WalletHub Analyst Cassandra Happe has broken down some of the survey’s findings, and their repercussions to both consumers and retailers. The following is an excerpt from a Q&A session Happe took part ...

Picador is marking the tenth anniversary of Barbara Ehrenreich’s modern classic “Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America,” in which she chronicled her attempts to make a life on minimum wage ...

As I picked up “Nickel and Dimed” again last weekend, I couldn’t believe the prescience Ehrenreich showed in choosing Maine. Although it’s one of the oldest states in the nation based on population, ...

Barbara Ehrenreich in an undated photo. Credit: Wikimedia Commons. “It would be nice if someone would read this sad-eyed crowd the Sermon on the Mount, accompanied by a rousing commentary on income ...

For years, Barbara Ehrenreich wrote acerbic commentary on wealth and poverty from the comfort of her home, until an assignment from her editor at Harper's magazine forced her to explore firsthand how ...

Barbara Ehrenreich, the muckraking author, activist and journalist who in such notable works as “Nickel and Dimed” and “Bait and Switch” challenged conventional thinking about class, religion and the ...

Many of the working poor in America have suffered in the latest economic slowdown. Jeffrey Kaye reports on how one woman and her family cope. At the Los Angles Music Center this fall, many patrons ...

AMY GOODMAN: Standard & Poor’s announced Friday it’s downgraded the U.S. credit rating for the first time in history. The move by S&P, one of three leading credit rating agencies, came just days after ...

Last month, the ABC reported “rental affordability has hit a new low in Australia”. Already, low-wage workers in major cities face the burden of commuting to jobs they can’t afford to live near. A ...