Jireh Deng

6 days ago | businessinsider.com | Emily Canal |Jireh Deng |Henry Blodget

Extremely low-income renters face a shortage of available and affordable housing in the US. Busà Photography/Getty Images 2025-04-18T08:03:01Z Facebook Email X LinkedIn Copy link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? . Extremely low-income households make up one in four renters in the US.

1 week ago | businessinsider.com | Jireh Deng |Noah Sheidlower

Facebook Email X LinkedIn Copy link Rebecca Walriven-Lawson, 74, needs a job to afford back surgery. She lost Medicaid due to income limits and relies solely on Social Security for necessary expenses. She is one of many older Americans who have told BI they can't afford to live on Social Security. At 74, Rebecca Walriven-Lawson needs back surgery to properly walk again. But first, she must get a part-time job so she can pay for the procedure.

1 week ago | lapublicpress.org | Jireh Deng

Dressed in her signature blond coiffed wig and colorful gowns, drag queen Pickle brings queer pride into classrooms and libraries across Los Angeles as she reads aloud picture books to children. Her work as the founder of Drag Arts Lab, leading Drag Story Hour in LA, has attracted both fans and haters over the past decade. In 2023, the same year that Pickle was appointed West Hollywood’s inaugural drag queen laureate, she was also the target of right-wing protests at three of her events.

1 week ago | businessinsider.com | Bartie Scott |Allie Kelly |Jireh Deng |Henry Blodget

Getty Images; Chelsea Jia Feng/BI 2025-04-13T08:49:01Z Facebook Email X LinkedIn Copy link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? . Now in or near retirement, three boomers told BI about their experiences navigating past recessions.

1 week ago | businessinsider.com | Emily Canal |Jireh Deng |Henry Blodget

Homes are becoming increasingly expensive for Americans, and many are relocating to more affordable states. Jeff Greenberg/Getty Images 2025-04-12T08:01:02Z Facebook Email X LinkedIn Copy link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? . Iowa, Oklahoma, and Ohio are the states with the lowest median home prices, per Redfin data.