/tags/income-inequality income inequality en-US Copyright Tue, 03 Oct 2023 10:00:00 GMT /news/2023-10-03/a-lawsuit-launched-by-payday-lenders-in-texas-could-topple-the-nations-premier-consumer-watchdog The Supreme Court will decide the constitutionality of the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau’s funding structure. Many observers worry about catastrophic consequences. Tue, 03 Oct 2023 10:00:00 GMT /news/2023-10-03/a-lawsuit-launched-by-payday-lenders-in-texas-could-topple-the-nations-premier-consumer-watchdog Christopher Connelly /business-economy/2022-06-10/child-care-deserts-in-texas-hitting-low-income-families-the-hardest-research-shows Access to high-quality, affordable child care is becoming scarcer, according to new data from Children at Risk, a nonprofit dedicated to research into child poverty and inequity in Texas. Fri, 10 Jun 2022 15:28:37 GMT /business-economy/2022-06-10/child-care-deserts-in-texas-hitting-low-income-families-the-hardest-research-shows Jill Ament | Texas Standard /news/2022-05-15/overall-homelessness-is-down-in-dallas-and-collin-counties The latest report from the Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance shows a slight decrease in overall homelessness compared to last year. Sun, 15 May 2022 18:00:00 GMT /news/2022-05-15/overall-homelessness-is-down-in-dallas-and-collin-counties Pablo Arauz Peña /texas-news/2022-05-10/texas-isnt-ready-to-support-more-parents-and-kids-in-a-post-roe-world-advocates-warn More than a quarter of women of childbearing age are uninsured in Texas, the highest rate in the nation, and the state has chosen to cap Medicaid benefits for new moms earlier than other states. Tue, 10 May 2022 15:03:48 GMT /texas-news/2022-05-10/texas-isnt-ready-to-support-more-parents-and-kids-in-a-post-roe-world-advocates-warn Eleanor Klibanoff | The Texas Tribune /news/2022-05-09/the-biden-administration-is-capping-the-cost-of-internet-for-low-income-americans Twenty internet providers, including national companies like AT&T, Comcast and Verizon, have committed to the program. Mon, 09 May 2022 16:24:40 GMT /news/2022-05-09/the-biden-administration-is-capping-the-cost-of-internet-for-low-income-americans Ayana Archie /2018-03-19/forget-wealth-and-neighborhood-the-racial-income-gap-persists A new study finds that the gap is actually largest in America's wealthiest neighborhoods, challenging widely-held beliefs about the relative impacts of class and race on life outcomes. Mon, 19 Mar 2018 21:51:00 GMT /2018-03-19/forget-wealth-and-neighborhood-the-racial-income-gap-persists Jenny Gathright /2016-05-31/why-research-shows-the-middle-class-shrinking-in-north-texas-and-everywhere-else New Pew Research Center data shows the middle class is dwindling. It’s true in about 90 percent of metropolitan areas surveyed, including Dallas-Fort… Tue, 31 May 2016 22:14:28 GMT /2016-05-31/why-research-shows-the-middle-class-shrinking-in-north-texas-and-everywhere-else Courtney Collins /2015-10-27/from-living-wages-to-strong-schools-dallas-mayors-task-force-on-poverty-gets-to-work City of Dallas and community leaders gathered Tuesday to talk about everything from child poverty to living wage jobs. Experts say getting a grip on the… Tue, 27 Oct 2015 22:11:41 GMT /2015-10-27/from-living-wages-to-strong-schools-dallas-mayors-task-force-on-poverty-gets-to-work Courtney Collins /2014-01-28/texas-income-gap-widens-as-minority-populations-grow President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address tonight. He’s expected to make a big deal about economic mobility and reducing income... Tue, 28 Jan 2014 14:41:39 GMT /2014-01-28/texas-income-gap-widens-as-minority-populations-grow Veronica Zaragovia