On a continent known for its youth, many villages are filling with the old for the first time. In just 15 years, ...

When Alecia Phonesavanh heard her 19-month-old son, Bou Bou, screaming, she thought he was simply frightened by the armed men who had burst into the house in the middle of the night. Then she saw the ...

In her small home, in a stout metal basket beneath a lofted bed are the tools of her trade ... Leo Igwe, a 54-year-old ...

Fueled by advances in sanitation, nutrition, and disease response, Africa is undergoing a longevity boom, with countries like Uganda set to quadruple their elderly population over the course of just ...

The Blue Ridge Hospice Thrift Shop in Winchester catches your eye with its distinctive teal awning and butterfly logo. It’s like a calm oasis in a sea of retail chaos. This shop supports hospice care ...

Visitors from Milwaukee suburbs speak in hushed, reverent tones about the home décor section, where picture frames, decorative signs, and seasonal accents rival the aesthetic appeal of items costing ...

On Friday evening, Cranbury Housing Associates, along with the Henry family, filed challenges to the Affordable Housing Dispute Resolution Program on the township’s application to use eminent domain ...

In New York, people gathered outside Trump Tower, which has become a magnet for protests and remains a prominent symbol of the president's wealth, even though the president hasn’t lived in the ...

This is the seventh installment in a series examining the roots of America’s housing crisis. To read the earlier pieces, visit the roots of today’s housing crisis. In the 1960s, the free-market ...