"The ground beneath our feet is perpetually shifting. And it’s hard to keep our balance," writes Alissa Quart.

DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Billionaires’ wealth grew three times faster in 2024 than the year before, a top anti-poverty group reported on Monday as some of the world’s political and ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Billionaires’ wealth grew three times faster in 2024 than the year before, while the number of the world ...

Davos, Switzerland — Billionaires' wealth grew three times faster in 2024 than the year before, a top anti-poverty group reported on Monday as some of the world's political and financial elite ...

Sundays are for resting, supposedly, but it can also be for mopping the floors, washing the bedding, and catching up on work because you simply have too much to do. Remember the Electronic Wireless ...

Just since 2000, more than 80 million children’s lives have been saved. Likewise, consider extreme poverty, defined as having less than $2.15 per day, adjusted for inflation. Historically ...

MANILA, Philippines — The biggest threats to the Philippines in the next two years are an economic downturn and poverty, according to the World Economic Forum (WEF). The Global Risks Report 2025 ...

He needs help. He needs advice. Eighteen years after entering office with a high priority given to the ending of child poverty, it's proving to be tougher than it looked. The most recent figures ...

TOKYO -- A disreputable scientific journal used generative AI to create bogus papers, using the names of three Japanese researchers without permission in what is thought to be an instance of ...

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Poverty impacts millions of people in Pakistan and limits the nation's economic potential. During the last 10 years, poverty indexes have shown a complicated picture of regional differences ...

Welcome back to The Sunday Papers. It's 2025, which means that this column has been running for eighteen years. What might change here as we move into adulthood? Very little, I suspect. We here are ...