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First poverty conference in Springfield presents community with new research
KY3 Springfield· 2 hours agoThe Springfield community can learn about poverty research Missouri State University professors...
South Africa will mark 30 years of freedom amid inequality, poverty and a tense election ahead
AOL· 6 hours agoAs 72-year-old Nonki Kunene walks through the corridors of Thabisang Primary School in Soweto, South Africa, she recalls the joy she and many others felt 30 years ago when they voted for the ...
SPLC launches Advocacy Institute to teach Alabama residents to change their communities
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoThe Southern Poverty Law Center is launching its Advocacy Institute as a way to teach Alabamians how...
The Perils of Retirement in America | by Teresa Ghilarducci - Project Syndicate
Project Syndicate· 3 hours agoIt is failing older workers, pensioners, and would-be retirees, and if we don’t fix it soon, it will...
India begins second phase of national elections with Modi's BJP as front-runner
San Francisco Chronicle· 2 hours agoMillions of Indians began voting Friday in the second round of multi-phase national elections as...
Rewiring the Brain: Poverty Linked With Neurological Changes That Affect Behavior, Illness, and...
SciTechDaily· 1 day agoResearch connects low socioeconomic status to brain alterations impacting educational achievement, mental health, and language development. What influences mental health, academic achievement ...
What Income Will Be Considered Poverty Level In 5 Years?
GoBankingRates via AOL· 7 days agoGuessing the future poverty line is like trying to hit a moving target. There are a lot of economic...
Meet a Gen X ALICE in Michigan who struggles to pay for prescriptions and can only afford one meal a...
Business Insider via Yahoo Finance· 17 hours agoThe subject of the story is not pictured above. Oscar Wong / Getty Images Cherie Tobias, 48, lives...
G20 ministers get behind a global wealth tax on billionaires
Mother Jones· 1 hour agoThe world’s 3,000 billionaires should pay a minimum 2 percent tax on their fast-growing wealth to...
10 years after Flint, the fight to replace lead pipes across U.S. continues : Short Wave
NPR· 4 hours agoFlint is a majority-Black city, and at the time, an estimated 40% of residents lived in poverty....