{"id":625965,"date":"2026-05-06T02:08:33","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T02:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/625965\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T02:08:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T02:08:33","slug":"if-you-are-struggling-with-the-cost-of-living-npr-wants-to-hear-from-you-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/625965\/","title":{"rendered":"If you are struggling with the cost of living, NPR wants to hear from you : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778033313_257_.jpeg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/8000x5333+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fb8%2Fd3%2Fe3f3a2c94f10a9662468bd88cf90%2Fap26120216732262.jpg\" class=\"img\" alt=\"A person waits while filling their fuel tank at an Astro gas station on Wednesday, April 29, 2026, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo\/Jenny Kane)\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n                A person waits while filling their fuel tank at a gas station in Portland, Ore.<\/p>\n<p>                    Jenny Kane\/AP<\/p>\n<p>                hide caption\n            <\/p>\n<p>            toggle caption<\/p>\n<p>        Jenny Kane\/AP<\/p>\n<p>American families are under financial pressure. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/05\/03\/nx-s1-5809433\/gas-prices-rise-week-hormuz-iran-war\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Gasoline prices have hit their highest point<\/a> in nearly four years. The job market is stagnant. Mortgage rates are climbing.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re struggling financially, we want to hear from you: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/series\/g-s1-89066\/cost-of-living\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">What costs are affecting you most<\/a>? What financial choices are you making to cope? Will costs influence how you vote in this year&#8217;s midterm elections?<\/p>\n<p>Fill out the form below, and an NPR producer may reach out.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A person waits while filling their fuel tank at a gas station in Portland, Ore. Jenny Kane\/AP hide&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":625966,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[28,101],"class_list":["post-625965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-economy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=625965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625965\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/625966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=625965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=625965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=625965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}