A booming U.S. stock market doesn’t benefit all racial and ethnic groups equally
Nearly two-thirds of White families (66%) owned stocks directly or indirectly, compared with 39% of Black families and 28% of Hispanic families.
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Nearly two-thirds of White families (66%) owned stocks directly or indirectly, compared with 39% of Black families and 28% of Hispanic families.
House Republicans held the fifth-smallest majority in U.S. history at the start of the current congress, tied with the 107th and 83rd Congresses.
The last year the Postal Service recorded any profit was 2006, and its cumulative losses since then totaled $83.1 billion as of March 31.
Public debt has increased sharply in many countries in recent years, particularly during and after the Great Recession.
Faced with overcrowded prisons and soaring correctional costs, states are rethinking how to define and punish drug crimes.
The Pew Research Center is hosting a conference to discuss how generational differences are influencing American families, society, politics and policy.
Charts from the Detroit Free Press depict decades of mismanagement, missed opportunities and poor fiscal choices.
New economic figures from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development showed an increase in public spending among developed countries during the global financial crisis, but a survey of European nations indicated publics were now looking to ratchet it down.
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