Grace Segers

As the Department of Health and Human Services encourages “deprescribing” of certain medications, the impact on mental health treatment could be severe.

Tightened work requirements and cost shifts could result in students and former foster youth losing their nutrition benefits.

Ken Paxton's attacks on James Talarico are intended to make him appear more feminine in an effort to appeal to socially conservative voters.

Legal experts warn that the current partisan redistricting efforts could signal the beginning of the end for fair representation.

Recent Supreme Court decisions have eased the way for states to enact more partisan gerrymanders. Now legislatures are racing to redraw their congressional maps in rare mid-decade redistricting efforts that may reconfigure the calculus of who will win the majority in the U.S. House of Representatives after the midterm elections this November.

With many federal staffers saying they are unwilling to move to keep their jobs, participants in federal nutrition programs are at risk of losing their benefits.

With draconian cuts making it harder for low-income adults to access key federal nutrition and health programs, the projected Social Security shortfall could not be coming at a worse time.

With the Supreme Court allowing the end of Temporary Protected Status for Haitians and Syrians, national and local economies could feel the sting.

As food prices tick up and more Americans turn to credit cards to make ends meet, the indirect effects of the war in Iran could lead to families losing their financial stability.

Higher grocery prices have plagued consumers for years, with President Donald Trump’s war in Iran exacerbating the spike in costs over the past several months. But what began with higher prices at the check-out counter has given rise to another worrisome trend: escalating household debt of the kind that can strain the credit of ordinary families, diminish their long-term financial stability—or leave them more vulnerable to future economic shocks.