America’s other populist, socialist big-city mayor
The election was divisive, pitting an established moderate against an upstart progressive in the large, Democratic city. For a while ...
Tag: poverty
The low, low cost of ending extreme poverty
When it comes to fixing the world’s worst problems, it’s easy to pretend that we’re helpless.We tell ourselves that global ...
A shocking new warning about global poverty should unsettle everyone
Thanksgiving is traditionally a good time to start counting your blessings. And for years, hundreds of millions of people have ...
Asset Management Strategist Says It’s Time To Rethink How We Measure Poverty
Simplify Asset Management chief strategist Mike Green hit the nail on the head on his Substack post on why so ...
The 2025 Future Perfect 25
When we launched Vox’s Future Perfect section in 2018, it began with a simple question: “What topics would we write ...
Your washing machine is actually a time machine
If Good News had a patron saint, it would be the Swedish professor of global health Hans Rosling.Rosling, who died ...
The “welfare queen” stereotype is back — and it’s going viral
On Saturday, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits — also known as food stamps — will run out for more ...
Why record harvests make famines far rarer — and what still holds us back
If you ever find yourself in Battery Park City in Lower Manhattan, turn down Vesey Street toward North End Avenue. ...
Botswana’s incredible HIV success story, explained in one chart
Botswana has been getting a lot of calls lately from across the African continent, prodding the nation — once “at ...
The Biggest Medicaid Cut Left for House Republicans Would Hit Red States Hardest
For months, Republicans have been trying to figure out how to reduce Medicaid spending to help enact President Trump’s domestic ...
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