Jan 17, 2020A hand up not a handoutFor the past year, residents of Stockton, a city of around 290,000 in California, have been granted a guaranteed income of US$500 a month.
Dec 30, 2019Finland is housing the homelessFinland has a unique and commendable claim to fame: it is the only country in the European Union where homelessness is falling.
Dec 4, 2019The Robin Hood of IstanbulA mystery benefactor is visiting Istanbul’s poor neighbourhoods to pay off people’s debts and drop cash-filled envelopes on doorsteps.
Dec 1, 2019Life is a circusJim Webster, a tutor at a community circus, which holds activities for the elderly, insists age is no barrier to taking on fresh challanges.