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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.
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Tracking federal outlays to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
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Event recap—Addressing threats to the SNAP program
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Addressing threats to the SNAP program
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Event recap—Addressing threats to the SNAP program
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SNAP cuts in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act will significantly impair recession response
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Proposed SNAP cuts would permanently undermine recession readiness and responsiveness
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Will the reconciliation bill’s Child Tax Credit changes leave out children in low-income working families?

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USA Today: An end to SNAP? Why it may happen in a couple of years in some states
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CNN: SNAP benefits are flowing again, but many enrollees will soon hit another hurdle
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PBS NewsHour: ‘You cannot crowdsource $8 billion.’ Here’s what to know about the lapse in SNAP benefits
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The 19th: Women in their 20s and 30s are working more than ever before

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Has pay kept up with inflation?
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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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SNAP payment error rates by state, FY 2003–24

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