Too bad U.S. policy doesn't reflect that.

• By Dwyer Gunn

In Dar es Salaam, more women are gaining access to careers in engineering—and they're bringing innovative and inclusive ideas along with them.

• By Anne Kidmose Jensen

Through his attacks on those government expenditures he deems frivolous, the Arizona senator exposes the counterproductive nature of his own belt-tightening mission.

• By James McWilliams

The state has bet against a megastorm for years, but now as Florence bears down on the state it could face a major money shortage to rebuild from the damage.

• By Abraham Lustgarten & Talia Buford

But progress on some measures has slowed.

• By Dwyer Gunn

We spoke with John Vigna about the boycott that wasn't, social media headaches, and the post-2016 politicization of everything.

• By Jack Denton

A report authored by researchers from the Brookings Institution and the American Enterprise Institute reviews the options for a national family leave program.

• By Dwyer Gunn

You're far more likely to hold a high-status occupation if your parents did the same.

• By Tom Jacobs

The White House is countering a government agency's findings that Americans' wages haven't grown as quickly as cost of living over the past year.

• By Francie Diep

A new report released by the Brookings Institution finds the safety net is not just for low-income folks anymore.

• By Dwyer Gunn

For Labor Day, a selection of some of our favorite stories on the American worker in 2018.

• By Emily Moon

Cities have often ended up underwriting the president's events, even though they've been saddled with some pretty hefty costs in the aftermath.

• By Tanvi Misra

Despite a recent government initiative aimed at providing financial services to women in India, the populations most in need of assistance aren't seeing the benefits.

• By Puja Changoiwala

Hudson Yards, the largest private real estate development in U.S. history, is being built during a time when New Yorkers worry about the burdensome cost of housing. Will the megaproject alleviate the city's housing pressure?

• By Greg Rosalsky

In 2018, 8.7 million people bought their non-group health insurance through healthcare.gov—down from 9.2 million people in 2017.

• By Dwyer Gunn

Nicolás Maduro's government is taking desperate steps to try stop the bleeding in the country's economy.

• By Benjamin J. Cohen

The state government has started to institute work requirements for its medicaid program that includes logging work hours online, but broadband coverage in the state is sparse—at best.

• By Sarah Holder

A lawsuit filed last month by four states attacks the legislation as it resulted in much higher federal taxes for many residents of high-tax states.

• By Richard Tofel

Advocates working to increase access to fruits and vegetables in America's food deserts report that the growing popularity of Double Up Food Bucks programs is helping curb the $160 billion spent on illnesses related to lack of healthy food.

• By Jennifer Oldham

President Daniel Ortega has seen his popularity plummet in conjunction with the economic hardships faced by his most ardent financial supporter.

• By Benjamin Waddell

Over 83 percent of employed Ohioans who were continuously enrolled in Medicaid said the program helped enable them to hold down jobs.

• By Dwyer Gunn

The writer discusses his new book about a mountaintop honky-tonk in Virginia, and the shifting socioeconomic divides of Patsy Cline's hometown.

• By Leah Angstman

While average Americans have yet to see a boost from tax cuts, CEOs are doing just fine.

• By Dwyer Gunn

The current administration has made heavy-handed economic policy one of its main tools for influencing global politics.

• By Ian Hurley