In explaining the social and biographical background of the story of Messiah, Charles King brings the masterpiece to life — ...

pointing to multiple examples from Harris' book in which entire sentences and phrases were apparently lifted from other sources without the use of quotations, though in some cases a footnote cites ...

After her husband’s untimely death in 1906, Kamala Satthianadhan was struggling to support herself and her young children. By 1911, she was living in what her daughter described as a “mofussil town” ...

A sojourn in Southern Italy by a group of German intellectuals helped kick off a century of academic obsession.

Rural revitalization is an important strategy for promoting China’s modernization process and is key to the country’s future development. As a significant part of national image, understanding how ...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15, 2024 – At today’s feeble pace, it could take more than a century to eliminate poverty as it is defined for nearly half the world – people who live on less than $6.85 per day, ...

More than one billion people live in acute poverty, with nearly half of them in countries experiencing conflict, according to a new United Nations report. Countries at war have higher levels of ...

In the heart of West Africa, a quiet revolution is taking place. Ghana, a nation once heavily dependent on cocoa and gold ...

Why, asks Matthew Desmond — the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Poverty, By America" (Crown) and a professor of sociology at Princeton University — is there so much destitution in America?

The World Bank Group has set a clear mission: ending poverty and boosting shared prosperity on a livable planet. This report offers the first post-pandemic assessment of global progress toward these ...

The World Social Report 2024 makes the case for comprehensive changes that both national and international actors can make to effectively eradicate poverty, foster inclusive and job-rich growth ...