents or troops into polling places, a well-known tactic of authoritarian-minded leaders around the world. But ...