Looking back at 19th-century antipoverty activists could help break the contemporary impasse between liberals and conservatives in their efforts to battle poverty, writes Mr. Schwartz, a program ...

In 19th-century India, rising from poverty to national stature was no small feat, but Jamshedji Jijabhai did just that. As ...

President Trump may block entry to foreigners who need public benefits—a proposal rooted in 19th-century laws targeting a wave of impoverished immigrants.

The late 19th century saw new questioning of the longstanding idea that poverty was inevitable in any capitalist economy and the emergence of prominent arguments for promotional antipoverty ...

The current exhibit, which places 61 of Riis’ 19th-century prints alongside 64 prints of modern-day New York, invites comparisons between his time and ours. “The issue of poverty, along with ...

19th Century Kirkby Lonsdale poverty letters published 26 December 2020 British Academy One mother asked for help for her children because she had no work ...

Charles Dickens' “A Christmas Carol” was an important book of the 19th century. It spoke to the power of redemption.

Many of us believe our nation is in a period of decline and current attitudes of the nation’s ruling class are accelerating the downward momentum. However, we live in an ...

South Africa today mirrors 19th-century New York’s poverty, revealing a stark divide between the rich and the poor.

They were sent by 19th Century paupers to ask for poor relief from their home parish in Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria.