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Many conservatives in the U.S. believe that poverty is mainly a result of bad personal decisions, but statistics from the seemingly perfect Japan show that even a culture filled with hard work and no play doesn’t stop rampant poverty.

Early word of the results of a new experiment built to break the cycle of poverty has provoked a nationwide stir among Democrats and Republicans alike, and 21 cities across America are already working to start similar programs. Anti-poverty work is sometimes seen as bleak, but these findings are thrilling.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) approved Tuesday an agreement to settle allegations that a bank led by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and a top Trump-appointed bank regulator violated federal lending discrimination laws.

A few years ago, Mark Carney, a former Goldman Sachs director who now leads the Bank of England, sounded a warning: global warming, he said, could send the world economy spiraling into another 2008-like crisis.

Experts say the reality is more of a collaboration than an ousting: patients could soon find their lives partly in the hands of AI services working alongside human clinicians.

The conversation around inequality and hardship in the U.S. has evolved and broadened in recent years—especially since the 2016 election—and with it, so has media coverage of these issues. But what’s still lacking are the voices that inhabit inside these statistics.

The conversation around inequality and hardship in the U.S. has evolved and broadened in recent years—especially since the 2016 election—and with it, so has media coverage of these issues. But what’s still lacking are the voices that inhabit inside these statistics.

Housing discrimination happens everywhere, and could be affecting women you know, including yourself.

Housing discrimination happens everywhere, and could be affecting women you know, including yourself.

Most D.C. neighborhoods are nearly unrecognizable from just a decade ago, with some notable exceptions, mostly East of the River. But while development may be slower-moving in Southeast, it’s happening all the same.

America today faces a two-headed problem: economic inequality and housing inequality.

Although homeownership rates for other racial groups have largely recovered since the 2008 housing crisis, black homeownership continues to decline, recently hitting an all-time low in the first quarter of this year.

They say these candidates are good for society, good for tech, and — surprisingly — good for Google.

In his tweets targeting Congressman Elijah Cummings, the president attacked a city that’s already suffering. We can try to ignore him, or try to fight back.

“Race and politics,” one reporter said, “is really the story of our time.”