Drawing shows men making shoes at the Philadelphia Almshouse, circa 1899.
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Amid rising unemployment, inflation and poverty in the 1830s, Philadelphia taxpayers believed welfare scammers were bleeding coffers dry. Poor lists from 1829 show they were wrong.
Israel will withhold Palestinian tax revenues from the Palestinian Authority ‘until further notice’, and not for the first time.
A man with a child shows his identification to police officers at a checkpoint in Honduras as migrants attempt to reach the U.S.
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New research challenges the conventional wisdom that those who enjoy some form of employment and strong support networks are more inclined to attach themselves to a set geography.
Former PM Gordon Brown says more than 3 million children born after 2010 live in poverty.
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The extreme levels of poverty endured by economically inactive people (as highlighted in the government’s own data) are a direct result of deliberate political choices to continually erode benefits.
The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals were designed to address extreme poverty, social inequality, the climate crisis and the loss of biodiversity.
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Can the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) help replace traditional growth measures like GDP?
An interaction with police caused one young man’s heart rate to spike to 130 beats per minute, and it stay elevated for 30 minutes.
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A social science researcher followed a dozen teens from different neighborhoods in North, West and Northeast Philadelphia, tracking their family histories and heart rates as they navigated daily life.
Slum dwellers in Lagos often lack social support.
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Social inclusion gives slum dwellers a voice to advocate for their rights and interests, leading to more inclusive and equitable policies and practices.
Legal precedents hold that criminalizing someone for their status, such as being homeless, is cruel and unusual punishment. But what if that status leads to actions like sleeping in public spaces?
The national living wage has just been raised by 10%.
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Enayat Nasir, University at Albany, State University of New York
If the ban on girls’ education in Afghanistan persists, consequences could include higher rates of abuse, the spread of extremism and billions of dollars in economic loss.
Millions of people in west Africa rely on fishing to make a living.
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