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Low-income mothers with infants are struggling with food insecurity, which can lead to long-term health impacts for both mothers and children.
AI chatbots can be educational tools but still have many drawbacks.
Britain’s most famous iconoclast presents a show of humour, beauty, and irreverence that reflects the complexities and contradictions in being human.
In different parts of the world, managing debt on a day-to-day basis is a real job, and one that is mainly taken on by women.
Ghana’s housing deficit needs immediate attention.
Repugnance for certain activities tends to dictate government rules for markets but this can obscure real problems like poverty.
For some people, it’s a choice based on cultural beliefs or economic opportunities provided by the volcano. Other times it’s less a choice than the only option.
With the right investment in health and education, Nigeria’s high population can spur economic development.
Ghana’s implementation of key population policies has not been consistent.
On the issue of working-class neighbourhoods, as on others, Emmanuel Macron has failed to find the path to a common project.
Early childhood poverty is in fact a risk factor for lower educational attainment, poorer cognition and worse mental health.
One in 4 American households are at risk of losing power because of the high cost of energy. Over 30% of those disconnections are in summer, when heat gets dangerous.
A review of government services has found that autistic people are being failed in health, education, employment, poverty and housing.
With newfound fame and fortune, NBA rookies who come from poverty face a bevy of challenges that threaten to derail their success.
Maintaining a diversity of insects may be key for crop pollination in cities.
For many Americans, a healthy diet of fruits, vegetables and whole grains is beyond their reach.
Illegal money lending has almost certainly become a bigger problem during the cost of living crisis.
The activities of artisanal small-scale miners can be turned into an economic good.
Peace and security in South Sudan depend on a fully functioning, peaceful and democratic government in Khartoum
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Professor, Sol Plaatje University
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Pro Vice-Chancellor, Climate, Sustainability and Inequality and Director, Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
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Director of the Roy McKenzie Centre for the Study of Families and Children, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Professor of Economics, Fordham University
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