A concert version of National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene’s acclaimed production of 'Fiddler on the Roof' in Yiddish has its ...

"This marked the beginning of a steady social climb. Simon Mahler's family went from poverty in an Eastern European shtetl, through difficult times in Sweden, to finally finding security and stability ...

Šeduva, two hours by car from Vilnius, was once a shtetl. Not a single Jew remains, but a Jewish museum just opened. You may well wonder why, of all the former shtetls in Lithuania, create such a ...

Nigeria teeters on the brink, its social fabric strained by the relentless crises of poverty and insecurity. Recent events have cast a stark light on this emergency: an ambush in Zamfara State on ...

Bangladesh's poverty rate stood at 27.93%, while about 55% of the total monthly expenses of a family go to buying food, according to findings of a study published by the Power and Participation ...

BOSTON (SHNS) – In a state where more than 10% of residents live in poverty, lawmakers are pitching an omnibus bill to expand cash benefit programs, raise wages, and create state-run initiatives to ...

Donald Trump claims Washington, D.C., needs the National Guard to get crime under control. Every time he says it, the same argument flares up: who's to blame for crime in America's cities? Progressive ...

A father, simply identified as Ayoola Sunday in Idoani, Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State, has attributed his intention to marry off his 15-year-old daughter to poverty. Police detectives in the ...

Pakistan’s energy sector is once again in reform mode. Tariff rationalisation, circular debt restructuring, privatisation of distribution companies, and market liberalisation dominate the headlines.