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MPs must donate fat pay rises to fight child poverty, says Sir Ian Taylor

Stuff 22 Mar 2025
The 75-year-old tech pioneer is “walking the talk” by giving up his own superannuation payment and donating it to charity ....
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Sekolah Rakyat aims to eradicate poverty, construction begins shortly

Antara News 22 Mar 2025
Jakarta (ANTARA) - President Prabowo Subianto stated that the construction of free public schools (Sekolah Rakyat) is one of the government's efforts to break the chain of poverty ... of poverty.
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Race Against Poverty 5K to take place in downtown Chambersburg

Public Opinion 22 Mar 2025
The 15th Annual Race Against Poverty is set for Friday, June 6, in downtown Chambersburg ... Proceeds will benefit SCCAP’s (South Central Community Action Programs) Support Circles Initiative, which aims to combat poverty in the region.
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Poverty fight sets example for other nations

China Daily 22 Mar 2025
Invited by the Chinese embassy in Uzbekistan, Mirzaakhmedova, an associate professor at Minzu University of China's School of Foreign Studies, spent nearly a year from 2021 to 2022 translating the book Up and Out of Poverty into Uzbek.
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DOGE Plays with Power

Slate 22 Mar 2025
Trump, Musk and the founder of Pirate’s Booty are testing what having authority really means ... .
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If Elon Musk Were Empathetic

New York Times 22 Mar 2025
Valentino Deng also has roots in South Africa, but he exudes the empathy that Musk scorns ... .
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The Observer view on the spring statement: Cutting spending is not the only option, chancellor ...

The Guardian 22 Mar 2025
Further reductions can only increase disability and child poverty, and further undermine public services ... They would increase disability and child poverty and further undermine the provision of public ...
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How Georgia legislator hopes to achieve bold goals and cut Columbus’ poverty rate

Ledger Enquirer 21 Mar 2025
“We need to see and understand what the people in our community deal with,” Georgia state Rep. Teddy Reese told the Ledger-Enquirer in an interview about his new position ... .
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One-in-four Atlantic Canadian households suffer from energy poverty; highest rates in country

CTV 21 Mar 2025
Atlantic Canadians suffer ...
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17.1% of Cyprus’s population at risk of poverty

Philenews 21 Mar 2025
The percentage of Cyprus’s population at risk of poverty or social exclusion decreased slightly to 17.1% in 2024, down from 17.4% in 2023, according to data released by the Statistical Service of Cyprus on Thursday.
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State moves to cut SDC from federal anti-poverty program, citing 'serious deficiencies'

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 21 Mar 2025
Three months after reopening, the Social Development Commission is once again under fire ... Community action agencies, which are defined by federal and state law, were created decades ago to address poverty ... "I think it's the wrong decision." ...
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'A penalty on poverty': Bill would stop driver's license suspensions over unpaid fines

The Providence Journal 21 Mar 2025
The Willie Washington Jr. Act would require correctional officers to wear body cameras ... Rep ... As such, he said, the state’s existing policy effectively amounts to “a penalty on poverty.”'To have a suspension, that really hurts' ... Matthew S.
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Flush and Flourish: Upgraded Toilets Can Transform Lives in Rural Asia

Asia Pathways 21 Mar 2025
One of the biggest risks is the mismanagement of human waste, which leads to the contamination of drinking water and food—a key driver of infectious diseases that trap rural populations in poverty.
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Thirteen years ago, Emma told me disability cuts nearly broke her family. Now, under Labour, ...

The Guardian 21 Mar 2025
It is a stain Labour may never be rid of ... Torsten Bell, the treasury minister, is fresh from heading the Resolution Foundation with its myriad reports on reducing poverty and inequality, but he had to back £5bn cuts on Newsnight.
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4 things to know about Donald Trump’s effort to dismantle the Department of Education

East Bay Times 21 Mar 2025
The agency funnels more than $18 billion in supplemental funding annually to local school districts to provide extra academic support to schools with high rates of poverty ... in high-poverty areas.

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