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By the end of May, 44 percent of the nation’s households lost employment income as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Subsequently, millions have been unable to pay for their…

The economic pain we are experiencing in the wake of the pandemic calls for unprecedented government action to contain the fallout from a policy-induced economic coma. It…

Rates of severe illness and mortality from COVID-19 have been highest among older people. As the nation’s stay-at-home orders gradually lift, most strategies for reopening…

The COVID-19 pandemic began at a time when many Americans were already struggling to make ends meet, with an affordability crisis leaving many burdened by the rising costs of…

The murder of George Floyd has precipitated an outpouring of public protest across the country at a scale unlike any in recent decades. While the immediate focus of these…

In about a third of all households—and in at least 40 percent of black and Hispanic households—at least one person works in a job that requires them be close to other people…

Before the pandemic hit, 2.8 million older Americans worked in industries that were most at-risk of job losses as a result of COVID-19, representing a…

The US is clearly entering a recession and the only question is how bad it will be. US gross domestic product fell by an annual rate of 4.8 percent in the first quarter of…

Renters living in single-family homes and smaller multifamily buildings, along with the owners of those properties, are more likely to be negatively affected by the COVID-19…

While the COVID-19 pandemic is having substantial economic effects on renters throughout the United States, its impact could be particularly dramatic in the 23 major…