The Latest Breaking News from Poverty

Reagan racialized poverty like no other

"Though Trumpism is ten times more terrifying than Reaganism, they share the same DNA"

Salon · Jul 8, 2024

To boost the economy, Labour cannot afford to duck these four expensive challenges

Labour has come to power with a mandate for change and big ambitions to grow the economy and rebuild public services. It wants to move swiftly to implement its early pledges while keeping within its self-imposed spending limits.

The Conversation · Jul 8, 2024

The bonus offering new parents in America cash to have babies

Italy, which has one of the world’s lowest birth rates, provides baby bonus checks and other benefits

The Independent UK · Jul 8, 2024

Obsession with growth is enriching elites and killing the planet. We need an economy based on human rights

Economic growth allows the few to grow ever-wealthier. Ending poverty and environmental catastrophe demands fresh thinking

The Guardian - UK · Jul 2, 2024

Labour’s missed chance to reduce child poverty

Letter: The party’s broad commitment not to raise taxes would hamper efforts to eradicate child poverty, says Prof Mike Stein

The Guardian - UK · Jul 1, 2024

'Principled': John Swinney calls out BBC Scotland host over 'stigmatising' question

JOHN Swinney has drawn praise after challenging a BBC host’s question which used language experts have described as "stigmatising" ...

The National (Scotland) · Jun 30, 2024

‘A deeply unfair and unequal country’: report warns of unprecedented far-right gains in UK

Thinktank says decisive action must be taken to counter inequality in health, housing, poverty and the north-south income divide

The Guardian - UK · Jun 30, 2024

The Hartlepool headteacher trying to find beds for 10,000 sleep-deprived pupils

Tees Valley project is hoping to help 10,000 children whose ability to learn is suffering as a result of bed poverty

The Guardian - UK · Jun 30, 2024

Gender, poverty, violence: all matter to women, and all must matter to Labour

The 14 grinding years of Conservative rule have been devastating for too many women

The Guardian - UK · Jun 29, 2024

The South Bronx is a cross section of everything wrong with America

Its residents make up just 6.5% of the city’s population, and yet host two-thirds of the city’s waste sites, incinerators, and factories.

Fortune · Jun 29, 2024