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Poverty
April 01, 2020
Census Day arrives with US almost paralyzed by coronavirus
Census Day — the date used to determine where a person lives for the once-a-decade count — arrived Wednesday with a nation ...
March 31, 2020
Las Vegas marking parking places for homeless encampment
Homeless people in Las Vegas have been directed to sleep in rectangles painted on the pavement in a makeshift parking lot ...
March 31, 2020
World Bank sees outbreak taking a big toll on Asia's economy
The World Bank is estimating that the cornavirus outbreak will cause economic growth to slow significantly this year in China ...
March 31, 2020
Brazil's Carnival beat fades, making way for virus shelter
A month ago, a massive Carnival party bursting with samba music and smiling faces raged inside Rio de Janeiro’s Sambadrome.
March 30, 2020
In Zimbabwe, 'you win coronavirus or you win starvation'
“We are already ruined. What more harm can coronavirus do?" Irene Kampira asked as she sorted secondhand clothes at a ...
March 27, 2020
'Go home!' South Africa has 1st death as lockdown begins
South Africa announced its first death from the coronavirus Friday as the country's cases rose well above 1,000 and a ...
March 27, 2020
Iran's army sets up hospital in capital as virus toll climbs
Iran announced another 144 deaths from the coronavirus on Friday and said thousands more were in critical condition as the ...
March 24, 2020
Charities face growing need in pandemic without volunteers
For more than a week, Elaine Peoples, who cooked for a now-shuttered day care center, has been out of work. At 68, she's also ...
March 20, 2020
As virus grips nation, advocates move to halt evictions
On the day after the coronavirus outbreak was declared a global pandemic, Joe Ferguson was given a batch of court-ordered ...
March 20, 2020
California rushes to prevent virus spread among the homeless
Home to the largest homeless population in the country, California officials are rushing to get tens of thousands of people ...
March 16, 2020
Virus outbreak delays Census counting off-campus students
Because of the new coronavirus, the U.S. Census Bureau has postponed sending out census takers to count college students in ...
March 08, 2020
UN chief: Gender inequality biggest human rights challenge
Calling himself “a proud feminist,” U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres lashed out at men who abuse power and declared ...
March 08, 2020
Homeless at 'double risk' of getting, spreading coronavirus
They often don't have places to wash their hands, struggle with health problems and crowd together in grimy camps.
March 05, 2020
Food stamp change fuels anxiety as states try to curb impact
Having food stamps offers Richard Butler a stability he’s rarely known in his 25 years. He was in state custody at age 2, ...
March 04, 2020
North Korean swagger may conceal brewing virus disaster
In these days of infection and fear, a recent propaganda photo sums up the image North Korea wants to show the world, as well ...
February 28, 2020
Lady Gaga's father cites homelessness for his bar's woes
Lady Gaga's father is refusing to pay $260,000 in rent and fees for his restaurant at New York City's Grand Central Terminal, ...
February 25, 2020
US appeals court upholds Trump rules involving abortions
In a victory for the Trump administration, a U.S. appeals court on Monday upheld rules that bar taxpayer-funded ...
February 24, 2020
Women Holocaust survivors find joy in fighting poverty
Frumie Cisner remembers the first time she witnessed a Holocaust survivor picking through trash — how the woman scavenged a ...
February 20, 2020
California governor makes homelessness top issue in 2020
Tossing aside tradition, California's governor on Wednesday devoted his biggest platform to a single issue: solving a ...
February 20, 2020
California governor seeks to expand involuntary treatment
Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to make it easier for the government to force psychiatric treatment for people with mental illness ...
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