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Poverty and compassion

What we can learn from late 19th-century England

What one nonprofit learned from giving handouts

Season Two of Effective Compassion is on its way! In this preview episode, hosts Anna Johansen Brown and Sarah Schweinsberg introduce the winner of WORLD's 2020 Hope Awards for Effective Compassion.

Cities might end pandemic programs that used hotels for housing


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Attorneys work to keep alleged victims of an accused OB-GYN in the country

Renters who felt short-term benefits could end up worse off

Los Angeles’ new homeless program sends more people back to the streets than to permanent housing

Pandemic closures leave the elderly without important services

Sobering centers are a new model to help cities handle public intoxication and provide addicts with treatment opportunities, yet some worry they may enable bad behavior