February 23, 2025 from Social exclusion | The Guardian
Charities across the country highlight the rising demand for emergency accommodation as costs spiral to care for those most in need Holly Udobang is packing the last bag: a sleeping mat, gloves, woolly hat, waterproof poncho, hand...February 21, 2025 from Social exclusion | The Guardian
A new initiative targets 58,000 kids who lost a caregiver or were in the foster system during the Covid pandemic During the pandemic, tens of thousands of children in California lost a caregiver due to Covid. Since then, these kids, who...February 20, 2025 from Social exclusion | The Guardian
The condition of the state’s system was already precarious when the US president ordered billions of gallons be let out First, there was Donald Trump ’s executive order to release billions of gallons of water from two reservoirs in...February 16, 2025 from Social exclusion | The Guardian
Resolution Foundation report says failure to reform has ‘slowly recreated the issues that undid the poll tax’ Britain’s poorest households are paying an increasing share of their income on council tax, according to new analysis that...February 13, 2025 from Social exclusion | The Guardian
London event marking the South African leader’s role in the Make Poverty History campaign called for ‘more hope and political drive’ to continue the fight Nelson Mandela’s face once again lit up Trafalgar Square this week, projected on...February 12, 2025 from Social exclusion | The Guardian
Fremont adopts sweeping law that bans camping on public property and makes ‘aiding, abetting’ encampments illegal A northern California city passed a law targeting unhoused people that will ban camping on public property and make...February 12, 2025 from Social exclusion | The Guardian
Andrew Forsey highlights a simple policy change that would provide much-needed meals, while Stewart Lansley says poverty and inequality are umbilically linked. Plus a letter from Jess McQuail and Kartik Raj Heather Stewart’s excellent...February 9, 2025 from Social exclusion | The Guardian
Scrapping two-child benefit cap is among levers Rachel Reeves could pull – yet chancellor remains silent on ‘shameful’ levels of poverty “Many of us had moments when we felt overwhelmed in sharing our stories. However, we pushed through,...February 6, 2025 from Social exclusion | The Guardian
A new report says there’s a ‘basic lack of decency’ in England’s jails. It’s a motif repeated across a nation stripped to the bone One of the fundamentals of modern jail craft is the idea that it’s hard to convince prisoners that you...February 2, 2025 from Social exclusion | The Guardian
Thinktank suggests ministers’ failure to raise LHA will push 90,000 more families into hardship in the next year Nearly 1 million children in the UK are at risk of falling into poverty or will face financial hardship as a result of...February 2, 2025 from Social exclusion | The Guardian
The Labour first minister talks to people in Blackwood, as Reform and Plaid snap at her heels The next Welsh parliament elections are more than a year away but the first minister, Eluned Morgan, appeared to be on the campaign trail...February 2, 2025 from Social exclusion | The Guardian
Exclusive: Experts say ‘stark’ inequality with white people could be a result of delayed diagnoses Black people are eight times more likely than white people to be admitted to hospital with lupus, NHS figures show, with experts saying...January 31, 2025 from Social exclusion | The Guardian
Exclusive: Researchers say poverty and special educational needs are main reason – but equality campaigners urge caution Poverty and special educational needs, rather than ethnicity alone, are the key influences on individual children’s...January 30, 2025 from Social exclusion | The Guardian
Authors say plan to shut more than 20 public libraries could have devastating effect on Scotland’s cultural future The writers Val McDermid and Damian Barr have urged councils in Scotland to abandon plans to close more than 20 public...January 27, 2025 from Social exclusion | The Guardian
Children from deprived areas overrepresented in figures from all-party parliamentary group Temporary accommodation has been cited as a possible contributing factor in the deaths of 74 children – predominantly babies – in recent years in...January 27, 2025 from Social exclusion | The Guardian
Kalispell, Montana, has blocked residents from using the bus and parks, but a federal injunction has stopped it from closing a shelter In Kalispell, in the mountains of northern Montana, unhoused people are not allowed to sleep in their...January 25, 2025 from Social exclusion | The Guardian
Opinium survey of 2,000 adults found concern about the impact of growing wealth inequality in the UK Growing wealth inequality is increasing the risk of societal collapse, according to a new Fairness Foundation report that shows nearly...January 20, 2025 from Social exclusion | The Guardian
Labour’s embrace of plans to reduce the incapacity benefit bill by £3bn has the potential to trigger a backbench revolt One of the most important takeaways from last week’s high court ruling declaring the government consultation on...January 19, 2025 from Social exclusion | The Guardian
Concerns had been mounting over future of £200m a year scheme providing food and activities for vulnerable children Ministers are to safeguard the Marcus Rashford-inspired scheme providing food and activities to vulnerable children...January 15, 2025 from Social exclusion | The Guardian
Women with little to no formal education trained to become solar technicians, transforming villages and tackling patriarchal norms In a dimly lit corridor of a mud-walled house nestled among coconut trees, Sharifa Hussein stripped red...January 29, 2021 from IRP Poverty Dispatch
The January 29, 2021 edition of the Poverty Dispatch was our last. To keep up on news and research about poverty, please sign up for IRP’s email lists here and follow us on Twitter at @IRP_UW Biden reopens ACA enrollment …...January 15, 2021 from IRP Poverty Dispatch
Poverty Grows Despite Economic Recovery Some jobless workers have been excluded from unemployment benefits. pew.org How low-income people are spending their $600 pandemic stimulus payments When a person lives in a constant state...January 8, 2021 from IRP Poverty Dispatch
Economy sees job loss in December for the first time in eight months as surging virus takes toll Nonfarm payrolls fell by 140,000 in December, the Labor Department said, against the Dow Jones consensus estimate for a 50,000 gain....December 18, 2020 from IRP Poverty Dispatch
Nearly 8 million Americans have fallen into poverty since the summer America’s poverty rate has risen at the fastest pace ever this year after aid for the unemployed declined. www.washingtonpost.com U.S. poverty jumps the most in...December 4, 2020 from IRP Poverty Dispatch
Millions may be getting shortchanged on unemployment benefits, GAO finds Millions of jobless people may not be receiving the full unemployment payments they are owed, a government watchdog report released Monday found. www.cnn.com ...November 20, 2020 from IRP Poverty Dispatch
Safety net for the unemployed is defective. The pandemic exposed its flaws: MIT report The unemployment benefits system has many shortcomings, researchers argue in a new paper published by MIT. They were laid bare by the coronavirus...November 13, 2020 from IRP Poverty Dispatch
Time is running out for millions of Americans who still haven’t gotten stimulus checks Time is running out for millions of Americans who still haven’t gotten stimulus checks — and they’re likely the people most in...November 6, 2020 from IRP Poverty Dispatch
Economy added 638,000 jobs in October as growth slows In October, the economy grew jobs but at a slower pace than earlier in the summer. The unemployment rate fell in October. www.washingtonpost.com End of $600 unemployment boost...October 30, 2020 from IRP Poverty Dispatch
Millions poised to lose unemployment benefits in ‘enormous cliff’ at year’s end Federal programs enacted by the CARES Act coronavirus relief law to help unemployed workers are ending after Dec. 31. Lapsing benefits will...October 23, 2020 from IRP Poverty Dispatch
How Missourians did an end-around their conservative legislature to expand Medicaid Missourians mobilized by the thousands to get Medicaid expansion on the ballot this year, a move that will impact 230,000 low-income residents in the...October 16, 2020 from IRP Poverty Dispatch
8 Million Have Slipped Into Poverty Since May as Federal Aid Has Dried Up Two new studies show the effect of the emergency $2 trillion package known as the Cares Act and what happened when the money ran out. www.nytimes.com …...October 9, 2020 from IRP Poverty Dispatch
The Covid Economy Carves Deep Divide Between Haves and Have-Nots The comeback since the start of the pandemic is kind to those who can work from home, to firms serving them and to regions hospitable to them. Left behind are …...October 2, 2020 from IRP Poverty Dispatch
The ‘black hole’ of unemployment benefits: Six months into the pandemic, some are still waiting for aid Half a year into the coronavirus-fueled recession, states are still struggling to pay unemployment benefits, leaving thousands...September 18, 2020 from IRP Poverty Dispatch
Incomes were up and poverty was down across America in 2019 — and then COVID-19 hit Encouraging as it seems, the new Census report is a pretty picture of something that no longer exists. www.inquirer.com Median U.S. household...September 4, 2020 from IRP Poverty Dispatch
Job Gains Slowed Again In August As Employers Added 1.4 Million Jobs Fewer jobs were added to the economy last month even as the unemployment rate fell to 8.4%. Job growth has slowed since June in a sign of what … Continue reading...August 28, 2020 from IRP Poverty Dispatch
States are being approved for Trump’s unemployment benefits, but most jobless Americans aren’t seeing the money yet States are quickly receiving approval to provide jobless residents with President Donald Trump’s $300...August 14, 2020 from IRP Poverty Dispatch
$400 Unemployment Supplement Is Really $300, and Won’t Arrive Soon New state claims fell below one million for the first week since March. But jobless ranks remain vast, and a White House relief plan faces hurdles. www.nytimes.com ...August 7, 2020 from IRP Poverty Dispatch
In These Neighborhoods, the Jobless Rate May Top 30 Percent New maps show how the virus has severely deepened economic inequality within cities. www.nytimes.com For the unemployed, rising grocery prices strain budgets even more...July 24, 2020 from IRP Poverty Dispatch
Coronavirus relief policies kept 10 million Americans out of poverty. They’re set to expire in July A report from the Urban Institute finds that three federal measures — one-time stimulus payments, enhanced SNAP benefits and...July 13, 2020 from IRP Poverty Dispatch
Hiring Outlook Remains Dim, With ‘Scarring in the Economy’ As unemployment claims keep pouring in, new job postings are lacking, and an end to some benefits is approaching. www.nytimes.com Workers are pushed to the brink as they...June 26, 2020 from IRP Poverty Dispatch
Millions of Americans will fall off an ‘income cliff’ when extra $600 in unemployment benefits ends next month With the extra $600 per week in federal unemployment insurance set to expire at the end of July, policymakers...June 19, 2020 from IRP Poverty Dispatch
Medicaid Rolls Surge, Adding to Budget Woes The pandemic could drive up Medicaid enrollment by 16%. pew.org A tale of two recessions: Some Americans thrive as others suffer The recession is playing out much differently across...June 15, 2020 from IRP Poverty Dispatch
Evictions expected to spike as states end moratoriums that offered relief during COVID-19 Evictions are expected to spike as more states lift moratoriums put in place to offer renters relief during COVID-19. www.usatoday.com ...June 5, 2020 from IRP Poverty Dispatch
May Surprise: U.S. Adds 2.5 Million Jobs As Unemployment Dips To 13.3% U.S. employers unexpectedly added jobs last month as the unemployment rate declined, signs that people are returning to work as states reopen their economies....May 29, 2020 from IRP Poverty Dispatch
Coronavirus ravages poorer L.A. communities while slowing in wealthier ones, data show Since April 17, coronavirus infection rates have surged in L.A. County’s poorer neighborhoods, while cases have risen far more slowly in richer...November 9, 2017 from Poverty
Print section Print Rubric: Beefing up mobile-phone and internet penetration Print Headline: The right connections Print Fly Title: Connectivity UK Only Article: standard article Issue: ...Daily chart: In much of sub-Saharan Africa, mobile phones are more common than access to electricity
November 8, 2017 from Poverty
Main image: A DECADE after mobile phones began to spread in Africa, they have become commonplace even in the continent’s poorest countries. In 2016 two-fifths of people in sub-Saharan Africa had mobile phones. Their rapid...September 14, 2017 from Poverty
Print section Print Rubric: The past 15 years have seen spectacular falls in poverty and ill health. The next 15 are unlikely to be as good Print Headline: Generation games Print Fly Title: The Gates report...July 13, 2017 from Poverty
Print section Print Rubric: Yes, it would be disruptive. But the potential gains are so vast that objectors could be bribed to let it happen Print Headline: The $78 trillion free lunch Print Fly Title: If...June 29, 2017 from Poverty
Print section Print Rubric: Aid brought Liberia back from the brink. It also weakened its fledgling government Print Headline: Fading faith in good works Print Fly Title: Foreign aid UK Only...