Economy / Explainer
How SNAP works: who qualifies for food stamps and what they get
A plain-language guide to SNAP eligibility, the income tests, how benefits are calculated, what you can buy and the most common myths.
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Economy
How inflation is measured, what the Federal Reserve does, how tariffs and benefits work, and what that means for a household budget.
Economy / Explainer
What is SSI? Supplemental Security Income, who qualifies and how it differs from SSDI
A plain-language guide to SSI: who qualifies, the 2026 and 2027 payment amounts, the income and asset limits, and how SSI differs from Social Security Disability Insurance.
Economy / Explainer
SNAP work requirements explained: who must work, the three-month limit and the 2025 changes
Who has to work to keep SNAP (food stamp) benefits, how the 80-hours-a-month time limit works, what the 2025 law changed, and who is exempt.
Economy / Analysis
How inflation is measured: CPI, PCE and why your prices feel different
What the Consumer Price Index actually measures, how it differs from the PCE index the Fed targets, and why official inflation can differ from your own experience.
Economy / Analysis
What the Federal Reserve actually does
The Fed’s dual mandate, how it sets interest rates, what its balance sheet is for, and how its decisions reach your mortgage and paycheck.
Economy / Analysis
How tariffs work, and who actually pays them
What a tariff is, who writes the check, what research on recent U.S. tariffs found about who bears the cost, and the laws presidents use to impose them.
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