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Freedom Denied Part 5: Judges Must Stop Unlawfully Jailing People for Poverty Through Excessive Financial Conditions

In our last four posts, we have described how our Federal Criminal Justice Clinic's Freedom Denied report reveals a culture of detention, with federal judges routinely violating the Bail Reform Act that they are tasked with upholding. This post addresses the last of our four findings and recommendations: "Judges must…

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Heidi Stevens: 'As a child, if I died and my family died, no one would care.' Author sheds light on childhood poverty, homelessness

David Ambroz’s gorgeous new memoir, “A Place Called Home,” begins in Manhattan at Christmas. He and his mom and two older siblings are trudging through the streets on a bitterly cold night, trying to find a place to sleep, trying not to be assaulted, trying not to starve.

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I have seen how top-down solutions condemn the world’s poorest to eternal poverty

A western-led approach has failed to remedy the problem. Maybe, post-pandemic, a new focus on the poor is needed, says activist Anthony Kalulu

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Plaid accuses Labour of blaming patients for the state of the Welsh on patients after health minister says people need to do more exercise

"The reality is this, health services in Wales suffer from a combination of mismanagement by Labour and a Westminster funding system that perpetuates poverty"

Wales Online

British Gas owner on course for eightfold rise in profits from high energy prices

Surge in earnings comes as 8 million households face fuel poverty

The Independent UK

A Quarter of Iraq's Population Lives Below the Poverty Line

A quarter of Iraq's population lives below the poverty line, despite the estimated $100 billion reserves at the Central Bank of Iraq, the largest in the country's modern history, according to bank sources. Economists and finance experts believed Iraq's problem was not related to its wealth but to lousy management…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Hospitals set up food banks for own struggling staff

Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust has teamed up with a food poverty charity

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Terminally ill people urge UK government to pay pensions early

Those of working age who die are twice as likely to spend final year of life in poverty, says charity

The Guardian - UK

Guardian and Observer charity appeal passes £1.25m mark as it enters final week

More than 10,500 donors have so far given to the appeal, helping to support people experiencing hardship and poverty

The Guardian - UK

‘Entrenched car culture’ leaves millions of Britons in transport poverty

Study finds drivers spending up to a fifth of pre-tax income on running a car as lack of infrastructure deters people from cycling

The Guardian - UK

Cost-of-living: NI mum opens up on sharing baths at home to save hot water

"We also switch the lights and sockets off and we don’t put the heating on when the children are at school"

Belfast Live

Climate change action could set off a copper mining boom: how Zambia can make the most of it

At last year’s US Africa leaders summit in Washington the US signed an historic memorandum of understanding with Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo to develop an electric vehicle battery supply chain.

The Conversation

5 African Migrants Die, 10 Missing after Boat Sinks Off Tunisia

At least five African migrants died and another 10 were missing after a boat sank off Tunisia, as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy, a judicial official said on Saturday. The coastguard rescued 20 migrants who had been on the overcrowded boat, which sank off Louata in Sfax…

Asharq Al-Awsat

‘I’ve heard it all: she’s a fraud, a liar, a thief’: Jack Monroe on alcohol, addiction and answering her critics

She’s the anti-poverty campaigner and food writer who shot to fame by teaching us how to make the most of our pennies. But behind the scenes her world was unravelling

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How A.I. can make the Global South more competitive

Far-sighted companies can boost prosperity and shrink poverty in the Global South by unleashing A.I.’s full power.

Chicago Sun-Times

Civil rights organization blasts Chicago mayor, top cop for not firing officer for his links to the far-right Proud Boys

“Any individual who is tasked with protecting the public cannot be trusted to do so equitably when they associate with an openly racist, bigoted, and misogynistic organization,” wrote Jeff Tischauser of the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Fortune

I have 10 minutes to clean a plane before passengers board. Here’s why the holidays’ air travel chaos was entirely avoidable

Airports, airlines, and contractors have received billions of dollars in federal funding, and for what? Worse service and jobs that pay poverty wages.

Evening Standard

David Gold: From abject poverty to business success, West Ham ownership fulfilled a lifelong ambition

David Gold achieved most of his ambitions in a full and successful life, but one dream eluded him.

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The Conversation

Many Turkish people who migrated to European countries are worse off than those who stayed at home

Many people migrate to another country to earn a decent income and to attain a better standard of living. But my recent research shows that across all destinations and generations studied, many migrants from Turkey to European countries are financially worse off than those who stayed at home.

Fortune

Many rural families are stuck in an impossible situation, and fixing the childcare crisis is a first step to help them

Many rural families are struggling to put food on the table. Could expanded access to childcare help?

The Independent UK

Welfare scandal sharpens contrasts in long-poor Mississippi

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families is supposed to help some of the poorest people, and Mississippi has long been one of the poorest states in the U.S. But a welfare misspending scandal in Republican-led Mississippi has ensnared high-profile people, including retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre

Los Angeles Times

You're not getting child tax credit checks anymore. Here's why

WASHINGTON — If you raised children during the pandemic, you probably remember something remarkable: getting checks in the mail, every month, from the federal government.

The Independent UK

Cost of living payments for 2023 will leave families ‘worse off’, say campaigners

£900 support won’t be enough, says End Fuel Poverty Coalition as government sets out payment schedule

Wales Online

DWP announcement on £900 cash boost for Universal Credit, Pension Credit and tax credit recipients

The payments, which were confirmed in the autumn statement, will be made up of three payments that will go directly to bank accounts

Reuters

Brazil markets tumble on Lula's first full day in office

Brazilian markets delivered a withering verdict on leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's first full day in office on Monday, after he pledged to prioritize social issues and ordered a budget-busting extension to a fuel tax exemption.

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