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To date, the Gates Millennium Scholars Program has helped 13, 000 high-potential, low-income students improve their lives through higher education.
FORBES: Bill Gates To Pledge $20 Million To Education Technology
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The first was that working-class communities were most at risk from the kind of pervasive low-level criminality that blights lives.
ECONOMIST: Bagehot
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Critics argued that simpler, low-tech solutions could save lives too.
FORBES: Ruthless Philanthropy
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To help retirees who have spent most of their working lives in low-wage jobs, the report called for several changes in the calculations of the special minimum primary insurance amount.
FORBES: 'Family Care' Benefit Could Fix Retiree Pay Gap
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Still, most of us can probably think of a colleague who could use a makeover: The intern who wears low-cut tops, the IT guy who lives in track pants, the boss who doesn't iron his shirts.
CNN: Approaching the co-worker makeover
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Low-income families face steep tax barriers that make hard lives even harder.
CNN: State of the Union Address
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They are expressing grievances not only against the banks but more importantly against the blatant income inequality in the U.S., with the 1% ultra-rich paying less of their fair share in taxes while the downtrodden low-income masses bear more of the burden, even as massive unemployment has made their lives more unbearable.
FORBES: With Tear Gas And Arrests, It's Time For A Dialogue With OWS Before Violence Erupts
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Abu Reyad and his brother-in-law Abu Hafiz, had lived here all their lives and told us that low rainfall and mismanagement of resources had led to their troubles.
BBC: Part II: The road to Bethlehem
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According to a 2008 study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, between one-third and one-half of all women will find themselves coping with low sexual desire at some point in their lives.
CNN: Are you too tired for sex?
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Responsible individuals across our country are taking action by using low-energy light bulbs, purchasing fuel-efficient and hybrid vehicles, and trying to live their own lives more sustainably.
CNN: Commentary: Playing hardball in Washington