The Latest Breaking News from Poverty

It was a gift of a day. Wrapped in sunshine and high 70s, its contents waiting to be discovered and delighted in. Birdsong and tree buds and the occasional daffodil signaled something new on the horizon.

As finance leaders from around the world meet at the World Bank in Washington this week, food service workers at the poverty-fighting organization are highlighting what they see as a galling situation: The workers who put food on the table for an organization whose mission is to fight poverty are…

Lebanon's economic meltdown has plunged most of the population into poverty. It's now also threatening the country's security. As the currency has plummeted to new lows in recent months, salaries too have fallen, as prices rise. To make ends meet, soldiers are being forced to take on second jobs, or…

New research based on census data indicates another 100,000 people in NSW have slipped into poverty since 2016 — and over half of them are aged over 65.

In a study of 19th century ideas of poverty, the German historian Beate Althammer observes a strange dichotomy. On the one hand, “there existed a deep-rooted tradition of ascribing to the poor a special proximity to God”. As a Hamburg teacher wrote in 1834:

The calls were outlined in submissions to a parliamentary inquiry.

The federal government’s latest budget included $2.5 billion towards a grocery rebate, a one-time GST credit available to low-income Canadians to ease the pressures of food price inflation.

Launceston nurse and charity founder Diana Butler is busy taking the model for sustainable development she helped create in Tanzania to the world.

Letters: John Atkinson says obesity is almost exclusively a disease of poverty, particularly in children, while Kate Halliwell defends the food and drink industries. Plus letters from Fiona Morgan, Julie Box and Alix Dearing

Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days. With Holden Frith, Arion McNicoll and Emma Smith.

Editorial: Over a million children are living in poverty as a result of Conservative policies. This can’t continue