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Expanded unemployment benefits and stimulus payments pushed poverty down to record lows earlier this year but now that is reversing.

Seattle lawmakers are pondering a law that could give most suspects a get out of jail free card for most misdemeanor offenses if they can be connected to poverty or mental illness.

A survey released by the French Court of Auditors has warned of the increasing disappearance of local shops from vulnerable, impoverished no-go areas across the country due to security issues. The survey described a “phenomena of withdrawal” of businesses from

China claimed on Monday that it has completely eliminated “extreme poverty” from the entire country, formally removing nine rural counties from the list of 832 impoverished counties that was created in 2014. 

The unemployment rate for illegal migrants in the United States reached almost 30 percent during the coronavirus crash, says a California advocacy report that urges a federal bailout for the cities and counties that choose to rely on illegal migrants. 

The lockdowns established to counter the spread of the coronavirus have pushed 100 million more people into “extreme poverty,” Vatican News announced Saturday.

Police in Zimbabwe are being exposed to the Chinese coronavirus without the necessary personal protective equipment and are so tired and hungry that they are collapsing while on duty, the country’s police chief told lawmakers on Tuesday.

The City of San Francisco opened its first officially-sanctioned homeless camp this week, located outside City Hall.

The Los Angeles Times reported Monday that more people worldwide may die from the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic than from the illness itself.

Progressives and employers encouraged many low-skilled foreigners to migrate illegally into U.S. cities, and now those migrants are being hit hard by China’s coronavirus because their low wages force them to live in dense, close-packed communities.

Almost three-in-five Democrats want taxpayers to bail out the poverty-stricken communities of illegal immigrants whom they welcomed into the United States, according to an April poll by Ipsos.

Taxpayers should bail out the low-wage migrant workers who support the city’s elite economy during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report by the city’s comptroller, Scott Stringer.

Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Indiana, claimed that President Donald Trump’s “Buy American, Hire American” economy is not helping lift the poorest of Americans out of poverty.

Tax cuts for the wealthy constitute a “structure of sin,” Pope Francis said Wednesday in a passionate address calling for international wealth redistribution.

Tom Steyer, the billionaire investor and Democrat 2020 candidate, wants Americans to provide cheap housing to illegal immigrants.

Authorities in China’s coastal province Jiangsu declared on Tuesday that just 17 residents are living in extreme poverty, despite having a population of some 80 million people. 

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The father of China’s “Ice Boy” Wang Fuman, a then-eight year old photographed with a head covered by icicles after an hour-long walk along a frigid mountain path to get to school, said on Thursday his family has been denied public assistance despite the viral sensation caused by the photo, while most of the donations sent by concerned Chinese citizens were confiscated and given to other children.

Former New York City mayor and Democrat presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg once described tax hikes on the poor as a “good thing,” arguing that it essentially prevents lower-income individuals from purchasing things that would be detrimental to their health.

Pope Francis urged leaders Monday to devise “more inclusive and equitable economic models,” praising those who seek ways “to make capitalism become a more inclusive instrument for integral human wellbeing.”

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) signaled support for the comprehensive “anti-poverty” proposals Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) announced last week, which extends access to federal public benefits to illegal immigrants.

California Governor Gavin Newsom and billionaire Michael Bloomberg announced Wednesday that they will launch California’s own satellite dedicated to monitoring climate change and the impact of the state’s policies.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) unveiled a “major project” designed to combat poverty on Wednesday dubbed “A Just Society,” which – in part – gives illegal immigrants access to federal public benefits.

Democrat-run, migrant-packed California leads the nation in poverty, according to a Census Bureau report which considers the cost of housing alongside Americans’ income from wages and salaries. 

Black Americans are experiencing an economic renaissance under President Donald Trump — thanks to economic growth, not redistribution.

President Donald Trump may be considering moving homeless people in Los Angeles to an unnamed Federal Aviation Adminstration (FAA) facility, according to a report Wednesday by the Washington Post

President Donald Trump can claim credit for pushing poverty among black American adults to record lows, according to data in the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2018 economic report.

Poverty is not something foreordained or inevitable, Pope Francis told young people in Madagascar on Sunday. He said poverty must be fought against and overcome.

A few people protested outside of the White House on Wednesday, claiming President Trump created “systemic racism” and poverty in America.

Sports commentator Clay Travis jumped to Twitter with his advice for how athlete activists should fight poverty and strife: Promote marriage, education, and waiting to start a family.

Former Vice President Joe Biden claimed that “poor kids are just as bright and just as talented as white kids,” while addressing the Asian and Latino Coalition in Des Moines, Iowa, on Thursday.

The Detroit News said Trump’s Baltimore tweets should move Democrats at the debates to talk about urban decay in the city and across the U.S.

An analysis of the most kid-friendly cities names Detroit, site of next week’s Democrat debates, the worst city for raising children.

California Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti have pushed back against President Donald Trump’s criticism of the state and its major cities over a rise in homelessness that local leaders have failed to contain.

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Pope Francis said Thursday that walls between nations cannot endure because in the end God will tear them down.