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Nearly 100 new people achieved billionaire status in the US during the pandemic
About 37.2 million people in the US lived below the poverty line in 2020 while 98 US newcomers land…
Taiyler Simone Mitchell
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Chicago just approved one of the US's largest basic-income pilots: $500 monthly payments for 5,000 people
Participants in the Chicago pilot will be chosen at random, but individuals must earn less than $35…
Aria Bendix
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Democrats are holding the first hearing in 23 years on a measure to lift the elderly and disabled out of poverty
Democrats want to boost Supplemental Security Income, to lift 3.3 million of the elderly and disabl…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Biden's child allowance helped feed 2 million kids in its first month
Parents now receive monthly checks from the government as part of the expanded Child Tax Credit. It…
Juliana Kaplan
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A Black man framed for murdering a teen in South Carolina nearly confessed to the crime after his family experienced 13 years of harassment, job loss, and poverty
"You know the movie '12 Years A Slave'?" falsely accused Shaun Taylor told The Observer. "Living un…
Azmi Haroun
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Aadhaar Gaining More Teeth, To Play Key Role In ‘Banking For All’
Except for the Aadhaar part.
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Democrats want to bring back Biden's child tax credit soon — and a new report shows it was a huge success in fighting child poverty
Stimulus checks and federal unemployment benefits dented poverty last year, in addition to the mont…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig,Madison …
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54 million people fell out of the global middle class last year as the K-shaped recovery went international
Some 152 million people tumbled into poverty or the lower-income class, reversing years of improvem…
Ben Winck
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The economic prospects of rich and poor Americans had long been diverging. The pandemic finally completed the break.
The pandemic worsened inequality so much it will take a decade for lower-income Americans to recove…
Juliana Kaplan
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America's miserable K-shaped Christmas
Move over Grinch, there's a new holiday ruiner in town: It's called the American response to the co…
Juliana Kaplan,Hillary Hoffow…
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Twitter users are comparing the $600 stimulus to the French Revolution phrase 'let them eat cake,' saying the check won't be enough to keep Americans from falling into poverty
The government's new stimulus is roughly half as generous as the one that expired in the summer, an…
Juliana Kaplan,Dominic-Madori…
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By 2021, as many as 150 million people likely to be in extreme poverty due to COVID-19: World Bank
This would represent a regression to the rate of 9.2 per cent in 2017, according to the bienni…
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The magic of 'Maid': How the creators of Netflix's latest hit turned to a domestic-violence shelter to shine a vital light on poverty and abuse
"I didn't want it to feel like a lecture or taste like broccoli, because we all turn that show off,…
Esme Mazzeo
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When the $600 weekly bonus unemployment payments stopped, poverty rates in the US increased, new research shows
Poverty rates in the US rose in July, after the $600 a week unemployment benefit lapsed without any…
Barbara Smith
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Can Congress' basic income scheme end India's poverty?
In case of the just launched PM-Kisan scheme only landowners who own less than two hectares …
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'A national scandal:' AOC says the US is 'in denial' about the number of Americans actually living in poverty
The New York lawmaker last year unveiled a sweeping anti-poverty package made up of six bills that …
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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Raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour would lift 900,000 people out of poverty while adding $54 billion to the deficit, CBO report finds
Raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour would reduce poverty, while also reducing employment and in…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Pitching in to eradicate poverty: An incredible initiative to alleviate global poverty
With a commitment and re commitment to carve out a sustainable niche for each one living on Mother …
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There's a hidden poverty lurking in American suburbs
That's according to Scott Allard, a professor at the University of Washington and author of "Places…
Chris Weller
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Here's what it's like to attend the Monaco Yacht Show - in a country where the poverty rate is 0 - when you are not a millionaire
This year's Monaco Yacht Show brought an estimated 30,000 people from around the world to the tiny …