At the height of the pandemic, Americans saved a lot of money. Wealthier households turned that increase in savings into increased wealth. But for a lot of lower- and middle-income people, building wealth has been much harder.

Medical debt declined during the COVID-19 pandemic, but it remains a massive issue for millions of Americans, afflicting Black people significantly far more than white people. That inequity is rooted in deep disparities in health and wealth, and Texas' policy choices make those disparities worse.

For a lot of North Texans, the arrival of COVID-19 set off a pandemic of debt. To those without much financial cushion, who worked in jobs with no remote option, the early days of the pandemic often meant racking up credit card bills to keep the family whole. Now, many are working to pay off pandemic debt.

Americans have tacked on a more than $2 trillion in household debt since the pandemic began. Dig into that eye-popping number, and an increasingly unequal America emerges.

Over the course of the pandemic, Americans’ credit card balances have been on a roller coaster. KERA News wants to hear about your experience.

The Dallas City Council adopted 11 recommendations to address “equity blind spots” in its Comprehensive Housing Policy. Now, city staff members are charged with turning those recommendations into official city policy and practice.

State officials have rolled out a "Texas Homeowner Assistance Fund" that is designed to help homeowners who’ve fallen behind on mortgage payments and other housing costs during the pandemic.

A cooperative initiative in Texas helped bolster the nutrition programs at 5 rural school districts.

A study finds the pandemic has made life more difficult for food-insecure households in North Texas.

The City of Dallas will buy a defunct hospital in South Oak Cliff to provide housing and services for people experiencing homelessness.

The banking industry took in more than $15 billion in overdraft fees in 2019, and just small number of account holders paid the vast majority of those fees.

Surging inflation is the side-effect of a fast-recovering economy, but families without a financial cushion are eyeing the trend with trepidation. For many, fast-rising gas and food prices mean figuring out what to cut from the household budget to cover basic needs.