Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a vocal vaccine skeptic and activist lawyer, is confirmed as U.S. Health and Human Services secretary.

Long having been considered the ‘US’s backyard,’ Latin America is the crucible of anti-imperialist struggle – yet with the rise of China as an economic and ideological counterweight to Washington, we ...

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation with Chile on February 3, 2025 and endorsed the staff appraisal without a meeting on a lapse-of-time ...

Three under–the–radar stories from the Americas highlight Haiti’s election struggles, Chile’s new biodiversity park, and ...

Families in some Hagerstown neighborhoods are getting relief from the state of Maryland to help them buy homes. Nonprofits in ...

Child poverty rates vary drastically worldwide, from under 10% in Nordic countries to over 35% in Colombia. Explore the data, causes, and solutions to this urgent global issue.

Chile’s Congress gave its final approval to a reform that will boost pensions for current and future retirees, handing President Gabriel Boric a bittersweet win following major concessions from his ...

Every year our flagship UK Poverty report offers a comprehensive analysis of poverty in the UK. The report draws on a range of data to identify who is most affected, how poverty levels have changed ...

ROCK SPRINGS – A 20-year-old woman slowly wanders down the feminine hygiene products aisle in a grocery store. She stops to stare at the prices. Finally, she quietly leaves empty-handed. She ...

The announcement by the new Donald Trump administration to suspend foreign aid spending — approximately $68 billion annually — has sent shock waves across the world. This decision will not only affect ...