From poverty to power, new California Speaker seeks Democratic caucus unity but offers few details
California Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas has assumed one of the most influential political offices this month
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Rights group says Lebanon electricity crisis deepens poverty
Human Rights Watch says many middle and working class families in Lebanon have been forced to spend most of their monthl...
Study: Child poverty rising after tax credit expires
The number of children in America living in poverty jumped dramatically after just one month without the expanded child...
"Said Poverty Is 'State Of Mind': Nirmala Sitharaman's Dig At Rahul Gandhi
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman - facing flak for a budget critics and opposition leaders say has ignored the poorer...
BJD Will Reduce Odisha's Poverty Rate To 10% In 5 Years: Naveen Patnaik
Asserting that BJD does not have a "boss in Delhi", Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday said that his party w...
COVID-19 spike worsens Africa’s severe poverty, hunger woes
As 2021 comes to a close, many people in richer parts of the globe are fretting over the risk of contracting COVID-19 an...
Analysis: Child poverty a hidden focus of virus relief plan
Tucked inside President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan is a seemingly radical notion that children sh...
Budget office: $15 wage would reduce poverty, increase debt
A new report from the Congressional Budget Office finds that increasing the minimum wage to $15 an hour would reduce the...
'Only in America': Warnock's rise from poverty to US senator
The man elected to be Georgia's first Black senator calls his story one that could only happen in America
US panel tackles race, poverty in virus vaccine priorities
A U.S. advisory panel is making recommendations for who should be first in line to get COVID-19 vaccine
