I did all that could be considered 'pulling myself up by the bootstraps.' No matter how hard I worked, it felt like ...

Poor Americans will face new challenges to enroll, and states will have to build new bureaucracies. Medicaid, the public ...

As we approach Labor Day, I have two questions that should make most Americans think: 1) what has happened to the middle class, and, 2) how do we help the people at the bottom? We had the largest ...

Man, I thought I was busy in college. Between juggling two part-time jobs, caring for my younger sibling, and trying to keep up with my coursework, I felt like I was constantly running on empty. Turns ...

Too much month and not enough check plagued the U.S. poor and working class before the federal government shutdown and funding lapse. To wit, business is ...

Born Poor October 7, 2025 7/6c: pbs.org/frontline, PBS App 10/9c: PBS stations (check local listings), YouTube & the PBS Documentaries Prime Video Channel www ...

Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who's been feeling disillusioned with her party as of late, is now complaining that "the hard working middle class is becoming the working poor." On Saturday, ...

More than a decade ago, the Emmy-nominated documentary Poor Kids portrayed poverty in America as it’s rarely seen: through the eyes of children. Now, those kids — Brittany, Johnny and Kaylie — are all ...