UK Lockdown Policy Forced 70,000 Households Into Homelessness: Report
More than 70,000 households have been made homeless since the start of the pandemic, with tens of thousands more threatened with homelessness, despite government pledges…
Poverty
U.N. Aid Chief: $4 Billion Needed to Avert “worst famine the world has seen in decades” in Yemen
By PFW News United Nations aid chief Mark Lowcock has appealed for about $4 billion in 2021 to fund humanitarian operations, warning on Thursday that…
A Dozen Cops Dispatched to Protect a Dumpster Full of Food from Hungry People
By Matt Agorist Portland, OR — The state of Oregon has one of the largest homeless populations in the country. Its largest city, Portland is…
Desperate Americans Who Can’t Afford Housing Are Becoming “Modern-Day Nomads” … But Not By Choice
By Robert Wheeler A recent story floating around mainstream media regarding “modern-day nomads” reads like a contemporary article on Henry David Thoreau. It shares stories…
Lockdowns Have Devastated the Global Poor
By Ethan Yang In North America and Europe, it has become abundantly clear that Covid-19 and the lockdowns that followed have devastated society. In the…
8 Million More Living In Poverty, 9 Million Small Businesses In Danger Of Closing, 10 Million Behind On Rent…
By Michael Snyder The economic downturn that we are currently experiencing is making the last recession look like a Sunday picnic. Yes, 2008 and 2009…
Historical Lessons in Prosperity vs. Poverty
By Simon Black, Sovereign Man As the grandson of Genghis Khan, Kublai Khan had a lot to prove. So he set his eyes on the…
Report: Poor Will Take More Than Decade to Recover From Lockdowns While Rich Thrive Under “Rigged Economic System”
By PFW News In what is no secret to any regular reader of this blog, the COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdowns it justified has –…
Homeless In Germany Offered Futuristic “Coffin-Like” Pods To Sleep In — Connected to Internet of Things
By Tyler Durden The German city of Ulm has unveiled futuristic insulated sleep pods for the homeless on cold winter nights. Two of these “Ulm…
Despite Attacks and Threats, a Brazilian Priest Distributes Aid to São Paulo’s Growing Homeless Population
By Talita Fernandes and Liam Anderson In São Paulo, city authorities estimate that around 24,000 people are living on the streets, a number that is…
How California Politicians Created a Homelessness Crisis
By Craig Eyermann California has more homeless people than any other state, with large homeless tent camps occupying the sidewalks of many of its streets….
54 Million Americans – Including 18 Million Kids – To Lack Access to Sufficient Food by Year’s End
By Elias Marat A new analysis has found that 54 million people in the United States, including 18 million children, will lack access to sufficient…
Instead of Arresting Hungry Woman for Stealing Food, Cop Pays for Her Groceries
By Matt Agorist Arlington, TX — Last month, the Dallas-Fort Worth area made national headlines as thousands of people waited up to 8 hours in…
An Ominous Sign: Americans Have Begun Stealing Food to Survive
By Daisy Luther If you’ve been waiting for a sign that things are really bad economically in the United States, here it is. Americans who…