BYU’s Fight Malnutrition Club and Bountiful Children’s Foundation hosted a Hunger Banquet on Nov. 17 to raise money for malnourished children in the Philippines. The Hunger Banquet was a simulation of ...

The COVID-19 crisis has led to the first rise in extreme poverty and food insecurity in 20 years. Is it realistic to end these two scourges once and for all? Ahead of the Commission for Social ...

Poverty in our country is neither a mystery nor an accident. It is the inevitable outcome of decades of policy choices, governance gaps and collective tolerance for inequality.

The Philippines, with its abundant natural resources and vibrant cultural legacy, should by all indicators be a thriving and resilient economy. Yet more than seventy years after independence, it ...

MANILA, November 24, 2022 – Policies that support employment and workers, raise education quality and improve access, boost rural development, and strengthen social protection can reduce inequality, ...

Mr. Cooper is a writer in Los Angeles. This essay is part of Times Opinion’s Fortunes series on the psychology of class. About three months after I was born, my father was incarcerated. As a toddler, ...

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, has said poverty and hunger are no longer mere social challenges but issues that have become national security threats. He said insecurity in ...

What is one important lesson we can learn from the Philippines' conditional cash transfer program? Poor and vulnerable families can overcome poverty and deprivation through their own efforts. All they ...

What do twenty pounds of bricks feel like? Would it be easier to carry them on your back or your head? At what age would a child be allowed to work in a brickyard? For second-grader Emily Salibian, ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Even if President Trump did the right not the abominable, unconscionable, potentially starvation threatening wrong thing in refusing to release the $5.5 billion held in the SNAP ...

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Outside a foreign currency exchange in Zimbabwe’s capital, hordes of people desperate for U.S. dollars are pushed up against each other. “That’s it, keep it tight,” some shout, ...