By ADRIANA MORGA and CORA LEWIS | Associated Press NEW YORK — The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that students eligible for free or reduced price school meals cannot be …
“How expensive?” tracks measurements of California’s totally unaffordable housing market. The pain: Housing eats up at least half of paychecks in one-fifth of California households. The source: My trusty spreadsheet …
By Fatima Hussein | The Associated Press Sherri Myers, an 82-year-old resident of Pensacola City, Florida, says the Social Security cost-of-living increase she’ll receive in January “won’t make a dent” …
UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. General Assembly approved a blueprint Sunday to bring the world’s increasingly divided nations together to tackle 21st-century challenges from climate change and artificial intelligence to …
A lawsuit filed by two Alameda residents over a “historic parking lot” is threatening the Alameda Food Bank’s plans to construct a permanent home base from which it would serve …
A shrinking number of Californians live in poverty. But the improvement is much too slow. My trusty spreadsheet reviewed the latest “supplemental” poverty measurements from the Census Bureau. These calculations …
Medical debt creates a huge financial burden in Los Angeles County that affects 1 in 10 county residents and totals $2.9 billion. And the anxiety from unpaid medical bills weighs …
Many financially struggling households in Japan are worried about food costs during summer vacation, a recent survey by a Tokyo-based international nongovernmental organization showed. The survey by Save the Children …
By ADAM BEAM | Associated Press SACRAMENTO — Michael Tubbs is running for lieutenant governor of California, returning to politics four years after voters in his Central Valley hometown ousted …
Home Business India’s Score On SDG Index Shoots Up As Poverty Level Dips, Economy Witnesses Growth Targeted interventions by the Government such as Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, Ujjwala, Swachh Bharat, …