The U.S. federal workforce has fallen to its lowest level in at least a decade, according to government data published on ...

The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits rose moderately last week amid a relatively low ...

States would be free from one-size-fits-all bureaucratic rules that limit innovation. They would be encouraged to reinvest ...

California is nothing if not a land of contrast. It is a state of astounding economic might, yet it carries the highest poverty rate in the nation. It has more residents on the Forbes 400 list of ...

The American Dream has never felt further out of reach. And it’s not just because the house with the white-picket fence and the nanny to care for the children are unaffordable. They’re also, for many, ...

The experience of aging remains sharply unequal, shaped by gaps in savings, access to workplace plans and the rising cost of ...

Dolly Parton may not work a “9 to 5,” but that hasn’t stopped her from earning a spot on Forbes’ list of the richest ...

As the new year begins, savings have hit unprecedented levels, but rising health care costs and growing poverty make ...

Taxes, benefits, and household data make America look more unequal than it is.

A Stratford educator plays a classic '60s hit during a holiday party, and soon finds himself debating the state of the nation ...

Economists say a typical middle-class family today is richer than one in the 1960s. Americans in their 20s and 30s don’t believe it. “I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to retire,” one woman said.

The latest jobs report had its share of shutdown-related quirks, but a familiar theme cut through the noise: The US labor market is stuck in a rut. Employers are still hiring, but job growth is at one ...