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Many years ago, long before the town of Fithian had street signs, I would walk through the door after school to see my mom crying. She didn’t know what we were going to have for supper.
Maybe, if my dad was lucky, he would bring home a pheasant, or squirrel, or some fish he caught from a local pond. Maybe we would have the frog legs that he and I had gigged the preceding Sunday.
The charity Care Rights UK believes one of the most common reasons people are forced out of their care homes is ‘revenge evictions’. Lauren Byrne, policy and campaigns lead, explains that this is where people are “threatened with eviction as a result of raising a complaint, as a sort of retaliation”.Above: Big Issue ambassador Rose Williams and her great aunt, who was threatened with eviction.
Maternity hospital in Ethiopia. The prevalence of FGM among women aged 15–49 in Ethiopia is around 65 percent.
Professor Paul Yip, director of the Hong Kong Jockey Club Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention.
As food insecurity continues to rise across Isabella County, Central Michigan University’s Social Work Program is stepping forward with a clear message: hunger is not just a community issue—it’s a campus issue, too. Through collaborative teaching, student engagement, and partnerships with local agencies, CMU social work faculty and students are leading efforts to strengthen food access, raise awareness, and support local families affected by the recent pause in SNAP benefits. Above: Social Work faculty member Valerie Austin speaks to community members
A caller who recently reached out to the Wyoming 211 help line had a stark message for the person on the other end of the line: If I pay my utility bill to avoid a disconnect, I’ll have to eat cat food this month. Others in a desperate situation aren’t hiding their frustration about needing help at all — a cultural shame in Wyoming — or their stress navigating a perplexing, ever-changing and shrinking network of social services.
