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The article discusses the efforts to save the Panama Canal from drought, led by its administrator Ricaurte Vásquez Morales. Topics discussed include the restriction of ship traffic when the lake dropped to critical level due to drought, opposition to the plan to construct a dam on the Río Indio to create a reservoir for replenishing the canal during droughts, and canal authorities' exploration of ways to desalinate portion of Lake Gatún and to seed clouds to increase rainfall.

The article focuses on Secretary of State Antony Blinken's visit to Haiti to support international efforts to address gang violence and instability. Topics include Blinken's assessment of the Kenyan-led security mission, the ongoing challenges of improving Haiti's security situation, and the broader international support and logistical issues affecting the mission's effectiveness.

The article focuses on Senator J.D. Vance's evolving views on Donald J. Trump, from initially comparing him to "cultural heroin" and fearing he could be "America's Hitler" to eventually embracing Trump's message as speaking to the frustrations of white working-class voters.

The article focuses on Mississippi lawmakers reaching an agreement to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, extending health coverage to an additional 200,000 low-income residents, albeit with work requirements, in a state with significant health challenges and struggling rural hospitals.

The article reports deadly rains and floods in East Africa, causing over 200 deaths, highlighting the region's struggle with climate change and inadequate infrastructure.

The article offers update on the efforts of the research institute Program for the Study and Control of Tropical Diseases in partnership with the nonprofit organization Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative (DNDI) in developing and evaluating experimental treatments for leishmaniasis. It provides an overview of thermotherapy and cautions about the complications of leishmaniasis. Focus is given on DNDI's screening of chemical compounds that will progress to clinical trials.

The article offers information on two historically Black churches in Georgia uniting to mobilize Black voters ahead of the November presidential election, aiming to reinvigorate the Black church as a driver of voter turnout.

The article covers the challenges of treating leishmaniasis in rural Colombia, the growing unionization among resident assistants at colleges in the United States, and the humanitarian crisis in the North Kivu Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo due to ongoing conflict.

The article focuses on the sentencing of Ohio priest Michael Zacharias to life in prison for sex trafficking, as he coerced three boys into engaging in sexual acts, abused their addiction to opioids, and funded their drug habits in exchange for sex.

The article focuses on Los Angeles' response to a report highlighting the disparities in clean energy transition, as the city plans to provide incentives such as increased rebates and electric vehicle chargers to address the challenges faced by low-income residents in adopting clean energy.

The article focuses on the Democratic Party's attempts for a Democrat, Brandon Presley, to be elected as Mississippi's governor fuelled by his commitment to expanding Medicaid, removing taxes on groceries, and differentiating himself from the Republican incumbent, Tate Reeves.

The article reports on how the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the lives of the poor in Bogota, Colombia. Topics mentioned include the inequality between the rich and the poor in Bogota, a decline in poverty rate to 27 percent from 2002 to 2018, and the estimated number of people in Latin America and the Caribbean who could fall into poverty in 2020 alone according to the World Bank.

The article reports on how the high inflation in the U.S. adversely affects poor households but has no impact on rich people. Also cited are how lower-income Americans are trying to save money to pay hot water bills and other essentials, the efforts by the Federal Reserve (Fed) to address inflation like increasing interest rates, and how the Fed's policy could cause unemployment.

The article focuses on people in poor countries like Rwanda who suffer from rheumatic heart disease caused by untreated strep throat. Topics covered include impact of rheumatic heart disease on the heart valves, number of people who had rheumatic heart disease across the globe, and information on the volunteer work of Team Heart for valve-replacement surgery in Rwanda.

The article reports that the government of Los Angeles, California is creating more shade around the city as part of its climate initiatives. Topics covered include an intense heat recorded in Los Angeles in October 2019, the effect of the extreme heat and lack of shade on the poor, and the city's goal of planting 90,000 shade trees by 2021.

The article reports on the killing of four homeless men in Manhattan, New York City on October 5, 2019 by a suspect described by the police as also homeless. Topics discussed include statistics on homeless people living on the city's streets, impact of the attacks on the city's homeless people and identity of the suspect.

Offers a look at social classes in the United States. Report that success in education remains linked to a class; Isolation of rich people; Class differences in health and lifespan; Lack of social mobility; Claim that the American meritocracy is at least partly class-based because parents with money, education and connections cultivate in their children the habits that the meritocracy rewards; Rise in income inequality; Report that social mobility is lower in the U.S. than in Canada; Report that a child's economic background is a good predictor of school performance; Discussion of the political attitudes of white collar and blue collar workers; Decline of the connection between race and class due to a rise of diversity; Forces that impact the divisions of class, including globalization and technological change.

Examines the goal of the United Nations of reducing half the proportion of people living in extreme poverty by 2015. Responsibility of the World Bank for keeping track of poverty; Establishment of a poverty line; Detection of changes in poverty over time.

Comments on the problems plaguing the New York subway systems in January 2005. Poor quality of public relations; Underfinancing and borrowing; Organization of the regional mass transit system that makes it difficult for the public to figure out who is in charge.

Presents a correction to an article in the January 2, 2005 issue of “The New York Times” which incorrectly cited a figure on the condition of four billion poor people in the world in discussing the growing business in products that cost just a few cents.

Suggests that the United States and other Western donors to poor countries should allow the use of DDT in malaria-ravaged countries. Increase in incidence of malaria since DDT was banned; Refusal of most Western aid agencies to pay for anti-malarial programs that use DDT; View that the hazards of exposure to malaria outweigh the harmful health effects of DDT; View that more people in poor countries have been killed by malaria than by tsunami.

Reports that New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton renewed calls for Congress to provide additional emergency funding to help the poor pay their heating bills in November 2004.

Comments that the elitist approach of the United States Democratic Party is a challenge to the campaigns of their candidates in the 2004 elections. Loss of touch with the urban poor; Ability of the Republicans to communicate with low-income voters.

Editorial. Comments on the impact of housing subsidies for the poor on the Community Reinvestment Act, the most successful community revitalization program in the United States' history. Requirement for banks to lend, invest and provide banking services to poor communities; Argument that the program needs updating and simplification; Administrative costs of complying with the act; Proposals of federal agencies that oversee the banking industry.

Profiles the married couple Heather Arak and Nathan Kanofsky. Life as penniless, struggling artists; Arak's difficulty in conceiving; Kanofsky's gift to her for their 9th wedding anniversary.

The article presents a profile of Darren Walker, president of the Ford Foundation. It mentions the role of the foundation in providing gifts to a variety of people and organizations, how Walker is endeavoring to expand the funds granted to social justice causes in an effort to fight inequality, and the contradiction of the wealth of capitalism helping the poor.

The article reports on the success of mass evacuation of over a million people in Odisha, India in averting a greater loss of life from Cyclone Fani, the strongest storm to hit India in five years. Topics covered include ways by which government authorities in Odisha warn people of the storm such as text messages and coastal sirens, how past disasters prompted Odisha to develop a meticulous evacuation plan, level of poverty of the people of Odisha and features of Odisha's action plan for Fani.

The article offers information on the social condition of the historically black neighborhoods in Atlanta where the $1.5 billion Mercedes-Benz Stadium was established. It mentions that the location of the stadium which will host the 2019 Super Bowl football tournament of the National Football League (NFL) was considered as one of the poorest in the Southeast.

The article focuses on people with diabetes in the East Harlem neighborhood of New York City. The disease has plagued generations of the largely Latino and African-American residents. A yearlong examination by "The New York Times" discovered that the prevalence of East Harlem's diabetics is driven by poverty, genetics, cultural habits and coping in difficult circumstances. The neighborhood offers a window into the psychological impact of the disease. For many people, the daily testing and self-discipline required to manage the disease are too much. INSET: Streets of No Escape.

In this article the author plead to remember the poor people on Christmas in the U.S.

Focuses on college dropouts in America. Experience of Andy Blevins, who quit college and wishes he had gotten his degree; Observation that on campuses that enroll poorer students, graduation rates are often low; How, despite broad gains in higher education for students from all classes, poor and working-class students have been falling behind; Why a college education matters much more than it once did; Suggestion that students at the best colleges may be diverse, but tend to share an upper-middle-class upbringing; Decline in economic mobility over the last generation; Discussion of why so many low-income students fall from the college ranks; Deterrents to a degree; Topic of affirmative action; Observation that the elite colleges have not been giving many breaks to low-income students who apply; Blevins' decision to return to college.

Examines the role of social class in America today, focusing on the marriage of Dan Croteau and Cate Woolner of Northfield, Massachusetts, two people of different classes. Backgrounds on Croteau and Woolner, each of whom had two failed marriages and two children; Comments of Croteau and Woolner; Challenges to marriages that cross class boundaries; Description of the Woolner-Croteau household; Issue of moving outside one's comfort zone; Family divisions; How the marriage has withstood its particular problems and stresses.

The article reports on the impact of extreme summer heat on the health of people in India in 2018. Many people have died and got sick because of the extreme heat, especially the poor people. They suffered heatstroke, fatigue and nausea. The livelihoods of tens of millions people have also been affected by the extreme heat.

The article examines the move by Pope Francis to shift his focus on the Catholic Church's future to the Southern Hemisphere with the rise of secularism in Western Europe. Manifestations of the declining influence of the Church in Europe include decreases in church attendance, the growth of gay marriage and the legalization of abortion. The pope is said to believe that focusing on the poor is a more authentic and appealing global message than a defense of orthodoxy and Europe's Christian roots.

The article discusses the erosion of the middle class status of U.S. civil service workers in the U.S. as of April 2018. Topics covered include public servants' classification as low-income on mortgage applications, the private sector's better job growth in service industries that however lack stability and security, and the divisive issue of reducing state and local payrolls. Also noted are states' common staffing shortages and small pay raises for state workers.

The author shares her views on how to avoid shopping for unnecessary things by controlling one's craving for things for a year. She suggests that one should wait for a few days after a desire sets in for shopping as it will subside with time if the desired thing is not a necessity. She feels that not shopping for one year will not lead to financial markets crashing down, nor it will make a person one with the poor.

The article focuses on New York City's problem of pretrial detainees who cannot afford to post bail. Topics discussed include the arguments for and against a proposal to eliminate the bail system, the efforts exerted by several charities to ensure that people arrested for petty crimes are not detained merely for lack of bail money and the ways in which parents of poor families contribute to the problem by calling on the police to solve a domestic issue instead for working it out themselves.

The article focuses on the costs of public colleges and universities in New York. Topics include ree for many undergraduates from hign-and low income families.Topics include the New York State Legislature, free tuition, and Institute for College Access and Succes encouraging low-income families to pay a higher percentage of higher

The article focuses on tax cut plans of U.S. President Donald Trump and its impact on the U.S. economy. It presents views of Joseph J. Thorndike, director of the Tax History Project at Tax Analysts, on Trump's plan which appeared to have strong parallels with former U.S. President Ronald Reagan's 1981 tax cuts. It also mentions tax cuts imposed by former U.S. President George W. Bush lowered the individual tax rates and increased the standard deduction for low-income households.

The article focuses on the challenges to be overcome by the U.S. President Donald Trump, to fulfill his campaign promises, due to the demographic, economic and social changes happening in the U.S. Topics discussed are socioeconomic conditions of when men and women without a bachelor's degree, other issues include male mortality, fall in fertility, and single headed households, need for retaining Affordable Care Act for the benefit of the poor and training program for the less educated.

The article discusses the consequences of the option to choose health insurance or not choosing it as per the upcoming offer by the U.S. House speaker Paul D. Ryan. It states that the Republicans would soon vote to overrule the Affordable Care Act. It says that the welfare reform will definitely hurt the poor people as losing the Medicaid will mean poorer health for them.

The article discusses U.S. President Donald Trump's proposal of slicing 54 billion U.S. dollars from the discretionary civilian budget in 2018 to pay for a higher defense budget. Topics covered include how Trump's programs appeal to the poor and urban liberal elites who can sympathize with the disenfranchised while neglecting the problems of the white working class and racial mistrust being the hidden element behind Trump's policies.

The article reports on the failure of the schools in Harlem, New York City compared to those located in Manhattan. Topics discussed include the failure of the students in Harlem to pass the annual state tests, the inclusion of black and low income children in school, and the decline of the enrollment at the schools in Harlem.

The article discusses the impact of air pollution on the respiratory diseases of children in Delhi, India, including the premature deaths caused by pollution. An overview of the social aspects of air pollution on health, including its impacting the health of rich and poor residents of Delhi, is provided.

The article offers information on the impact of flooding caused by the Hurricane Matthew on poor people who were living in North Carolina. It mentions that Governor Pat McCrory was urging people to donate to the people who were affected by the flood especially the poorest of poor in the state who were mostly affected.

A correction is presented to the article about the suspension of driver's licenses of poor people which appeared in the May 28, 2019 issue.

The article shares the story of 22-year-old Pakistani Rabia Kanwal, who thought she married a wealthy Chinese Muslim. Upon moving to China with her husband, Kanwal discovered that the man she married was a poor farmer and not a Muslim. It cites that many Pakistani women are sent to China as brides only to be forced into prostitution. The role of China's one-child policy in the growing demand for foreign brides is noted.