The Republican legislation, coupled with spending bills, accounts for 46 percent of the growing deficit.

The AI debate has tended to center on men, but research shows that women make up 58 percent of the workers at the highest risk of job loss due to automation.

The senator is targeting Recession-era private-equity practices.

The evidence suggests that, in the long run, immigration is good for America.

First Nations reserves residents are often forced to live in arduous conditions due to a system that prevents them from owning land or getting a mortgage.

If rent-control measures pass in all of the states and cities where they're currently on the table, nearly a third of all renter households in the United States could secure relief.

Areas like Michigan's Alcona County offer a lesson for rural communities across the country that need to find a way to function with an aging population.

Throughout the trade negotiations, there has been an underlying feeling of distrust between the two sides. Could the WTO be the key to restoring that trust?

New research finds that race-related resistance toward social spending is reduced when programs feature tax credits rather than handouts.

The popular notion of the opioid crisis primarily affecting rural communities does not hold up, according to new research.

Welcome to the return of Internet nationalism.

When more households fail to make payments on their vehicle, it shows too few people are sharing the benefits of an ostensibly healthy economy.

Activating a provision that allows rich exiles to sue in American court for property lost during the 1959 revolution would raise hostilities once again and potentially hurt the Cuban economy.

A mismatch between the numbers of jobs and the number of job seekers in a neighborhood doesn't only hurt workers. It hinders the labor market too.

After the company decided to break off its plans with Queens, the borough will return to the status quo, which might be more daunting than a worst-case Bezos scenario.

One humble way to reduce carbon pollution has been gathering steam in red and blue states alike: energy efficiency.

New research offers evidence that right-wing economic policies overwhelmingly favor the top .01 percent.

Haiti's earthquake shattered several cities, but it also birthed another.

Research finds that paying for a universal basic income would likely mean cutting welfare, food stamps, and the Earned Income Tax Credit.

Members of the public can no longer submit requests via the Department of Housing and Urban Development's website or track their status.

In Kenya and Tanzania, native communities are capitalizing on the insect business to ditch the ecologically damaging and illegal logging trade.

The shutdown was also consistent with a goal long sought by a subset of the Republican Party that wants to dismantle the government.

The president has proposed cutting the salaries of public officials, including his own, slashing federal budgets, and laying off 70 percent of non-unionized federal workers.

New research has found that higher levels of inequality lead to more deforestation, whereas better equality leads to better forest protections.