Tag: poverty
Abortion bans mean more children will live in poverty
Almost half the United States is ready to outlaw abortion, if given a green light by the Supreme Court, something it’s expected to do in the next f [...]
India starts supplying rice to Sri Lanka in first major food aid | Poverty and Development
The island nation is struggling to pay for essential imports after a 70 percent drop in foreign exchange reserves.Indian traders have started loading [...]
Eagle and Sunak on poverty claims after Spring Statement
Rishi Sunak said measures outlined in the Spring Statement for the UK economy were a "progressive" package that would not add to inflationary pressure [...]
Leeds teacher tackling poverty by giving ‘every head a bed’
With warnings that more than a million people will be pushed into absolute poverty from April, many charities are calling on the government to do more [...]
Cost of living: Gordon Brown urges action on extreme poverty
Former PM Gordon Brown demands more help from Rishi Sunak for families pushed into extreme poverty.
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More than a million to be pushed into poverty, says think tank
The Resolution Foundation says 1.3 million people will not be able to afford basic necessities next year.
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These countries have the lowest Covid vaccination rates in the world
A healthcare worker administers a Covid-19 vaccine to a woman in Johannesburg, South Africa, December 04, 2021.Sumaya Hisham | ReutersBurundi, the Dem [...]
NFTs and DeFi overturn a banker’s generational curse of poverty in 2 years
Brenda Gentry, a former USAA mortgage underwriter from Texas, believes that the cryptocurrency ecosystem offers a fighting chance to overcome the gene [...]
Employers moving faster than states to raise hourly pay
Activists with Our Revolution hold $15 minimum wage signs outside the Capitol complex on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021, to call on Congress to pass the $ [...]
Child tax credit extension: Democrats may lose their best weapon against child poverty
The expanded child tax credit, a policy passed in March 2021 that beefed up monthly payments to most families with kids, has already had a massi [...]
Marcus Rashford: Child poverty may rise as universal credit top-up ends
Millions "lost a lifeline" when the temporary rise to universal credit ended, the footballer says.
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Universal credit cut will push workers into poverty, warns Tory former minister
Former cabinet minister Stephen Crabb joins calls for next month's universal credit cut to be axed.
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Poverty in the U.S. Declined Thanks to Government Aid, Census Report Shows
“We measure poverty annually, when the reality of poverty is faced on a day-to-day-to-day basis,” said Hilary Hoynes, an economist at the Universit [...]
Gates Foundation annual report says 31 million pushed into dire poverty, child vaccine rates fell
The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has pushed an additional 31 million people worldwide into dire poverty, reversing global progress on eliminating pove [...]
Climate change, supply chain and labor issues are making food pricier
The Biden administration said Wednesday it plans to take "bold action" to enforce antitrust laws aimed at meatpacking companies it says are causing [...]