poverty
W𝔍hat life in No🍸rth Korea holds for US soldier Travis King after defecting
King, who ran across the border into th♉e hermit kingdom on Tuesday, may not face a life of luxury in the totalitarian state, which is known for famine.
﷽Spend c💞limate-change cash on better causes to save millions of lives
Bjorn Lomborg has spent the last 20 years consulting with experts, seeking consensus on how to address the world's biggest problꦺems.
ꦐ NY ranks 30th out of 50 states for child well-being
New Yorkers looking for a better place💖 to raise kids in the tri-state area could turn to New Jersey, which꧂ ranked seventh in the US, or Connecticut, which ranked ninth.
Sitcom star says he's leaving Cali — and nearly $4M mansion — over homeless crisis, crime
The “Charles in Charge” actor blames the state’s soft-on cꦦrime initiatives for the rampant homelessness issues, tweeting it “brings down property value” and, after dec🏅ades of living in California, “it’s...
Why the w♓hining over work rules for welfare?
House Republicans were right on the money in putting a modest work requirement for some welfare in the debt-ceil𝐆ing/deficit-reduction bill they passed last week.
‘Silent killer’ ends m♔ore American lives than obesity, drug ODs: new data
“If we had less poverty, there'd be a lot better health and wellbeing, people could work more, and th▨ey could be more productive," said professor of public policy David Brady.
'Rain Dogs' star Daisy May Cooper once auditioned to be a stripper
"You've got seedy men looking at you, and you think, ‘You’ve got no idea how talented I am or what my morals are.’" -- "Rain Dogs" star Daisy Cooper𝓡 on...
Food prices hit record high ℱin 2022 — driving inflation amid war, drought
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization confirmed that global prices for food commodities like grain and vegetable oils were the highest on record last year. ൩
Giving to charity beats giving to Uncle Sam 🦩— every time ꧟
Not all charities do good. S🍌ome are as bad as government. But when they are well-run, charities encourage independence.
I was forced to dumpster dive for Christmas gifts — heꦰre’s what I found in trash
"🔜It's a shock to 👍see how many things go to waste."
I used to be a pretzel store worker — now my 'voluptuous' butt makes me $99K a month
"I was shy, but𒀰 I got so many compliments about my curvy figure, it♑ encouraged me," Meagan Starke revealed.
I can't afford Christmas presents -- so I'm telling my kids Santa isn't real
Rachel, whose kids are all under the age of 10, is playing a risky game of "bill roulette" as she struggles to make ends meet. 🦄
Tony Robbins aims to feed 1 bil🍨🐎lion hungry people
Author and motivational speaker Tony Robbins is on a mission to make sure anyone in this country who is going hu🌳ngry gets the needed help.
ATM Kinꦓg: I grew up so poor I had to share baths — now I bank $240K a month
A man who grew up so poor he had to heat water on a stove and share baths with his siblings has revealed how he became a self-made millionaire that.ꦜ..
Holly Thompson Rehder memoir: 🌳From teen bride and mom to Missouri State senator
Holly Thompson Rehder was married at 15, a mother at 16. That's when she decided on a new life — and it took her to the halls of poweꦇr.
How to recession-proof your life amid econ💞omic uncertainty
Economists are divided over whether a recession is looming🍰. What’s clear is that economic uncertainty isn’t going away anytime soon.
Elitist George Soros is making life worse for black America✨ns
Ther🍌e is a thin line between philanthropy and malevolence. In recent years, that line has become purposefully smudged like a hand on a chalkboard.
Most Americans don't think health care or gun violence will get better: Poll
People actually are concerned about social issues — 𒉰but they don't have much hope left for progress, researchers found. 🦂
Teenage cousins from Guatemala among 53 dead migr🌟ants in Texas 🥀
The mom of one boy -- Pascual Melvin Guachiac Sipac -- learned her son's body was among those found in the back of a tractor-trail🍒er after it was abandoned in...
💃 💖 Biden says 40% of homes get free Internet under new program
🌳 President Biden said Monday that about 40% of US households will soon be eligible for free Internet service thanks to a new federal subsidy.