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Economic Security & Inequality

Shared prosperity requires strengthening economic security, reducing poverty, and addressing disparities among American households.

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Has pay kept up with inflation?
An interactive shows changes in real pay across different inflation measures, pay measures, time periods, and sectors.
Economic Security & Inequality Employment & Wages
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Progress and stagnation: US poverty, deep poverty, and the safety net, 1967–2023
Economic Security & Inequality Social Insurance
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The SNAP state cost-shift policy leaves the program’s existence to chance
Economic Security & Inequality Social Insurance
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SNAP payment error rates by state, FY 2003–25
Economic Security & Inequality Social Insurance Tax Policy & Budget

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Progress and stagnation: US poverty, deep poverty, and the safety net, 1967–2023
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The SNAP state cost-shift policy leaves the program’s existence to chance
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Earned paid time off should be a basic right
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A primer on SNAP work requirements (2025)

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The New Republic: Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ bill is about to screw with states’ budgets
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Axios: Americans' income hits record, but lower earners lose ground
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The Atlantic: The coming food-stamp crisis
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The New Republic: SNAP cuts threaten to cut young adults off at the knees

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Has pay kept up with inflation?
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SNAP payment error rates by state, FY 2003–25
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Tracking federal outlays to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
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Assessing SNAP work requirement waiver policies by applying OBBBA rules to the Great Recession

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