Who Pays Tariffs? Mostly Consumers, But That Wasn’t Always True

Politicians talk a lot about tariffs, and much of what they say boils down to a simple question: Who pays? President Trump ...
Newsweek

Chinese Economist Issues Dire Warning Over Debt Crisis

A top Chinese economist has issued a warning over the risks of overreliance on stimulus for short-term growth, including driving debt to unsustainable levels. Newsweek has contacted China's Foreign ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Years Into China’s Property Crisis, Even More Dark Clouds Gather

Hi, this is Allen Wan in Shanghai, where we seem to be watching more dark clouds form over the nation’s property market. After little to no progress ending a downturn that dates back to at least 2021, ...
The Conversation

The housing crisis is forcing Americans to choose between affordability and safety

Dr. Ivis García has received funding from the National Science Foundation; the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; the U.S. Department of Transportation's National Institute for ...
PBS

Rise of crisis pregnancy centers highlights shift in anti-abortion movement

The Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case involving faith-based pregnancy centers in New Jersey. The organization is hoping to block the state from investigating whether they misled women into ...
CNN

America faces an affordability crisis. Here’s how 27 experts say they’d fix it

Affordability, long a kitchen-table concern for many American families, has escalated into a national crisis, following years of persistently high inflation and a widening wealth gap. But, while ...
The New York Times

America’s Housing Crisis, in One Chart

The housing market keeps getting worse. Home prices have risen more than 50 percent since the start of the pandemic. About a third of Americans households now spend more than 30 percent of their ...
WDBJ

Lynchburg opens state-of-the-art mental health crisis center promising help faster

LYNCHBURG, Va. (WDBJ) - Lynchburg cut the ribbon Thursday on Horizon Behavioral Health’s new Crisis Receiving Center. Research shows there is a rising need for mental health resources across the ...
Inc

You May Have Missed This Good News About the Youth Mental Health Crisis

The youth mental health crisis is real. The fact that young people have been struggling emotionally has earned extensive coverage for at least a half-decade, with good reason. Rates of anxiety and ...
USA Today

Caregivers are in crisis. How bad it is depends on where you live, new data shows.

Nearly 1 in 4 adults are caregivers, up 45% from the number of caregivers in the United States in 2015. AARP and the National Alliance for Caregiving are calling on state and federal lawmakers to ...
The Connecticut Mirror

What to know about urgent crisis centers in CT

A sign on The Village for Families and Children directs traffic toward the newly opened urgent crisis center. Credit: Ginny Monk / CT Mirror This story is part of CT Mirror Explains, an ongoing effort ...