The typical NYC family is spending more than 25% of its income on childcare — triple what's deemed affordable

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Parents drop their children off for school in Provo, Utah. A childcare crisis is raging across the country, and will only get worse when American Rescue plan funds run out at the end of the month.

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Low-wage parents can help their kids avoid poverty for decades if they get this one tax credit

Tech Insider : Economy
A photo of a young mother working on her taxes with an infant beside her in a high-chair.
The earned income tax credit was established in 1975 to offset Social Security taxes and surging inflation.

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This 44-year-old founder and CEO is stepping down to go on a 3-year religious mission. 'I feel such confidence that this is the right thing.'

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Davis Smith is stepping down to fulfill a 3-year calling as a mission president for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Recife, Brazil.
Davis Smith is stepping down to fulfill a 3-year calling as a mission president for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Recife, Brazil.

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Half of households in New York City don't make the $100,000 or more needed to afford living there

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Easter food distribution with Food Bank NYC at Queensbridge Houses on April 04, 2023 in Queens, New York.
Easter food distribution with Food Bank NYC at Queensbridge Houses on April 04, 2023 in Queens, New York.

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TikTok has taken down 'poverty porn' videos of women shivering in mud baths and crying after a government banned them

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The Indonesian government asked TikTok to take down the videos.

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Millions of Americans are facing a hunger cliff as food stamps are slashed: 'The poorer you are, the poorer you eat'

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People line up for Thanksgiving food pantry distribution organized by Council of Peoples Organization in Brooklyn, New York on November 23, 2021.
People line up for Thanksgiving food pantry distribution organized by Council of Peoples Organization in Brooklyn, New York on November 23, 2021.

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Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas talks President Biden, infrastructure funding, and governing without gridlock at the local level: 'We've got to get stuff done'

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Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas has focused intently on public safety and affordable housing since taking office.

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