Despite the false promises of neoliberal capitalism and its tireless ideological cheerleaders, capitalism has always ...

A person asks for financial help with a sign saying "For food" in Moenckebergstraße, which is decorated for Christmas. Due to high rents and related housing costs, more people in Germany are living in ...

Chief Executive of the Joint overall association "Paritatischer Gesamtverband" Ulrich Schneider holds up the report on poverty trends during the Federal Press Conference under the motto "Poverty in ...

Almost 2 million children and young people grew up in poverty last year in Germany. Children are considered in poverty if their parents are dependent upon social welfare under the social welfare code ...

The welfare organisation Paritätische Wohlfahrtsverband presented its latest report on poverty in Germany at the beginning of March. According to this study, poverty in Germany reached a new record ...

I can’t afford to properly feed my children. It’s a bitter feeling when all we have at the end of the month is bread and butter … It tears you apart. I feel like I’m not doing justice to anyone, not ...

Comparative analysis of poverty dynamics–incidence, transitions, and persistence–can yield important insights about the nature of poverty and the effectiveness of alternative policy responses. This ...

Seventy-five years ago, the U.S. Navy sent me, a young ensign, to Germany as part of the allied occupation. I was stunned by the destruction in Bremerhaven, a port controlled by the Navy, and the ...

BERLIN (Reuters) – The number of people with an immigrant background in Germany rose 8.5 percent to a record 18.6 million in 2016, largely due to an increase in refugees, the Federal Statistics Office ...