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Indonesian Official Suggests the Rich Marry the Poor to Reduce Poverty
An Indonesian official has suggested that in order to reduce the country’s national poverty rate, the rich demographic should marry those fr...
Bryan Ke
Asia
Indian State Now Offers Free Boob Jobs to Women in Poverty
The impoverished state of Tamil Nadu in southern India has offered free breast surgeries to thousands of men and women to boost their self-c...
Carl Samson
Thai Man Ignored At Dealership for Looking Poor, Pays For a New Harley-Davidson With $17,000 Cash
This is a classic lesson of how sales agents should never judge their customers by what they wear. An elderly man from Thailand named Lung D...
King Malleta
Chinese Girl Who Does Her Homework on A Pile of Bricks Proves the Struggle is Real
While most schoolchildren spend their weekends playing with friends or relaxing at home, an 11-year-old Chinese girl spends her break from s...
Ryan General
Chinese Grandma Wears a Minnie Mouse Costume for the Most Heartbreaking Reason
At 70 years old, one old grandma from China should be settled in her home rather than working under the scorching heat of the sun wearing a ...
World
Asian Americans Are the Poorest Minority Group in New York City
Asian-Americans have the highest poverty rate out of any ethnic group in New York with 27% living in need of a permanent job, according to ...
Khier Casino
China is Spending $158 Billion to Get 3.4 Million People Out of Poverty By 2020
China in 2017 is set to relocate 3.4 million people living in poverty to less disadvantaged places in an effort to eliminate extreme poverty...
Communal Kitchen Offering Free Food Sparks Literal ‘Hunger Games’ in Shanghai
The idea of food for everyone sounds good, but maybe not in Shanghai just yet. Last week, residents went into a hoarding frenzy when a commu...
Devastating Photos Capture the Lines Dividing the Rich and Poor in South Africa
In a project titled “Unequal Scene”, Cape Town-based photographer Johnny Miller uses a drone to capture the inequality that exis...
Editorial Staff
Poor Wife Can’t Handle Her Rich Husband’s Lifestyle, Burns All Her Designer Bags
One stressed wife, reportedly upset with the high standards set by her wealthy husband’s family, resorted to burning all her designer handba...
Indian Eatery Owner Puts a Fridge on The Street Filled With Leftovers For The Needy
A popular restaurant in Kochi, India is doing something unprecedented to help feed hungry people in its community who don’t have money to bu...
Lifestyle
Why Poor People Actually Pay More Than Rich People For Toilet Paper
A surprising study revealed that low-income families are unable to afford to save when it comes to buying household supplies like toilet pap...
Raising Taxes on the Rich Won’t Solve Income Inequality, Says 26-Year-Old MIT Economics Grad
A 26-year-old MIT grad student’s proposed theory on income inequality has challenged one of the most influential economics concepts of this ...
This ‘Mobile Food Market’ Bus Brings Fresh Produce to Low-Income City Communities
Fast food now has a completely new meaning thanks to a bus that was converted into a mobile food market that brings fresh produce to low-inc...
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Something Beautiful Happens When You Let Poor Kids Pick Out Their Christmas Presents
When given the tough choice between getting the one thing you’ve always wanted for Christmas or getting something someone else has al...
Sebastian Dillon
Thai Beauty Queen Gives the Most Touching Thanks to Her Poor Single Mom After Winning
A 17-year-old Thai beauty pageant winner went back to her hometown after her contest to kneel before her single mother, who collected and re...
Laura Dang
Poor Little Girl Studying in the Streets is the Saddest Thing You’ll See Today
A picture of a little girl working on her homework in the streets has tugged on netizens’ heartstrings. The photograph of the barefoot youn...
Sarah Lesnar
Entertainment
‘Blind’ Man with $500 Winning Scratcher Asks Strangers if He Won to Test Their Honesty
What would you do if a blind man came up to you with a winning scratcher ticket asking whether he had won? This is what YouTube creator PE...
Unpaid United Nations Intern Had to Live in a Tent For Two Weeks Because He Was So Broke
New Zealander David Hyde, 22, publicly resigned from his United Nations internship this week after revealing he had to resort to living in ...
Max Chang
Billionaire Cartier Boss Warns of Imminent Uprising, ‘Envy, Hatred’ of Poor People
The chairman of one of the world’s biggest luxury conglomerates is apparently deeply worried about where civilization is heading and w...
Riley Schatzle
The Truth About Love and Money
Few love stories are more retold than the tale of love that crosses class lines. Though fiction and fairy tales are all well and good, there...
Jesse Miller V
Business
Legendary Investor Warns Our Capitalist Society Will End in ‘Revolution, Higher Taxes or War’
Photo: Bret Hartman/TED Paul Tudor Jones II, the famous hedge fund manager who predicted the global stock market crash known as Black Monday...
This 8-Year-Old Boy Skips Breakfast Everyday to Buy Lottery Tickets So That His Sick Father May Live
“Happiness is a state of mind” may be a cliche, but damned if it isn’t true. Our happiness is strongly tied to our thankfulness, and no mat...
Alan Van
10 Things Everyone Hates About Rich Kid Entrepreneurs, But Won’t Admit
“As a matter of principle, I don’t invest in rich kids’ businesses.” -Barbara Corcoran, Shark Tank When it comes to millennial entrepreneur...
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