Tuesday, November 28, 2023
Government-funded food assistance and cash transfers serve as crucial tools for alleviating poverty and inequality, with millions of families across the U.S. relying on social safety net programs to help meet their basic needs. State and federal policies...
Thursday, September 22, 2022
Poverty typically rises during recessions as employment weakens—but the COVID-19-induced recession has been different, both nationally and in California. Based on new census data for California, poverty fell sharply from 16.6% in 2019 to...
Monday, August 22, 2022
There is considerable evidence of the effective role that school meals play in alleviating poverty and food insecurity, supporting good nutrition, boosting learning, and improving health outcomes. However, nearly 60 percent of children just above the...
Saturday, April 16, 2022
Even for a naturally industrious woman like Del Toro – who worked 12 hours a day and six days week at a furniture manufacturing plant and earned the nickname “the monster” for her work ethic – making ends meet has become an all-consuming task. When the...
Tuesday, August 3, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown the U.S. economy into a nosedive of unprecedented rapidity. Millions of workers have lost their jobs and are unable to work from home. GDP is plummeting, small business owners cannot meet their rent and other...
Wednesday, July 14, 2021
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The new child tax credit will radically reduce poverty, but millions of the poorest children might miss out...
Thursday, June 17, 2021
Más de un año después de reportar su primer caso de covid-19, América Latina sigue siendo uno de los epicentros globales de la pandemia. El número de contagios y muertes en la región sigue aumentando, incluso en países como Chile, donde la vacunación ha...
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America, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela
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Wednesday, June 9, 2021
The Labor Department determined it doesn’t have the legal authority to stop states from opting out of federal unemployment programs early, according to an agency official. The programs have offered unemployment benefits to millions of people since...
Wednesday, May 26, 2021
Low-income immigrants in the US who struggled to afford basic needs during the coronavirus pandemic avoided seeking government benefits and other assistance because of immigration-related concerns, according to a new report by the Urban Institute.
Wednesday, May 26, 2021
Wales has become the latest country to explore the idea of a universal basic income, which gives every adult a fixed amount of money, regardless of their employment status. Announcing plans for a pilot scheme was a bold move by the first...
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Africa, Kenya, America, Canada, United States, Asia, South Korea, Europe, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom
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