Socioeconomic Class

A new report finds that, all across the country, minimum-wage workers don't earn enough to rent a two-bedroom home.

• By Dwyer Gunn

Wealthy people's brains are less likely to atrophy, according to new research.

• By Tom Jacobs

Research finds evidence that brains age faster among people of lower socioeconomic status.

• By Tom Jacobs

Impoverished communities are often the most affected by natural disasters.

• By Kate Wheeling

The income gap has been virtually unchanged for the last 50 years, and rising income inequality is part of the reason why.

• By Dwyer Gunn

New research finds many white suburbanites are motivated to move when their neighborhood becomes more ethnically diverse.

• By Tom Jacobs

New research finds that low-income immigrants who were provided fee vouchers to cover application costs were 41 percent more likely to apply for citizenship.

• By Chinelo Nkechi Ikem

A new study shows imagining future success can help with facing everyday challenges for low-income college students.

• By Candace Butera

Quality of medical care and mortality are frequently linked to socioeconomic success. But for African Americans, that's often not the case.

• By Rochaun Meadows-Fernandez

Two poverty researchers talk about the social forces reinforcing the cycle of segregation.

• By Dwyer Gunn

New research finds people on different ends of the economic spectrum find happiness in different ways.

• By Tom Jacobs

Researcher Philip Alston offers a sharp criticism of U.S. policymakers' response to poverty.

• By Dwyer Gunn

Just how old is the problem of economic inequality?

• By Kevin Charles Fleming

A new analysis finds that every income group looks quite a bit worse by 2027 under the revised Senate tax reform legislation.

• By Dwyer Gunn

House Republican leaders unveiled their tax reform plan on Thursday. The opposition lobbying has already begun.

• By Dwyer Gunn

Communities need hard data to prove they're been affected by pollution. But the government databases that keep track of those numbers are now under threat.

• By Francie Diep

Some new anti-poverty programs are encouraging participants to form connections with others who are going through similar life challenges, offering success through companionship.

• By Dwyer Gunn

In Mumbai's private clubs, some economically disadvantaged young men have improved their lives thanks to a sport usually reserved for the city's most affluent.

• By Bhavya Dore

Here's why that's very good news for low-income students.

• By Dwyer Gunn

Why do so many minority borrowers, even those with good credit, end up with high-cost loans?

• By Dwyer Gunn

Segregated schools are producing higher levels of criminal networking and behavior among students.

• By Dwyer Gunn

A new study finds yet another nudge helps more low-income students obtain a bachelor's degree.

• By Francie Diep

But there's a solution: the annual flu vaccine.

• By Francie Diep

One new study links poverty, inequality, and overeating, while a second finds childhood deprivation impacts the eating habits of young adults.

• By Tom Jacobs