poverty
Desperate Americans Are Tweeting at Pelosi and McConnell to 'PASS A DAMN STIMULUS'
An estimated 12 million people will lose their benefits the day after Christmas—and they're angry.
Marcus Rashford Can't Stop Doing Great Stuff
Having campaigned around child food poverty, he now hopes to introduce kids of all backgrounds to "the escapism of reading".
Another 8 Million Americans Are Now in Poverty Because Congress Couldn’t Get Its Act Together
The rise in poverty was triggered by a lack of new stimulus checks and the end of the $600 weekly unemployment benefit, researchers at Columbia University said.
How Instant Stardom Changed the Life of India’s ‘Bicycle Girl’
15-year-old Jyoti Paswan Biked 700 Miles to Take Her Injured Father Back Home. Her life has not been the same after that.
In Photos: Angry Farmers Protest Indian Gov’t’s ‘Historic’ Laws
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi described the passage of these bills a “watershed moment”. Farmers and opposition call it a “death warrant”.
Indian Parents Are Selling Their Babies to Make Ends Meet During COVID
Labourers and migrant workers are being driven to increasingly desperate measures to survive.
Coronavirus Is Fueling Child Labor in Bolivia: 'The Priority Is Having Something to Eat'
More children will work to survive now that the government has paused the education system until 2021, say observers.
As Indian Classes Go Online, Those Who Can't Afford Smartphones Go Without
Almost 70 percent of India's population live in rural areas where internet is still a luxury.
Worst Opinion of the Week: Brits Are Unhealthy Because They Can't Budget
If people weren't too stupid to notice the 53 pence disparity between two different potato products, perhaps 14 million wouldn't be in poverty across the UK, suggests Annunziata Rees-Mogg.
A Republican Congressman Reportedly Called AOC a 'Fucking Bitch'
She usually gets along with her GOP colleagues on the Hill. Not this time.
Canada Wants Low-Income Canadians to Pay Back the $2,000-a-Month COVID-19 Benefit
Many low-income or homeless Canadians applied and received the CERB benefit without qualifying. Advocates say the government making them pay it back will cause a poverty crisis.
Worst Opinion of the Week: 'Don't Feed Poor Kids with My Money'
Marcus Rashford securing free school meals for children over the summer has made him Me-Me-Me England's worst nightmare: an influential public figure with money refusing to remain "apolitical".