poverty

Fuels are not just for transportation in Nigeria, many people also use fuel to power their generators in order to get electricity at home and also run their businesses.

Nigeria’s low-income communities bear the brunt of faltering economy

Nigeria has held the position as Africa’s largest economy since 2022. But a recent forecast by the International Monetary Fund predicts that the country may fall to fourth place this year amid fuel scarcity and high inflation.

Four vertical syringes of SARS CoV-2 Vaccine for COVID-19

Pandemic set to widen global inequality

Residents of Chicago's Englewood neighborhood gather for a candlelight vigil against gun violence.

This new book looks at all the kids killed by gun violence on a random day in America

Conflict
A make-shift bed of a homeless person, with a sign on top that reads "I'll be right back," in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Sept. 11.

A third of Argentina is poor. That’s not what the government used to say.

Economics
Youth unemployment

As youth unemployment spikes, job seekers keep dreaming

Economics
Women on the street

These Indian women said they could protect their local forests better than the men in their village. The men agreed.

Environment

Empowered by a law giving them claim to their forests, village women are patrolling to keep poachers out.

Brazilian soldiers inspecting water container for Zika

Improving water sources, sanitation facilities and poverty alleviation may not be the solution to Brazil’s Zika outbreak

Health

Data and scientific studies show that the relationship between poverty and the disease may not be as strong as you thought.

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How to make public schools serve poor students

Education

In 2015, New York City began turning schools in poor neighborhoods into community schools — combining rigorous instruction and extracurricular enrichment with a broad social support system.

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Why are kids going hungry in one of California’s most productive farming regions?

Food

Persistently low wages, unstable employment, and severe drought conditions have taken a major toll on local agricultural workers and their families. And, that’s hitting young people the hardest.

project fatherhood

Project Fatherhood is uniting the men of LA’s toughest communities

Lifestyle

In the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, Project Fatherhood helps end the cycle of absent fathers and gives men a place to discuss what it means to be dads, partners and sons in one of the city’s roughest areas.