Readers respond to deepening poverty in the UK and ways to address it Your editorial on deepening poverty in the UK (27 January) rightly condemns the decade and a half (and counting) of austerity.

Joseph Rowntree Foundation finds problem is ‘deeper and more damaging than at any point in the last 30 years’ The UK’s poorest families are getting poorer, with record numbers of people classed as in ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - An infographic showing Indonesia is the second-poorest nation globally has been widely circulated on social media platforms, including Instagram [archive], Threads, and Facebook.

One might expect researchers to have settled the question long ago of whether poverty causes crime. On the surface, the answer seems obvious. A correlation certainly exists: anyone working in the ...

Have you ever struggled to turn a mountain of data into something that’s not only digestible but also visually captivating? In this new guide, Matt Penny explores how Google’s NotebookLM is ...

The global fight against extreme poverty has stalled for a second consecutive year, according to the 2025 Fordham Pope Francis Global Poverty Report, which tracks access to seven basic human needs ...

New Census Bureau data highlights sharp contrasts in poverty across the U.S., with some states reporting rates nearly three times higher than others. Over the three-year period from 2022 through 2024, ...

Poverty is on the rise, but only among seniors, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s annual poverty report. Based on the official measure, which is a simple calculation based on pretax cash income ...

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 ...

Although poverty has declined in Panama, disparities persist within some vulnerable groups. For example, indigenous communities face poverty rates of up to 70%, and lack access to quality basic ...

Lily is a Caucasian 17-year-old girl coming to a family medicine clinic with fatigue and shortness of breath when walking. She has been depressed for more thanr two years, suffers anxiety, and has ...

Child migration takes many forms, from family reunification and moving in the hope of finding a better life to forced and traumatic migration caused by conflict, poverty or climate change. Written by ...