The New York Times1mon
As Poverty Rises in New York City, 1 in 4 Can’t Afford Essentials
plus $1,200 for those mothers when their child is born. The report found 26 percent of children in New York City, or 420,000 children, live in poverty. The most sweeping proposal would give ...
Women will have to wait 137 years for this crisis to be solved
Violence against women and girls is an epidemic so serious the National Police Chiefs’ Council has declared it a ‘national ...
Opinion
Social Security helped slash elderly poverty to 9.2 percent in the 20th century – that triumph is now in jeopardy
(THE CONVERSATION) In 1959, more than a third of all elderly Americans lived in poverty. Slashing that number to under 10 percent by the late 1990s was among the great U.S. triumphs of the 20th ...
Proto Thema2d
The women of the Revolution: The heroines of 1821 who died in poverty – Tragic stories of Bouboulina, Manto Mavrogenous, and other female fighters
Legendary women of the national rebirth, such as Bouboulina, Manto Mavrogenous, the “Lady of the Seas,” “Psorokostaina,” and ...
World Bank1y
Madagascar Poverty Assessment: Navigating Two Decades of High Poverty and Charting a Course for Change
Weak human capital also limits options for escaping poverty. A child born in Madagascar just before the pandemic is projected to be 39% as productive as they could be with complete education and good ...