Old-Age Poverty

Brazil: the biggest country in South America and one of the most diverse in the world. With a sophisticated and continuously contradictory history, Brazil has always had a rich literary tradition full of magical realism, family drama, poetry, music, and beaut…

On an autumn day, a drama teacher instructs her class of 24 students to walk around the room and say hello to each other using only their eyes. What’s more unusual is that the neophyte actors are a mix of high school students and Holocaust survivors. The int…

One child every 10 minutes is being admitted to hospital in England after being struck down with pneumonia, a forgotten epidemic hitting the poorest in society. A new report by Save the Children has revealed a 50 per cent increase in child admissions to hosp…

Anne-Marie Brown, founder and chief executive of Love to Rent, says YES. While the UK has traditionally been a nation of homeownership, more people are choosing to rent, and the profile of renters is changing too, with more families and retirees looking for …

It's timeless, but the most powerful current incarnation seems to derive from Steve McQueen's character in the Blob, as well as from popular portrayals of conservative reactions to Elvis and the Beatles. But excuse my vagueness. What I am talking about is the…

IRISH TIMES READERS PAY TRIBUTE TO THE PIONEERING BROADCASTER HOST OF THE LATE LATE SHOW ON RTÉ TELEVISION AND THE GAY BYRNE SHOW ON RTÉ RADIO WHO DIED ON MONDAY Gay Byrne was the David Attenborough of Irish society. He opened our eyes and ears and paved a …

The 2019 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics Sciences was awarded to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, and Michael Kremer for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty. Their experimental work has changed the culture of economics, especially devel…

In Chiles streets, protesters chant a message now heard by the rest of the world. Chile is waking up, they say. But the center-right government of the countrys president, Sebastián Piñera, would prefer they stayed asleep. Chile is rich, but on Piñeras watch, …

At one time, the elite at least attempted to conceal their boundless enthusiasm for population control from the general public, but now they aren’t even trying to hide it anymore. On Tuesday, an alarming new study that advocates global population control as …

At one time, the elite at least attempted to conceal their boundless enthusiasm for population control from the general public, but now they arent even trying to hide it anymore. On Tuesday, an alarming new study that advocates global population control as on…