Old-Age Poverty

The nation's supermarkets will now be allowed to help each other keep their shelves stocked as the government has temporarily relaxed competition laws in reaction to the coronavirus crisis. The Environment Secretary confirmed in a statement the government is relaxing elements of the Competition Act 1998 as part of a package…

The Almajiri system is a breeding ground for insecurity We fail to understand the recent opposition by the Kano State Council of Ulamas to the ban on street begging by Governor Abdulahi Ganduje. Since this 'Almajiri phenomenon' in the North has been an embarrassing sight to behold for decades, efforts…

NEW ORLEANS, LA—In barely over a week, the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Louisiana has spiked from one to nearly 200, making its per-capita infection rate the highest in the country behind Seattle. Nearly everyone I’ve spoken to in New Orleans believes the virus has been circulating undetected here…

Skip to comments. Socialism's Past Townhall.com ^ | March 28, 2020 | Walter E. Williams Posted on 03/18/2020 4:03:37 AM PDT by Kaslin Senator Bernie Sanders' call for socialism has resonated among many Americans, particularly young Americans. They've fallen prey to the idea of a paradise here on Earth where…

Sen. Bernie Sanders’, I-Vt., call for socialism has resonated among many Americans, particularly young Americans. They’ve fallen prey to the idea of a paradise here on Earth where things are free and there’s little want. But socialists never reveal what turns out to be their true agenda. Let’s look at…

Senator Bernie Sanders’ call for socialism has resonated among many Americans, particularly young Americans. They’ve fallen prey to the idea of a paradise here on Earth where things are free and there’s little want. But socialists never reveal what turns out to be their true agenda. Let’s look at the…

Imran Khan advise­s agains­t panic; urges intern­ationa­l commun­ity to consid­er writin­g off loans to develo­ping countr­ies PM Imran Khan. PHOTO: PID ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday warned that the government feared the spread of coronavirus in the country, but asked people not to panic, as the national tally of…

This is the second in a five-part series exploring the trauma at the heart of the relationship between a small Canadian town and the First Nations people who live in and around it. Read the first part - The Back Streeters and the White Boys: Racism in rural Canada -…

In 1964, President Lyndon Johnson announced plans for what he called "the Great Society," a sweeping set of programs that would represent the most ambitious and far-reaching expansion of the federal government since Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal. Johnson declared war on poverty, jacked up federal spending on education, and…

Apropos the editorial, “Not a time to panic” (March 13), it is imperative to take action against the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic but we are fearing an apocalypse and reacting accordingly in sheer madness. Conferences and public events have been cancelled, weddings postponed and schools have been closed fearing the spread…