Tariffs and related price hikes tend to hit low-income families the hardest. Less affluent households typically spend a bigger chunk of their paychecks than high-income families on living expenses, ...

The poor are getting richer, says Bill Gates, and there’s no reason to believe we can’t end poverty – soon. “By 2035, there will be almost no poor countries left in the world,” Gates said in an annual ...

Long Island had more than half a million elderly people in 2023, according to a new report by the Center for an Urban Future.

Your excerpt from Jeffrey D. Sachs’ book on how to end global poverty [March 14] brought me to tears of outrage and sorrow over the tragic plight of the world’s poorest. But I was saddened even more ...

Discover the 10 countries with the lowest quality of life in 2025. Based on Numbeo’s Quality of Life Report, these nations ...