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Are you lower, middle, or upper class in India?
Economic classes in India are broadly categorised into various groups based on income, lifestyle, a…
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America's poverty line is letting millions slip through the cracks here's how we could fix it
Many Americans are struggling financially but don't qualify for aid because they technically make a…
Juliana Kaplan,Noah Sheidlower,Allie Kelly
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Many boomers on Social Security live near poverty and don't tell anyone. It's adding to the loneliness crisis.
With limited money to maintain a social life, many baby boomers feel lonely and isolated.
Allie Kelly
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After eliminating extreme poverty, India now eligible to move to a higher poverty line: report
The report finds growth in per capita consumption, a decline in urban and rural inequality and a dr…
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A Gen Xer who barely lives above the poverty line sells plasma to cover her rent because she doesn't qualify for government assistance: 'There's a lot of praying and just hanging on.'
Lisa Kelley, 47, lives just above the poverty line but can't qualify for government assistance, so …
Allie Kelly
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India's poverty level has fallen below 5%: NITI Aayog CEO
The latest household consumer expenditure survey indicates that India's poverty level has fallen be…
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The extravagant Ambani pre-wedding party was an affront to the millions of Indians in poverty, critics say
The pre-wedding events for Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant, which featured Rihanna, show a blatan…
Joshua Zitser,Spriha Srivastava
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Meet a couple with 5 kids who are barely making it despite working 4 jobs: 'It shocks me that $100k feels like poverty'
April Schultz and her husband earn a gross income of $130,000, but it's not enough for their family…
Noah Sheidlower
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Pandemic pushes back Asia Pacific's fight against extreme poverty by 2 years: ADB
Had COVID-19 not struck, Asia Pacific could have brought down extreme poverty to a level achievabl…
PTI
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Poverty is rising faster in American suburbs as lower-income people are pushed out of big cities
Suburbs in major metros areas in the South, West, and Midwest saw some of the biggest jumps in pove…
Eliza Relman
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A bipartisan group of lawmakers' plan to boost the child tax credit for parents would help 'hundreds of thousands of kids get out of poverty,' a top economic official says
Jared Bernstein, a White House top economist, thinks a bipartisan plan to give parents a bolstered …
Ayelet Sheffey,Juliana Kaplan
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415 mn Indians lifted out of poverty in India in 15 years: Govt says quoting UNDP
"As per the 'Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2022: Unpacking deprivation bundles to reduce…
PTI
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5 million kids fell into poverty last year after Congress cut off Biden's monthly checks to parents
The expanded child tax credit gave monthly checks to parents and helped pay bills. There were 5 mil…
Madison Hoff
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Poverty went up in 2020, but stimulus checks and beefed up unemployment benefits were a lifeline for millions of Americans
Stimulus checks lifted 11.7 million people out of poverty in 2020, according to data from the Censu…
Madison Hoff
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One mind-boggling chart shows how government stimulus cut poverty by nearly half during the pandemic
New research from the Urban Institute credits stimulus checks, federal unemployment benefits, and b…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig,Madison Hoff
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One chart shows how pandemic poverty reached a new high in March
In March, before many of the American Rescue Plan's benefits were enacted, pandemic-era poverty lev…
Juliana Kaplan,Madison Hoff
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Yale Law School will cover tuition for students from families earning below poverty line
Yale Law School announced an annual scholarship program that will cover tuition to students from fa…
Gwen Aviles
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Poverty fell from December to January because of stimulus checks
Black Americans still have more than double the poverty rate of white Americans, which could exacer…
Juliana Kaplan
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A night inside a strip club near Ukraine’s front lines
A mother and daughter opened a strip club not far from the Russian border. Then the war hit home.
Anna Conkling
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One billionaire was minted every 30 hours during the pandemic. Now, a million people may fall into extreme poverty every 33 hours, Oxfam estimates.
In 2021, China minted 62 new billionaires, including Chris Xu, the founder of online fashion giant …