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Universal basic income: Should the government give ‘unconditional money’ or ‘freebies’ to the poor?
This is where results of the experiment conducted by Sam Altman’s OpenResearch could help shed some…
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Many boomers on Social Security live near poverty and don't tell anyone. It's adding to the loneliness crisis.
With limited money to maintain a social life, many baby boomers feel lonely and isolated.
Allie Kelly
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India's rural-urban income gap declines sharply amid fall in poverty level: SBI Report
Along with the sharp decline in poverty in India, there has also been a marked reduction in the rur…
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A daily wager’s child is much less likely to end up like the father now
For generations, the children of daily wagers have been going back to the same job – extending the …
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415 mn Indians lifted out of poverty in India in 15 years: Govt says quoting UNDP
"As per the 'Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2022: Unpacking deprivation bundles to reduce…
PTI
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Around 23 crore Indians pushed into poverty due to pandemic in last one year, says report
As the pandemic and the eventual lockdowns wreaked havoc on the economy and livelihoods, around 23 …
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Up to 70% of Ukrainians could be forced into poverty this year due to the devastating impact the war has had on livelihoods and industry, the World Bank says
In a worst-case scenario, 28% of Ukrainians could be living on less than $5.50 a day in 2022, the U…
Grace Dean
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Iranians are putting their livers, corneas, and testicles up for sale on Telegram to pay off debts amid rocketing inflation and poverty
Insider reviewed Telegram listings showing poverty-stricken Iranians putting their organs up for sa…
Joshua Zitser
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Child marriage rates in countries like India are witnessing a spike due to climate change-worsened extreme weather
The commodification of daughters often reduces them to "burdens" to be sold off when the family is …
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World Bank warns that higher fertilizer and energy costs pose a threat to harvests after global food prices soar by more than one-third
Rising prices are likely to exacerbate malnutrition and poverty rates, the bank's president warns.
Urooba Jamal
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3.4 million more kids lived in poverty in February than last December, two months after a monthly check program to parents expired
Congress has shown no sign that it will revive the expanded child tax credit anytime soon. Sen. Joe…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig,Madison Hoff
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Friendships between the rich and poor can contribute towards the sustainability goal of no poverty: Study
Global poverty is one of the most crippling social crises that the world continues to face today. T…
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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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Can you afford a $392,000 home? That's the new average price of homeownership in the US.
American families earning $75,000 - $100,000 annually can't afford nearly half the homes on the mar…
Alcynna Lloyd
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Unlivable cities, refugees, extinct animals: UN climate report warns of drastic changes in coming decades
Up to 3.6 billion people are highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, including floods, …
Aria Bendix,Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Poverty went up in 2020, but stimulus checks and beefed up unemployment benefits were a lifeline for millions of Americans
Stimulus checks lifted 11.7 million people out of poverty in 2020, according to data from the Censu…
Madison Hoff
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez appears to jab at Joe Manchin for nuking child-tax-credit payments as new research shows monthly child poverty rates rising
Research from Columbia found the monthly child poverty rate increased from 12.1% in December to 17%…
Erin Snodgrass
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A petition for monthly $2,000 stimulus checks hit 3 million signatures while the odds of additional direct payments are slimmer than ever
Americans have received three rounds of stimulus checks so far, and while they've been hugely popul…
Ayelet Sheffey,Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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Mississippi banned most abortions to be the 'safest state' for the unborn. Meanwhile, one in three Mississippi kids live in poverty
Mississippi will defend its abortion ban before the Supreme Court on December 1. Back home, one in …
Sarah Fowler
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A basic-income pilot in Florida will give formerly incarcerated people $600 per month for a year, no strings attached
Formerly incarcerated people in Florida will receive $1,000 in January 2022, then $600 per month as…