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The Government is being urged simplify the Pension Credit application process and increase a benefit to help one group of people who may be missing out ...

State rested its case, Jerone Hunter's attorneys start with opening statements on Thursday. Jerone Hunter's defense attorney opened Thursday morning by shifting the spotlight away from the gruesome ...

AT LAST! may have been a long time coming, but the Oak Cliff-based nonprofit is going places. The nation's first "boarding ...

So it was no surprise that once he became pope, Francis rejected the lavish salary on par with the pay of the U.S. president ...

Many conservatives argue that the order in which a person achieves certain life milestones is key to their financial security ...

New global data shows what makes for a flourishing life. It isn’t what we think. The Global Flourishing Study has surprising ...

Gwendolyn Brooks grew up in a South Side house full of books and was a poet from an early age, eventually becoming the first ...

Charles Loring Brace revolutionized America’s understanding and treatment of poor children—and he did it all for Christ.

The Head Start program is a cornerstone of our nation’s collective action to lift children out of poverty. Built on the core ...

Many of the actors who have brought to life our most beloved characters, those with inspiring storylines that have remained ...