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Barbara Kingsolver returns to Appalachia to tackle opioid crisis, in Dickens-inspired novel Demon Copperhead

Barbara Kingsolver, author of The Poisonwood Bible, returned to her home turf of Appalachia to tackle one of its most urgent issues — with a little help from David Copperfield.

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How Putin’s war and small islands are accelerating the global shift to clean energy, and what to watch for in 2023

The year 2022 was a tough one for the growing number of people living in food insecurity and energy poverty around the world, and the beginning of 2023 is looking bleak.

The Conversation

Here's how to end gridlock in D.C.

Ambitious policy solutions can break through partisan paralysis and change America. It's time to go big

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US Slams Taliban for Women's NGO Jobs Ban in Afghanistan

The US has condemned the Taliban for ordering non-governmental groups in Afghanistan to stop employing women, saying the ban will disrupt vital and life-saving assistance to millions. The Taliban takeover last year sent Afghanistan’s economy into a tailspin and transformed the country, driving millions into poverty and hunger. Foreign aid…

Asharq Al-Awsat

'We shouldn't exist': Inside the very special Christmas toy shop where no-one has to pay a penny

The Wood Street Mission is once again helping the 64,500 children in poverty in Manchester and Salford

Manchester Evening News

The Pope condemned the human 'hunger for wealth and power' at a Christmas Eve Mass

Recalling Jesus' birth in a stable, Pope Francis rebuked those "ravenous" for wealth and power at the expense of the vulnerable in a Christmas Eve homily decrying war, poverty and greedy consumerism.

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Sunak urged to 'break with predecessors' and scrap two-child limit and benefit cap

THE Prime Minister has been urged to “break with his predecessors” and make scrapping the two-child limit and benefit cap a top priority when…

The National (Scotland)

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Sunak urged to drop two-child benefit cap to lift half a million out of poverty

SNP MP Kirsten Oswald has asked the Prime Minister to U-turn on the "unspeakably cruel" policies to lift half a million children out of poverty

Wales Online

Scrapping tax cut for banks for just one week could feed 1.9 million children, Sunak told

Exclusive: Pausing cuts could fund holiday vouchers for all pupils receiving free school meals, analysis shows

The Independent UK

Sunak urged to drop two-child benefit cap to lift thousands out of poverty

SNP MP Kirsten Oswald is calling on the Prime Minister to act.

The Independent UK

38,000 living in poverty in Australia's wealthiest city this Christmas

In Australia's city with the highest median income, 38,000 people will be living below the poverty line this Christmas.

ABC News

Tao Huabi's Lao Gan Ma chilli sauce is a beloved household staple but will her Chinese success story continue?

For decades, Tao Huabi's Lao Gan Ma chilli crisp sauce has dominated China's spicy sauce market but, now, a cloud of competition is looming over her chilli empire.

ABC News

Stuck at the border, migrants find a little Christmas cheer

Tens of thousands of migrants who fled violence and poverty will spend Christmas in crowded shelters or on the dangerous streets of Mexican border towns

The Independent UK

'Free school meals for ALL kids would ensure every child has opportunity to thrive'

Severe eligibility rules dictates 800,000 children living in poverty miss out on free meals as leading author Henry Dimbleby joins our campaign for no kids to go to class hungry

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Christmas charity records 50pc drop in donations with poverty on the rise among Australia's working poor

For some Australians, tomorrow will be a holiday of acceptable excess — opulent feasts, mountains of gifts and binge drinking. But many of those straddling the poverty line are worried they will have little to no food on the table.

Capital & Main

As Eviction Notices Arrive, Reclaimers Brace for Last Christmas in El Sereno

Reclaiming Our Homes drew national attention to SoCal’s struggles over housing and poverty. But their time in state-owned houses may be up.

Wales Online

King starts Christmas holiday by making donation to fuel poverty charity

Charles and the Queen Consort will celebrate Christmas Day with members of their family at Sandringham

Wales Online

King Charles makes donation to Fuel Bank Foundation charity helping people in fuel poverty

Charles and Camilla have arrived at Sandringham for Christmas

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The Independent UK

King makes donation to support families in fuel poverty

The royal family will gather at Sandringham for Christmas for the first time since 2019.

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Older workers shouldn’t have to live in poverty

On Dec. 2, Gary Rasor, an 83-year-old worker at Home Depot, died from injuries he sustained after being violently pushed to the ground while on the job. Rasor had worked at the store as an “associate” for nine years, and celebrated his 83rd birthday in the hospital just days after…

Leeds Live

Leeds community cafe offering 'pay what you can' food on Christmas day

The cafe prides itself on tackling food waste and food poverty

Daily Mirror

Big Issue founder pleads 'save family from homeless fate I suffered as child'

The anti-poverty campaigner's family were turfed out of their home at Christmas in the 1950s - now, seven decades on, history looks set to repeat itself

Tribune News Service

Christmas toy bandit strikes Atlanta nonprofit

ATLANTA — For nearly a century, the Empty Stocking Fund has battled poverty in Georgia through its Christmas gift program for children in need. But in recent years, the nonprofit has had to wage another kind of fight.

The Independent UK

In Peru, Kichwa tribe wants compensation for carbon credits

Residents in Kichwa Indigenous villages in Peru say they fell into poverty after the government turned their ancestral forest into a national park, severely restricted hunting and allowed the sale of forest carbon credits to oil companies

The Guardian - UK

Miriam’s Dickensian Christmas review – Margolyes is as punchy and rich as a boozy pudding

The lifelong Dickens fan is an absolute joy to watch when she’s reading from his work – and at one point you’ll wish she was our queen. But this show needed more fury about poverty

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