BY: Kerry Hannon (Read all of Next Avenue’s COVID-19 coverage geared toward keeping older generations informed, safe and prepared.) The numbers of Americans filing for unemployment benefits is staggering. Sadly, these people have not only lost jobs and income, but also their…
The job search engine site Indeed says job postings in late April were more than a third lower than a year ago. So, how can you find work these days?
Over 100 million Americans are impacted by diabetes today. However, a majority of cases come from Black and Brown and low-income communities.
The Bronx has the highest percentage of diabetes cases in the entire city. Coupled with the poor access to grocery stores and high rates of poverty, Bronx residents have a hard time managing their diabetes.
Living in a low-income neighborhood that already strains her diabetes management, Tracey Tirado-Vasquez faces new challenges due to COVID-19.
Why are NYC's communities of color more at risk of dying from COVID-19? Councilmember Ritchie Torres identifies poverty as the root cause of this disparity.
A look at the present and future age divide for working from home.
As a psychotherapist in New York City, ground zero for the COVID-19 epidemic, Dr. Robi sees firsthand how these monetary worries can wreak havoc on the psyche.
Low-income Americans are bearing the brunt of COVID-19. Detroit, a city already facing steep economic and racial inequalities, has emerged as a virus hot spot. John Yang reports and talks to the United Way for Southeastern Michigan's Darienne Hudson about…
By Diane Eastabrook (Read all of Next Avenue’s COVID-19 coverage geared toward keeping older generations informed, safe and prepared.) In the DC Comics town of Metropolis, the townsfolk had Superman to protect them from villains like Lex Luthor, Brainiac and Darkseid. But…
The coronavirus outbreak, we know, is a health crisis and a national economic crisis. It’s also, for many Americans, a personal-finance crisis.
It reveals that in times of crisis, the vulnerable are the most impacted — yet the least heard.