Poverty
The NGO Plan International offers low-income Pakistanis who dropped out of school a second chance. In just two years, students are brought up to speed and readied to take all-important board exams.
China's investment in Zambia holds promise: billions of dollars and thousands of jobs. But after violent conflict between Zambian miners and their Chinese supervisors, does it also pose a threat?
Has Chinese investment helped or hurt Zambians? Or has it done both?
An Iowa-based medical team chips away at Haiti's public-health problems, even as the world's attention shifts elsewhere.
Senior Editor Tom Hundley shares this week's reporting—from the American Israeli attorney mapping for a two-state solution, to the deadly borders of Mexico.
With shrinking job prospects and looming austerity cuts, Blackpool is still struggling to find a 21st-century identity.
Conditions are about to get tougher still for many Asda supermarket customers as a raft of welfare changes introduced this month reduce incomes for millions of households.
Two decades after the closure of the coal mine where he started his career, 68-year-old Rob Mason still works most days stacking shelves at a local convenience store.
Prime Minister David Cameron has rejected criticism of the government's welfare reforms after a Financial Times analysis shows that cuts target Britain's poorest regions.
Almost every aspect of Mexican life is affected by organized crime and its endless battle to control the distribution of illicit drugs, most of which are destined for the United States and Canada.
As demand for palm oil grows, thousands of child laborers toil on Malaysia's plantations.
A new law makes acid attacks a crime, but justice remains elusive for victims like Sidra Yasmeen. She recently won a court case against her attackers.
“Too Young to Die” is a long-term exploration of the tragedy gun violence exacts on Chicago’s streets. Although over 100 children and young people died in 2012, their deaths are often overshadowed.