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Bono Says We've Almost Eradicated Poverty

In a recent TED talk, delivered in Long Beach, California, U2 frontman Bono made a pretty noteworthy announcement: global poverty is on the verge of being eradicated. Check out the video and learn how we can take a stand and end poverty for good. Full story

What the Sequester Really Means: The Poor Will Suffer More

The sequester is a set of automatic budget cuts that reduces funding for all discretionary programs at an equal rate. The cuts aren’t meant to eliminate any programs but simply reduce funding across the board. Get ready for some potentially disastrous cuts, especially for the mos… Full story

Pen Pals

Prisons Punish Families Too

Imagine your dad was locked up for most of your life. You’d grow up poor, probably full of anger, likely in a louse-filled neighborhood with unseemly influences, and you’d have a greater chance of becoming a whore or a thief or a drug dealer and following dear old Dad into jail… Full story

What Kids Say About Money

"I have my fallback plan of being a mime-slash-prostitute." Full story

Two Old Flemish Peasants

Photos by Franky Verdickt

"These are photographs that I've taken of two men who are close friends. They live in the same village. One has never had a woman in his life and has always lived in complete dirt. " Full story

Raw China

Behind the Green Curtain

She works off a muddy street in the far northeastern outskirts of Beijing in the scrappy, dirty slums that aren't on any tourist maps. Full story

SA Styles

Silent South African Street Interviews

These photos were taken in a part of South Africa known as Walmer Location in Port Elizabeth. The place is a side effect of the implementation of apartheid in the 1960s. Full story

Royal Poverty

Monarch Aren't Living Large

Metal has always been small town poverty's own soundtrack. Still, Monarch aren't your usual acne-scarred, faux Satanists from the sweaty, hairy armpits of Northern Europe. Full story

The Appalachia Issue

In his State of the Union address in January 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson declared a "war on poverty." Full story

Choosing Poverty

Modern Life Is War Are Always Touring

Being on tour is pretty miserable. It's all about sleeping on floors, peeing in bottles and showering with no hot water (if you're lucky). Full story