Social salvation, dial 211!

Five years after HUD’s scandal, its culprits run free.

Famous, Still Homeless

Has public access become a political tool?

In the world of foundation giving, it’s all about the rich getting richer, or so says a study conducted by the Foundation Center and the Boston Globe.

The Congressionally chartered Institute of Medicine said in a high-profile report yesterday that the nation must reach universal health care coverage by 2010.

Asthma hospitalization rates for kids are lower than they have been since the city started collecting the data in 1984.

As the state’s poverty rate climbs and low-wage jobs expand, the minimum wage–$5.15 an hour—has less buying power than it has had since the 1940s.