Krissy Clark

2 weeks ago | marketplace.org | Krissy Clark |Caitlin Esch |Peter Balonon-Rosen |Grace Rubin

This week, we’re sharing the first episode of “Unlocking the Gates,” a series from Marketplace and APM Studios hosted by Lee Hawkins. He tells the story of how the Minnesota suburb he grew up in went from a place where the housing market was inaccessible to Black families to one where they found economic opportunity. And it all started with a nighttime business deal.

Jan 30, 2024 | krissyclark.substack.com | Krissy Clark

Hello. I’m Krissy Clark, and for the last seven years I’ve made an award-winning podcast called The Uncertain Hour. If you've been a fan of The Uncertain Hour and my reporting at Marketplace and elsewhere covering wealth, poverty, inequality and the weird corners of history and public policy that have made America what it is today…Welcome!I’ll be back soon telling more of these kinds of stories.

Jun 12, 2023 | marketplace.org | Sabri Ben Achour |Krissy Clark |Ariana Rosas

One of the most contentious issues in the recent debt ceiling negotiations was putting more work requirements into government benefits. In the final bill that President Biden signed into law, requirements for a slew of benefit programs ranging from cash welfare to food stamps were updated. Among the modifications was a rise in the maximum age range from 49 to 54.

Apr 25, 2023 | marketplace.org | Krissy Clark

Email address * Since the 1990s, most cash welfare recipients have been required to get a job or do mandated “work activities” to receive their monthly check. These requirements are intended to help parents who are struggling financially into jobs that will help keep them out of poverty and off government benefits. But is the work requirement system meeting either of those goals?

Apr 19, 2023 | marketplace.org | Krissy Clark

Email address * Antoine Dukes is a natural born salesman. And when he started working for a for-profit welfare company, he figured it was a good way to put his skills to work helping needy Americans find jobs that would get them back on their feet.