Poverty
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With homelessness on the rise, the Supreme Court weighs bans on sleeping outdoors
The Supreme Court wrestled with major questions about the growing issue of homelessness on Monday as it considered whether cities…
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‘This Will Finish Us’
This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. By Stephanie McCrummen Photographs…
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Community legal centres turn away 1,000 Australians each day despite growing need for help
Community legal centres report having to turn away more than 1,000 people every day last year due to budget constraints…
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Despite a national spike in homelessness, some US regions are finding solutions
Last month, volunteers across the United States braved frigid temperatures to conduct the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s annual point-in-time…
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Can Germany meet its ambitious wind energy targets?
But industry figures have cast doubt on this goal, partly due to inadequate seaport infrastructure. Jens Thurau Deutsche Welle German…
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Billionaires tell global leaders they would be ‘proud to pay more’ taxes
In a letter penned by more than 250 of the mega-rich, the group has asked global leaders gathering in Davos,…
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Renewed calls for Labor to ditch work for the dole scheme as major charity walks away
Welfare advocates have renewed calls for the Labor government to drop the work for the dole program after one of the country’s…
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Homelessness is down in South L.A. But nearly 13,000 remain unhoused
Then, one day in February, workers cleared the encampment, which stretched about four blocks from Colden Avenue to Century Boulevard,…
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‘The bailiffs will come at noon’: desperation and devastation in Britain’s housing courts
The defendant is a widow in her 80s, disabled with osteoarthritis – and set to be made homeless in two…
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How to Address Global Hunger
Policymakers must also take measures to help developing countries build up reserves of essential items and cope with price fluctuations,…
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One in four teachers gave food to hungry pupils in England last term, survey finds
One in four teachers in England brought in food for hungry pupils out of concern for their welfare, a survey has revealed,…
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An Opportunity to Remedy Inequality in Pakistan
The Sindh provincial government in Pakistan has taken an important step to mitigate harm from last year’s devastating floods and also provide…
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North Korea: Residents tell BBC of neighbours starving to death
People in North Korea have told the BBC food is so scarce their neighbours have starved to death. Jean Mackenzie…
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The Death Penalty for Homelessness
By any such metric, ours here in the Exceptional Empire is barbaric. Eve Ottenberg CounterPunch Take New York City mayor…
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Cuban exodus: ‘I just don’t see a future here for me’
He’s now tantalisingly close. Will Grant BBC Thanks to an agreement reached a few years ago, Cuban children will compete…
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‘Hands off Africa,’ Pope Francis tells rich world
INSHASA, Jan 31 (Reuters) – Pope Francis denounced the “poison of greed” driving conflicts in Africa as he began a…
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