Families living in poor neighborhoods lost almost everything during the Great Recession, potentially making it more difficult for them to gain a bette...

In 2009, Americans handed over the smallest percentage of their income to the government in 30 years. A major reason? Rich people paid less in taxes. ...

Here we go again. For a president who has been dubbed "no drama Obama," it looks like the American public might be in for some "rope a dope" this sum...

Ben Hallman reported and wrote this story as a staff writer at the Center for Public Integrity. He recently joined The Huffington Post. Like milli...

Balancing the budget is not just a federal problem, but a state one as well. The Great Recession resulted in some of the worst state revenues and budg...

Many Americans might be confused by the rules and terms of their credit cards, but they're more often opting to swipe anyway. Credit card purchases...

The average Wall Street bonus will decline by 20 percent to 30 percent this year, according to a closely watched compensation report, as banks cut...

The stock market plunged on Thursday as investors viewed it as increasingly likely that the global economy is slowing. U.S. stock indexes lost more...

A shortage of jobs and falling incomes have left an overwhelming share of Americans convinced that the Great Recession is not over, according to a Gal...

The widening gap between the wealthy and everyone else in the United States may be hindering a broader economic recovery, according to a new study. ...

If anyone in America could plausibly claim immunity to the unemployment crisis, Joe Sangataldo figured to be the guy. He earned his wages at a county ...

It is a parallel that is seducing Wall Street bankers and investors: 2011 as a repeat of 2008, the history of financial turmoil playing in one endless...

As Michele Washington walks into a McDonald's in Harlem on a recent evening, exhausted from a two-hour commute and eager for an inexpensive meal, ...

NEW YORK (Steven C. Johnson) - Two years removed from its worst recession since World War Two, the U.S. economy is still struggling to create jobs...

MILWAUKEE (Scott Malone) - On a recent morning at Master Lock's 90-year-old factory in Milwaukee, a cluster of machinery was whirring, every 2 sec...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Joe Rauch) - Millionaires are less optimistic about the U.S. economy's prospects than their wealth advisers and are taking a caut...