In South Africa, we often speak about hunger as though it were an unfortunate side effect of poverty, climate shocks or global food prices. But this framing obscures the firm truth: widespread hunger ...

State lawmakers say 2026 is the year they will pass major legislation to assist teachers in helping the youngest Georgians ...

Memphis Mayor Paul Young appointed Dr. Eric D. Harris as director of Memphis Public Libraries, the city announced Feb. 9. “Eric Harris understands Memphis because he is Memphis,” Young said in a Feb.

The federal government shut down for 43 days last year when Democrats demanded Republicans extend the enhanced premium ...

A six-month listening exercise has taken place, giving support and advice to parents.

Social Security benefits play a vital role in reducing poverty in every state, and they lift more people above the poverty line than any other program in the United States. Without Social Security, 23 ...

Zulfiqar A Bhutta and colleagues argue that the response to children in fragile and conflict affected settings must move beyond event based framings to tackle cumulative and intergenerational ...

With South Africa's minimum wage set to rise to R30.23 an hour, political parties and experts voice concerns over the living conditions of domestic workers, who continue to struggle against rising ...

U.S. policymakers have embarked on a systemic reorientation of the U.S. economy with the overarching goal to increase ...

West Virginia’s relative poverty isn’t an effect of California’s enormous wealth. The better way to look at it is to consider ...

The lapse of enhanced subsidies for Affordable Care Act marketplace insurance has forced families to make difficult financial ...

TALLAHASSEE — Florida’s Department of Health is using emergency rules to cut about 12,000 people off from affordable access ...