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"Other services," manufacturing, transportation, and retail trade also had higher death rates.

U.S. poverty spiked last year, with child poverty more than doubling, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Tuesday, while the proportion of people lacking health insurance in 2022 dropped to an uncommonly low level. The figures reflect the uneven pace at which the government has ceased some forms of coronavirus pandemic assistance as well as the calamitous effects of record inflation on household finances. Tuesday's data offer the first statistical snapshot of how the wind-down of such programs ...

A new report finds that defined benefit pensions play a critical role in delivering adequate retirement income for older Americans while providing a key buffer against economic hardship for women, Blacks, Latinos and those without a four-year college degree.

U.S. poverty rose over the last year, with child poverty more than doubling, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Tuesday, while the proportion of people lacking health insurance in 2022 dropped to an uncommonly low level. The new figures reflect the uneven pace at which the government has ceased some forms of pandemic assistance as well as the calamitous effects of record inflation on household finances. Tuesday's data offer the first statistical snapshot of how the wind-down of such programs h...

For the first time since before the pandemic, metro Chicago posted jobless rates below 4% across three consecutive months.

Vivek Ramaswamy has emphasized a nuclear family on the campaign trail. Mothers raising their kids without partners told USA TODAY his comments hurt.

"There’s nothing sudden, unusual or alarming happening. But if you aren’t careful, it can easily look like there is."

By Matthew Gagnon “Maine’s union membership is on the decline,” read the headline in the Bangor Daily News on Monday.  The story, which cited statistics from the U.

Some big-name employers are signaling they will get tough on enforcing their return-to-office mandates after Labor Day.

With dads being the primary earners in many heterosexual households, it was often the mother who gave up work to manage extra work at home during the pandemic. But what about heterosexual households where the mother was the primary earner?