Microfinance was meant to help the world’s poor, but in Cambodia, it’s plunging people deeper into debt

‘We want democracy’: Lula’s supporters celebrate his victory over Bolsonaro for the presidency in Brazil

Policymakers rush to stave off economic collapse on the African continent

This new book looks at all the kids killed by gun violence on a random day in America

Was that extreme weather event influenced by climate change?

These Indian women said they could protect their local forests better than the men in their village. The men agreed.

Zanzibar’s ‘Solar Mamas’ flip the switch on rural homes, gender roles

Journalist discusses witnessing the murder that shocked South Africa

Wake up! There’s no snoozing allowed in this Canadian library

Clean water a casualty of civil war in South Sudan

New Census Bureau proposes new poverty guidelines

Visitors are finding a World Cup home in Brazil’s notorious favelas

Behind Boko Haram’s terrorism in Nigeria is radical Islam — and environmental crises

With opportunity scarce, Brazil’s youth are demanding more than the World Cup

Americans struggle as poverty rises

Do riots in a Rio favela mean the pre-World Cup pacification efforts failed?

Do riots in a Rio favela mean the pre-World Cup pacification efforts failed?

Three lessons from my year reporting on a South African high school

Japan’s homeless are being recruited to clean up the radioactive debris at Fukushima

This is why South African schoolgirls say ‘yes’ to sex with sugar daddies

Meet the woman behind a South African high school’s success

Well-off tourists can now spend a night in a fake South African slum

School Year Blog: Crashing the ultimate fashion show, a South African prom

In Boston, Signs of the Homeless Get Colorful Makeovers

Rio de Janeiro’s controversial favela pacification program shows signs of success

GlobalPost report finds income inequality, a global problem

Commentator says fiscal cliff negotiators are leaving poor behind

Company in Prague turns to homeless people to show city’s less-seen side

Charlotte restaurant serves up free meals, jobs, fellowship for homeless

Rio de Janeiro ‘pacifies’ criminals in advance of 2014 World Cup, 2016 Olympics

Detention and suspension rates in Chicago increase during end of month period, may be related to food stamps

Homelessness a growing problem in Greece

Occupy Wall Street protesters take to vacant, foreclosed homes

The Tavis Smiley Show’s “Poverty in America” – Children and Education

Dumpster diving to live off America’s food waste

Drought ravages parts of East Africa

Somalia: What constitutes a famine

Learning from the global poor

Bringing business to Brazil’s slums

Indian for-profit soup kitchen

Fighting poverty, tracking the Millennium Development Goals

Foreclosed homes for homeless families

Microlending in America

Helping the poorest of the poor via “social business”

How the credit crisis affects micro-loans

Public housing and crime rates

Michael Jackson Statues Draw Adoration … and Ire

Pacifying Rio’s Favelas: Controversial Revitalization Program Showing Signs of Success

Brazil’s Favelas Becoming ‘Cool’ Tourist Destinations

Hunger in New York City

Child Poverty on the Rise in the United States

Sandy Leaves Tens of Thousands Homeless

Haiti National Park Conflict Takes Deadly Turn

India Battles Malnutrition with Local Product

Brazil ‘Pacifies’ Rio’s Favelas for 2016 Games

Why It’s So Hard to End Poverty in America

The Growing Number of Homeless in Greece

Greek Parents Losing Children to Poverty

Revisiting the Living Without Doorknobs Project

Ahead of the 2014 World Cup, Crackdown in Brazilian Favelas