Indonesia's status as an upper-middle-income country (UMIC) is often seen as a sign of progress—a recognition that the nation ...

Very deep poverty is defined by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation as earning below 40% of the median household income. According ...

Elon Musk argues AI-driven abundance will eventually make money irrelevant, but betting your financial future on that vision today assumes a smooth transition that history suggests is anything but ...

GUIYANG, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- Late one evening in the rugged mountains of southwest China's Guizhou Province, village official Lei Bingchao's phone buzzed with a message. Notably, this was not from a ...

A new report suggests poverty has "deepened" in the UK.

The New York Times and apparently all of polite society was in a tizzy late last month after learning that “fringe” ...

Parties must put reducing child poverty “front and centre of their manifestos” at the Holyrood elections, the director of a poverty charity has said. With 100 days until the Holyrood election the ...

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This article is part of Bright Spots, The 74’s series highlighting schools where every child learns to read, no matter their zip code. Explore the Bright Spots map to find out which schools are ...

However, the greatest myth is the notion of permanent failure on one side, and inevitable success on the other, when in ...

The streets of Iran have spoken with a clarity that cannot be ignored. For weeks, protests have surged across the country, ...