‘Flophouse America’ Review: A Profoundly Realistic Portrait of a Preteen Living in Abject Poverty
Norwegian filmmaker Monica Strømdahl’s debut documentary shows a side of America about which many remain unaware.
A Star Is Born In ‘Flophouse America’: Captivating Mikal Navigates Poverty And His Parents’ Drinking In CPH:DOX World Premiere
Who spilled vodka on the cat?” are words that, to my knowledge, have never been spoken in a movie before. Until now. They are ...
White Americans in areas with higher Black poverty more likely to attribute racial disparities to lack of effort: Study
New research in Social Psychological and Personality Science shows that white Americans living in counties with higher Black ...
Leonardo Patterson, Disgraced Dealer in Latin American Artifacts, Dies at 82
Born into rural poverty, he climbed to the top of the art market. But he fell after being convicted of selling fake and ...
The dangerous myth that poverty is the cause of child abuse
The most common conditions of maltreatment include parental drug and alcohol abuse, severe mental illness, domestic violence ...
Thousands more in poverty, say campaigners ahead of two-child limit anniversary
Organisations working in the sector argue that 109 children across the UK are pulled into poverty by the policy every day.
Controversial two-child benefit cap ‘plunges extra 30,000 children into poverty since Labour came to power’
Eight anniversary of the welfare limit, brought in by former Tory chancellor George Osborne as one of his austerity measures, ...
Argentina reports a drop in poverty under President Milei, but many say life is harder
Argentina says that its poverty rate has dropped to 38.1% in libertarian President Javier Milei’s first year in office.
Argentina poverty levels slide, though many still feel the pinch
Argentina's poverty rate fell sharply in the second half of 2024, the government's INDEC statistics agency said on Monday, a ...
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Musk’s Social Security Administration Cuts: Longer Wait Times, More People Will Die Waiting for Disability Benefits
Social Security is the most successful government program in our nation’s history. For more than 86 years, through good times ...
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‘Flophouse America’ Review: A Profoundly Realistic Portrait of a Preteen Living in Abject Poverty
Director Monica Strømdahl’s “Flophouse America” provides a visceral documentation of poverty in America. Flophouses are cheap, run-down motels where many people are forced to live when they ...
Gran's hunger strike over child food poverty
A grandmother from Lancashire is going on hunger strike as part of a campaign to end levels of poverty that leave some ...