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Base pay rose as intended, but the drivers' total compensation, including tips, didn't increase.

Suspending the Jones Act will increase the supply of fuel by allowing foreign-flagged ships to transport oil between US ports, which should eventually educe gas prices.

These changes to how much Americans and US corporations give, if these projections prove accurate, would amount to about 1% of all donations made in 2024.

A pilot program in Los Angeles reduced the rate of homelessness among homeless people with pets.

Product reformulations are common in the food industry, and they can be done well, or poorly. Who remembers Doritos with olestra?

Hundreds of thousands of rural families could lose their affordable homes as mortgages the program supported expire by 2050.

Three philanthropy scholars size up the latest data on gifts from the country's biggest philanthropists.

Those who stand to benefit from the changes in tax code include workers who earn tips, those receiving overtime pay, purchasers of US-made autos, and seniors.

Risks for the US economy grow as the war in the Middle East continues to escalate.

An economist proposes a new method of estimating the scope of poverty in different countries.