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The future for low-income Americans looks bleak. President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act transfers crucial dollars from America’s working class to the ultrawealthy through unprecedented ...

Officials with the city’s Human Resources Administration said they’re always working to improve, but said the primary driver ...

Taking a bank card to a cash machine in Beirut, Syrian widow Manar Al Sayer taps in a PIN and withdraws a few Lebanese pounds. Cash in hand, she can now prioritize her monthly spending for herself and ...

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US. Paid Family Leave extension: How do I extend my PFL? US. Unemployment Benefits Duration: How long does unemployment last? New York provides families with minor children, as well as unmarried ...

Eudora Tucker long dreamed of owning her own fashion business, but ordinary expenses always stood in the way. Now she can both pay her bills and design her line of sustainable clothing thanks to a ...

As the child of former refugees, who left the Soviet Union along with hundreds of thousands of others in the 1980s, Dax (‘Dan-Knee’) whose pronouns are they/them, has always felt connected to ...

March 18 (UPI) --The concept is simple and seductive: Give people cash, lift them out of poverty. It's a strategy increasingly being used in both lower- and higher-income countries to help poor people ...

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), in partnership with the Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MLSS), on ...