Right now record numbers of young people want to give back to their communities through public service. Lead For America is preparing college graduates for high-impact positions in their hometown governments.

The U.S. growth rate fell to 2.1% in the second quarter from 3.1% in the first three months of 2019. A drop in exports, amid the trade war with China and other nations, contributed to the slowdown.

House Democrats approved legislation Thursday to raise the federal minimum wage for the first time in a decade, to $15 an hour.

Liberal Democrats have embraced an obscure brand of economics — "Modern Monetary Theory" — to make the case for deficit-financed government programs like the Green New Deal for clean energy and jobs.

New research finds automation widening the gap between urban and rural areas and dramatically affecting people who didn't go to college or didn't finish high school.

One year into the U.S. trade war with China, U.S. lobster sales to China are down 70% and coastal communities are feeling the pinch.

The Fed had hinted at such a cut in June.

It could boost the economy, but experts say that not all plans to wipe out student debt increase racial and economic equity.

Opportunity zones were created with the 2017 tax cut to bolster low-income communities. But depending on how the funds are spent, investors who get tax incentives could see the biggest gains.

At a time when the United States is enjoying the lowest unemployment rate in a half century, California's Imperial Valley still suffers from a shortage of good jobs.