Limiting the provision of public assistance to those who really need it seems like common sense. It ensures that welfare expenditures alleviate unavoidable hardships, rather than burdening taxpayers ...

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Imagine you’re a single American worker earning an average wage. The gold coin represents the total your employer spends to compensate you: about $79,000. You don’t receive all of it. Government takes ...

Some people haven't received all their Social Security benefits, even though they paid into the system. A new law changes ...

Sydney Wurdeman turned to Medicaid at a fragile point in her life, and now the program is looking fragile itself. After months of consecutive nights with no sleep, or two hours at most, the Omaha, Neb ...

Meta didn't consult its Oversight Board last year when it announced sweeping policy changes to content moderation and a rollback of third-party fact checking in the United States in favor of Community ...

Longtime animal welfare and autism awareness advocate Temple Grandin will kick off a new lecture series for Washington State University’s agricultural college. Grandin will speak May 6 at 6 p.m. in ...

W. Mark Lanier, the lawyer for plaintiff K.G.M., who alleges her addiction to YouTube and Instagram caused her mental health problems. A second jury note on Tuesday asked if a 40-second audio ...

The two jury notes came on the first day of deliberations in the first-ever trial alleging social media caused a teen's mental health problems. Jurors in a high-profile social media addiction trial ...

The massive scandal around welfare fraud in Minnesota became a big story the same way the character Mike Campbell in The Sun Also Rises describes going bankrupt: “gradually and then suddenly.” Federal ...

Jan 14 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly invoked a scandal around the theft of federal funds intended for social-welfare programs in Minnesota as a rationale for sending thousands ...

The holiday season offers a renewed sense of hope for many American families. But for those stuck in poverty, that hope can be short-lived. One of the most perplexing aspects of America’s social ...