McDowell County, once the nation's largest coal producer, is now one of the poorest places in the United States. Residents ...

McDowell County, West Virginia barely survived coal's collapse and the opioid crisis. Now cuts to food stamps and Medicaid ...

Several states are moving to increase taxes on the super-rich—a proposal that is increasingly splitting America.

Researchers uncovered hidden biases in ChatGPT’s assessment of people from different places. See how the chatbot ranked your ...

In 1988 President Ronald Reagan argued that “the federal government declared a war on poverty, and poverty won”. Thomas Sowell, a 95-year-old economist at the Hoover Institution and social-media ...

“Pinchback: America’s First Black Governor” by Nicholas Patler, University Press of Mississippi, 226 pages. As late as the 1970s, Louisiana history textbooks excluded P.B.S. Pinchback’s name from the ...

"Grocery affordability isn’t just about how much items on the shelf cost – it’s also about how those prices compare to what ...

Two conservative think tanks have called for the Kentucky legislature to stop spending money for a program they think is too ...

Find out how much do New Yorkers spend on groceries.

SNAP restrictions have started in two more states, which include a list of items that recipients won't be allowed to purchase.