(Mar. 31) – Of the 5,000 people who visit the San Francisco Public Library every day, about 15 percent of them are homeless, PBS reported. After years of watching this underserved demographic float through to get Internet access, a restroom and often, just refuge from the cold, the library realized it was in an auspicious position to stage effective interventions.

(Mar. 29) – The British transplant Red Nose Day will return for its second year in the United States, raising money to fight children’s poverty. The inaugural Red Nose Day USA last year raised more than $23 million and included a live, three-hour broadcast on NBC. The nine-week campaign will culminate with a live, two-hour special on May 26. The U.K. version has raised more than £1 billion since its inception in 1985.

(Mar. 28) – It’s astounding just how unequally wealth is distributed around the world. in 2015, according to calculations by Oxfam, just 62 people had the same amount of wealth as the poorer half of humanity – 3.6 billion people. Those 62 people are incredibly rich, to be sure, but it’s also the case that the bottom half of the world is desperately poor. To be among the wealthiest half of people in the world, a person needed to have only $3,210 in net assets (minus debts) in 2015, Oxfam says.

(Mar. 25) – Older Americans who live in poverty “cannot avoid its consequences. They wake up to that reality each and every day,” AARP Foundation President Lisa Marsh Ryerson said at the Aging in America conference March 23 in Washington. “Poverty is fundamentally America’s problem. A solution needs to come from all of us.”

(Mar. 24) – It’s a situation no family wants to find themselves in. “I was one of those in the community who was a have not,” Salvation Army Major Erma Camuti said. She remembers as a child not being as fortunate and living in poverty. “I remember I would wait until there was none of my classmates around before going in and getting my free meal ticket,” she said.

(Mar. 23) – There is a serious and growing geographic divide between the rich and the poor that requires attention. That’s the conclusion reached by researchers at the Economic Innovation Group. Using U.S. Census Department data, the study’s authors developed the Distressed Communities Index (DCI) to study the economic health of America down to the zip code level. They found “a growing body of evidence that the more time an individual spends living in a distressed community—especially at childhood—the worse that individual’s lifetime chances of achieving economic stability or success. And not all poor neighborhoods are alike; some offer vastly better chances of economic mobility than others.”

(Mar. 23) – In a speech on Capitol Hill Wednesday, Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan dove into the 2016 presidential race. Not as a candidate, but as an arbiter. “Looking around at what’s taking place in politics today, it is easy to get disheartened,” he told interns and reporters in the Ways and Means Committee room. “How many of you find yourself just shaking your head at what you see from both sides?”

(Mar. 21) – Democrats have always thought of Paul Ryan as a friendly foil. Long before he became speaker of the House, Ryan was the face of conservative policy in Congress, and he had earned the respect of President Obama and leading Democrats on Capitol Hill for, if nothing else, putting forward serious ideas and having the political courage to stand by them.

(Mar. 21) – A group of 51 New York millionaires wants lawmakers to raise taxes — on New York millionaires. In a letter addressed to Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) and state legislators, the group — working in conjunction with the left-leaning Fiscal Policy Institute and Responsible Wealth project — called for a permanent tax on the wealthy to replace a temporary one, with the revenue raised going to investments in poverty programs and infrastructure.

(Mar. 21) – Headphones can make it so easy to tune out. Three months into my life in San Francisco, I’m realizing how much I’ve missed. “OK,” I thought to myself. “Today is going to be a crazy day.” I pulled my backpack on, grabbed a jacket and, as usual, put my headphones on before I left my apartment. I had to be at work early, because as almost anyone working in tech could tell you, today was Apple Event day.