United Way's new report on the Lower Hudson Valley's working poor paints a bleak picture, one that experts say is only going ...

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Peter D. Kramer is a 37-year staffer who writes long-form narratives on a variety of topics. His story looking back on the ...

After 25 years behind the screen of the Monastery of the Poor Clares in Alexandria, Sister Mary Charitas of the Child Jesus ...

Despite a lifetime of toil, neither he nor his family has received the benefits of government welfare schemes meant for the ...

Zohran Mamdani is the 33-year-old Democratic party candidate for the November New York City Mayoral election. If he wins, ...

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They toil in mines, tend crops, scrub floors. An author of a new report on child labor points to great progress in reducing ...

A heartbreaking TikTok showed South Africa children scavenging during school holidays, highlighting the deep struggles many face when schools close.

This Kansas City resident saw basketball as his way out of poverty in Nigeria. His mission is to pay it forward.

The government, through the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MoGCSP), has increased the grants of ...

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Authorities in the Karamoja sub-region are concerned about the increasing number of school ...