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Social Security's New Full Retirement Age Is Here for Many

For workers born in 1960 or later, 2026 marks the end of a decades-long gradual...

Erin Calloway

Social Security's New Full Retirement Age Is Here for Many

Immigration Enforcement Is Changing Housing in Some Markets

Immigration enforcement has long carried consequences that extend beyond legal status - into employment, family...

Thomas Hale

Immigration Enforcement Is Changing Housing in Some Markets

How Housing Affordability Is Reshaping Who Can Buy a Home

The average age of a first-time homebuyer in the United States reached 40 in 2026...

Erin Calloway

How Housing Affordability Is Reshaping Who Can Buy a Home

Why the April Jobs Report Is Raising New Labor Questions

The headline number from April's jobs report looked, on the surface, stable: 115,000 new jobs...

Thomas Hale

Why the April Jobs Report Is Raising New Labor Questions

Medicare Drug Deals Are Saving Some Seniors Real Money

For the first time in the history of the Medicare program, the federal government negotiated...

Erin Calloway

Medicare Drug Deals Are Saving Some Seniors Real Money

Why Older Workers Are Staying in the Job Market Longer

For generations of American workers, retirement was a threshold - a defined moment when steady...

Thomas Hale

Why Older Workers Are Staying in the Job Market Longer

How Medicaid Changes Are Reshaping State Budgets

When federal Medicaid funding decreases, states face a decision that has no clean answer: absorb...

Erin Calloway

How Medicaid Changes Are Reshaping State Budgets

What Federal Workforce Cuts Mean for Communities

When a federal agency closes its regional office or reduces its local workforce, the effect...

Thomas Hale

What Federal Workforce Cuts Mean for Communities

Federal Funding Fight Is Testing Higher Ed's Stability

American universities have operated with federal research grants, international student enrollment, and general political stability...

Erin Calloway

Federal Funding Fight Is Testing Higher Ed's Stability

How Drug Prices Are Sending Mixed Signals in 2026

The prescription drug cost story in 2026 is not a single headline. It is two...

Thomas Hale

How Drug Prices Are Sending Mixed Signals in 2026

How Tariff Costs Are Starting to Hit Grocery Prices

For much of 2025, American businesses quietly absorbed the cost of new import tariffs rather...

Thomas Hale

How Tariff Costs Are Starting to Hit Grocery Prices

Why Millions Lost Health Coverage as ACA Subsidies Expired

Enhanced federal subsidies that had helped millions of Americans afford health insurance since 2021 expired...

Erin Calloway

Why Millions Lost Health Coverage as ACA Subsidies Expired

How to Spot Early Changes in Aging Parents' Daily Routines

The Value of Noticing Early Early detection of changes in an aging parent's daily routine...

Susan Blake

How to Spot Early Changes in Aging Parents' Daily Routines

Why Americans Are Rethinking Subscription Spending Strategically

Strategic Subscription Management A 2026 analysis from Cord Cutter Weekly found households can save an...

Laura Bennett

Why Americans Are Rethinking Subscription Spending Strategically

Why Nearly 60% of Americans Are Buying Secondhand Clothes

A Behavioral Shift in Apparel Spending The secondhand clothing market is growing twice as fast...

Laura Bennett

Why Nearly 60% of Americans Are Buying Secondhand Clothes

Two-Factor Authentication Just Got a Major Upgrade (And Your Password Manager Might Support It)

Your financial institution or email provider just started offering a new login option: biometric verification...

Ryan Ellis

Two-Factor Authentication Just Got a Major Upgrade (And Your Password Manager Might Support It)

How Gasoline Spikes Can Derail Monthly Household Budgets

The March 2026 Spike In March 2026, gasoline prices surged 21.2% in a single month-the...

Daniel Reeves

How Gasoline Spikes Can Derail Monthly Household Budgets

The Insurance Costs Reshaping Household Budgets Nationwide

Insurance as Non-Negotiable Pressure Auto insurance premiums have risen more than 64% between September 2020...

Laura Bennett

The Insurance Costs Reshaping Household Budgets Nationwide