poverty
How Cardboard Signs Changed the Face of Panhandling in America
"Flying a sign," as it's called, is a way for the homeless to make their pleas to passersby quickly, silently, and without defying laws against aggressive panhandling.
Hostgator M. Dotcom's Struggle to Regain His Face After Selling It to Internet Companies
Plagued by poverty and mental illness, William Gibby sold his face to internet companies. Now he's trying to get it back.
This is How New York’s Record-Breaking Homeless Population Celebrates Thanksgiving
Gotham now lays claim to Great Depression levels of homelessness, with nearly 60,000 humans sleeping in shelters, on the street, or underground. Can a new mayor change the game?
The Human Billboards of New York City
With fliers, menus and business cards serving as their advertising arsenal, these street workers – mostly immigrant men – struggle to survive in America's largest city.
Gibraltar's Online Gambling Boom Has Made It a Haven for British Expats
Unfortunately, it's also opened up the divide with an impoverished southern Spain.
Polaroids from Papua New Guinea's Weed-Growing Highlands
Photographer Joel Bouchier spent a month in the hills with youths growing weed to escape poverty.
The Greek Family Surviving Without Electricity
I spent the night with Nino, Koula and their three children, who have been living without electricity since 2007.
Photographer Juan Madrid Takes Intimate Portraits of Fallen American Cities
We talked to him about capitalism, despair, and knife fights.
Tropical Diseases Are Keeping Americans in Poverty
I spoke to the doctor who's trying to do something about it.
Photographing the Young Warriors of Smokey Mountain
Manu Mart documents child labourers in a Filipino charcoal slum.
Famine and Climate Change Are Making Africa a Terrorist Tinderbox
The humanitarian situation in the Sahel is turning it into fertile ground for extremists.