Select an option below to continue reading this premium story. Already a Honolulu Star-Advertiser subscriber? Log in now to continue reading. This Poverty Awareness Month reminds us that collective ...

In 1967, a farmer stood in a field in Punjab, India, holding seeds that looked no different from those his father and grandfather had planted. But these seeds (stocky, disease-resistant wheat ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Women's Bean Project is a Colorado nonprofit supporting and employing women in need while preparing them for self-sufficiency.

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Last year, Catholic Charities of the Coastal Bend launched a transformative program aimed at reducing poverty and breaking down barriers in the community. Circles of the ...

For years, Rasheeda Shankle was counting pennies, living paycheck to paycheck. As a single mother, all the money she earned at her minimum-wage job went to pay for day care, food and low-income ...

(MENAFN- Colombo Gazette) Sri Lanka must move beyond reactive disaster response and adopt coordinated, risk-informed development strategies to address the growing link between natural disasters and ...

I do agree with Rod Watson’s assumption in his April 11 column, “Buffalo risks wallowing in its sad labels,” that poverty and segregation are synonymous in that economic status often dictates what ...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has called for an end to poverty in Africa, citing China’s success in lifting 700 million people out of poverty. Obasanjo emphasised that Nigeria can learn from ...

Did you know that nearly half of the 44 million Americans that are on food stamps today are children? Did you know that more than a fifth of all U.S. children are living in poverty and that a fourth ...