The advancement of artificial intelligence poses many difficult questions. What does it mean for a machine to be “intelligent ...

Doctor Who actor Peter Capaldi has intervened in the Holyrood election campaign, urging politicians recognise the ‘gaping holes’ in efforts ...

If India Walton had her way, the battered two-story building at High and Peach streets would have been fixed up or replaced a long time ago. Instead, Buffalo’s Democratic mayoral nominee stood in the ...

Every year, we speak fewer words than we did the year before, evoking both the "loneliness epidemic" and our shrinking ...

The well-being of Argentina’s families is now under threat from rising fixed costs, a phenomenon which, according to the UCA poverty expert, defines the crisis of an increasingly marginalised middle ...

About 38% of children in London live in relative poverty, compared with 29% in England as a whole London has England’s highest levels of child poverty and most extreme concentrations of hardship, data ...

The org formerly known as Christians against Poverty answered questions from The Other Cheek. 1. You’re changing your name. Christians Against Poverty has some brand recognition; why lose that? For 25 ...

The cost of basics like housing and food rose, while incomes and other resources, like public benefits, did not keep up. By Elizabeth A. Harris See more of our coverage in your search ...

Michael W. Green, a Wall Street investor, created a buzz in late 2025 by arguing that the U.S. poverty line should be jacked up to US$140,000 for a family of four. Currently, a family of that size has ...

More than 70 million people across the United States receive Social Security benefits, whether through retirement, disability or survivor payments. As of January 2026, the average monthly payment ...

Jack D’Aurora argues that recent legislation favors the wealthy over America's most vulnerable citizens. Jack D’Aurora is a regular contributor to the Dispatch. Despite the bald-faced lies that oozed ...

Despite the bald-faced lies that oozed from President Donald Trump's mouth during the State of the Union address Feb. 24, this is not the golden age of America. The rich might be rolling in it, but ...