A mother struggling with schizophrenia, extreme poverty, and the demands of raising a teenager is now facing a $32,000 bill from the Social Security Administration. According to a post on the ...

After Hurricane Melissa ravaged eastern Cuba last month and left thousands stranded without a home, a number of church groups, private business owners, activists, artists and social media influencers ...

Milian reflected on childhood struggles, industry lessons, and why songwriting and publishing became her long-term financial ...

Since 1990, the World Bank has reported estimates of the number of people worldwide that live in extreme poverty. This poverty standard is based on how the poorest countries in the world define ...

Around 1 in 5 children today are living in extreme poverty, according to new World Bank-UNICEF research. In 2024, an estimated 412 million children aged 17 or younger were residing in households ...

What do twenty pounds of bricks feel like? Would it be easier to carry them on your back or your head? At what age would a child be allowed to work in a brickyard? For second-grader Emily Salibian, ...

Jason Hickel receives funding from European Research Council (ERC-2022-SYG reference number 101071647). Dylan Sullivan receives funding from European Research Council (ERC-2022-SYG reference number ...

Jessica La Mesa is the Co-CEO of The Life You Can Save, a charity evaluator focused on eradicating extreme poverty. Before working in the nonprofit space, I spent my career in advertising and sales ...

On Nov. 1, the southern Indian state of Kerala will be officially declared the first among the nation’s 28 states to be “free of extreme poverty.” This is a remarkable achievement, experts say, as the ...

The SSA issues overpayments when someone receives more benefits than they were entitled to. This can happen for various reasons, including unreported work activity or income changes. In this case, the ...