From poverty to power, new California Speaker seeks Democratic caucus unity but offers few details
California Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas has assumed one of the most influential political offices this month
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Rights group says Lebanon electricity crisis deepens poverty
Human Rights Watch says many middle and working class families in Lebanon have been forced to spend most of their monthl...
Study: Child poverty rising after tax credit expires
The number of children in America living in poverty jumped dramatically after just one month without the expanded child...
COVID-19 spike worsens Africa’s severe poverty, hunger woes
As 2021 comes to a close, many people in richer parts of the globe are fretting over the risk of contracting COVID-19 an...
Analysis: Child poverty a hidden focus of virus relief plan
Tucked inside President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan is a seemingly radical notion that children sh...
Budget office: $15 wage would reduce poverty, increase debt
A new report from the Congressional Budget Office finds that increasing the minimum wage to $15 an hour would reduce the...
US panel tackles race, poverty in virus vaccine priorities
A U.S. advisory panel is making recommendations for who should be first in line to get COVID-19 vaccine
Poor People's Campaign eyes 'virtual march' in poverty fight
An anti-poverty coalition is scheduled to hold a virtual march as part of the Poor People’s Campaign to highlight the pl...
Virus deepens Argentina's economic crisis as poverty soars
The percentage of Argentines in poverty is supposed to reach as high as 45% this year as the coronavirus pandemic worsen...
Density, poverty keep Los Angeles struggling against virus
While most of California took another step forward to partly reopen in time for Memorial Day weekend, Los Angeles County...
