Last year in the United States, poverty either increased or decreased. Take your pick. The poverty rate rose by the Census Bureau’s narrow, official measure, but it fell by the bureau’s supplementary ...

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Chinese President Xi Jinping reached a major milestone this week in his five-year long fight to end absolute poverty across the country – but it doesn’t appear that he’s celebrating yet. China was for ...