Author: Hugo Stern

The federal overtime salary threshold has reverted to its 2019 level, stripping protections from millions of salaried workers earning between $35,568 and $58,656 per year.

Tariff policy swings are freezing capital investment across U.S. manufacturers. CFOs can’t model costs when rates shift week to week, and the damage is compounding.

Several states have depleted unemployment insurance trust funds, forcing federal borrowing and quietly eroding benefits for laid-off workers. Here’s how the system broke down.

The Pell Grant now covers less than 30% of public university costs, down from 80% in the 1970s. Here’s how decades of inaction eroded its value.

Childcare worker wages remain below $14/hr as center closures accelerate, hitting rural and low-income communities hardest. The structural economics behind the crisis.

Federal student loan servicer consolidation is leaving borrowers with lost payments, PSLF count errors, and unreachable customer service as accounts migrate at scale.

Egg prices are falling after record highs, but grocery retailers face a harder problem: shoppers who changed habits during the crisis may not come back.

The CFPB’s $8 credit card late fee cap remains blocked by federal courts over a year after its finalization, leaving cardholders paying fees up to $32 while legal and political battles stall relief.

State attorneys general are investigating hospital billing middlemen for practices that may inflate costs and harm patients. Here’s what’s driving the crackdown.

As subsidy programs face cuts and pandemic-era stabilization funding expires, child care deserts are widening – pulling working parents, especially mothers, out of the labor force.