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LZ Granderson: The accusations against Brett Favre are not just another NFL scandal

Nearly every member of my family has ties to Mississippi. During school breaks, we would load up the Aerostar and head out from Detroit, down I-75 south to our grandparents' home in Cruger, a small town nestled somewhere between where Emmett Till's body was found and where Medgar Evers was…

Los Angeles Times

AOC says abortion bans ‘conscript’ the poor to work. Research shows restrictions have devastating economic impacts

Denying access to abortion care can have far-reaching costs in a country without guaranteed medical leave and poor maternal health outcomes

The Independent UK

Don’t Pay UK halts energy strike as it fails to sign enough people

A Day of Action will take place in 19 cities on Friday but fuel bills campaign will only happen when one million pledge to take part

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Tax cuts funded on backs of poor ‘morally indefensible’, say campaigners

Government could seek to reduce welfare benefits spending in wake of recent mini-budget

The Guardian - UK

The nine worst blunders Liz Truss made on this morning's tense radio tour

She used one phrase a whopping 61 times

Wales Online

9 car crash moments in Liz Truss's local radio grilling branded 'worst outing since 1216'

If Liz Truss thought her hour-long marathon of mini Budget local radio interviews would be a breeze, she was wrong - as listeners asked her "are you ashamed of what you've done?"

Daily Mirror

Inside Coolio’s rise to fame after street gang violence and crack cocaine addiction

Gangsta's Paradise rapper Coolio overcame battles with addiction and poverty to achieve notable success before he was found dead on Wednesday on a friend's bathroom floor

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Argentina's economic crisis draws protests even as poverty rate eases

Argentina's deep economic slump drew thousands to the streets on Wednesday, as protesters demanded action to counter sky-high inflation and help the country's poor, even as data showed the poverty rate dipped in the first half of this year.

Reuters

More than 40 per cent of Scots over 50 living in fuel poverty, survey finds

MORE than 40 per cent of people over 50 in Scotland are thought to be living in fuel poverty, with some cutting down on food in the face of…

The National (Scotland)

I was a Conservative peer – Tory voters will not tolerate Liz Truss’s bungs to the rich

You don’t have to be a socialist to find UK levels of poverty intolerable – but Liz Truss doesn’t see it, says peer Patience Wheatcroft

The Guardian - UK

Poverty focused event for South Lanarkshire community groups to be held

South Lanarkshire Community Planning Partnership will host the gathering.

Daily Record

Health inequalities require ‘urgent’ action across Government, say MSPs

The Scottish Parliament’s Health, Social Care and Sport Committee is calling on tackling poverty to become a major public health priority.

The Independent UK

Labour vows to offer EVERY primary child access to school breakfast club

Shadow Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson will set out plans for fully funded school breakfasts for youngsters as the 'first step on the road to a modern childcare system'

Daily Mirror

Disabled people are already cutting back on costs more than others – for many, the £150 cost of living payment won't do much to help

Even before the current cost of living crisis, disabled people were much more likely than non-disabled people to be in poverty and living on inadequate incomes. Now, spiralling living costs are adding to years of financial disadvantage. Our new analysis of YouGov survey data starkly illustrates the situation, showing that…

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The Independent UK

White House conference puts spotlight on hunger relief

As the country’s food charities struggle to keep up with rising inflation and demand, the White House will host a conference on Wednesday

The Conversation

Four things that cost more if you're already poor – and some simple ways to help fix this

As the UK faces the sharpest increase in the cost of living in a generation, households across the country are feeling the pinch. Those already on low incomes are affected most, not just because they have less money to begin with, but also because they actually pay more to access…

The Guardian - UK

There is a way to stop British families freezing this winter – just look at Belgium

Since 2002, eligible households have been shielded from price fluctuations in the energy market, says Carl Packman of the Fair by Design campaign

Daily Record

Anti-poverty taskforce to be formed in Perth and Kinross to aid struggling residents

On September 28 members at the full council meeting will also be asked to approve an additional £470,000 of funding to support those most in need over the winter period

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Liverpool Echo

Tories' mini-budget labelled 'war on class' in emotional plea

Speakers took to the stage to ask people to back the right-to-food movement

The Texas Tribune

1836 Project promotes sanitized version of Texas history, experts say

The Texas Tribune reviewed the 15-page document, which will be handed out to new drivers, and asked historians to comment on how accurately and thoroughly it chronicles the state’s history.

The National (Scotland)

Fuel poverty protest aims to send message to Liz Truss and the Tories

FUEL poverty campaigners will stage a protest outside the UK Government’s headquarters in Scotland on Saturday.

360info

India’s social safety net offers lessons as food prices rocket up

India’s inflation problem is making hunger worse and attempts to fix inflation may just add to poverty.

Reuters

Poverty in Lebanon's 'city of billionaires' drives deadly migration

In the city from which Lebanon's richest politicians hail, the poorest residents once again mourn their dead.

Radio France Internationale

An essay of war, madness and addiction by photojournalist Eugene Richards

The work of award-winning American photographer Eugene Richards was recently the subject of a retrospective at the international photojournalism festival, Visa Pour l'Image. The 78-year-old has documented poverty in the US, photographed drug addicts, patients in psychiatric hospitals, Iraq war veterans. His exhibition is called "An Outsider".

The Independent UK

Poverty, inflation, fear: Egypt's economy pushed to brink

For decades, millions of Egyptians have depended on the government to keep basic goods affordable

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