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The U.S. Poverty Rate Hit A Record Low — But Don’t Expect It To Stay That Way
This video is part of our series “The Numbers That Defined 2022.” Transcript One of the most important numbers of…
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The Numbers That Defined 2022
What a year 2022 has been. There was so … much … news. We saw record-high inflation, war in Ukraine,…
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Rents Are Still Higher Than Before The Pandemic — And Assistance Programs Are Drying Up
Cleveland is one of the poorest cities in the country. It’s far from the expensive coastal cities like New York…
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Who Americans Usually Blame After Showdowns Over Federal Spending
SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images Playing chicken with the national economy is not unusual for Congress and the…
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How This Debt Ceiling Debate Could End
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and former Speaker John Boehner both face or faced contentious negotiations over the debt ceiling, but…
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Why So Many States Want to Ban China From Owning Farmland
Fourteen states prohibit or restrict foreign ownership of private agricultural land, but that number may soon grow. ROBYN BECK /…
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Which Republicans Could Vote For A Debt Ceiling Increase?
Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins — long-tenured moderates — are among the Senate Republicans most likely to support legislation…
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Are We Headed For A Recession Or Not?
It’s hard to make sense of the often-conflicting economic data we’ve been seeing recently. Michael M. Santiago / Getty Images…
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The Perks Workers Want Also Make Them More Productive
PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY EMILY SCHERER / GETTY IMAGES Three years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, remote and hybrid…
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The Fed’s Inflation Goal Is Completely Arbitrary
PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY FIVETHIRTYEIGHT / GETTY IMAGES Over the past 18 months, inflation has dominated our understanding of the pandemic…
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