low-income
A Guaranteed Income Program Spared Me From Eviction
More cities should adopt programs like this.
By Chemareéa Biggs
The FAFSA Mess Means Some Students May Never Attend College
The botched rollout of the new form hurt the very students it was supposed to help.
By Bobbi Dempsey
A Post-Roe America Demands Guaranteed Income
If states can force people to have children, we must force states to financially provide for them.
By Kelsey Soderberg
Medical Debt Is a Uniquely American Disaster
“Medical debt can happen to everybody, it’s nobody’s fault.”
By Lindsay Lee Wallace
Why Young People in 30 Cities Marched for a Basic Income
“Universal basic income is the safety net my generation needs.”
By Jacqui Germain
Distance Learning Is So Much Harder for Low-Income Students
A lack of reliable internet access is only the tip of the iceberg.
By Nidia Bautista
The Trump Admin Just Took a Huge Leap Forward in Defunding Planned Parenthood
“This is the largest attack on contraception in a generation."
By Katelyn Burns
Poor at Princeton, Strapped at Stanford: Being a Low-Income Student at an Elite College
Girls from the country's best schools speak out.
By Heather Schwedel