There was a horrendous stench of disease and death in the refugee camps we visited. Some of the people we met were cadaverous and we were told by the medical staff that many of them had only hours to ...

Even in the troubled financial times currently facing the U.S., Europe and Asia, where we all have had to cut back, nothing compares to the poverty in many African nations.

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Hundreds of migrant children have been training for “Goals for Inclusion,” an EU–funded project promoting integration and protection.

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The affluent often blame poverty on bad budgeting skills, claiming the poor just need to be taught financial literacy. But ...

I was in Liberia in January and met a mother who supports her four children making concrete blocks. But her earnings are not ...

When children go missing, some cases dominate headlines while others receive little attention. Research reveals how psychological bias shapes whose disappearances spark urgency.

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