PBS NewsHour correspondent Ray Suarez examines how the government is lifting people out of poverty and inspiring nations throughout the world to do the same.

Statistician Hans Rosling was one of the world's most sought-after public speakers. In this film, timed to coincide with the launch of new development goals at the 2015 United Nations Summit, he offers real hope for an end to global poverty. Rosling explains how there are still one billion people around the world living in extreme poverty but that number has halved since the UN last set development goals 15 years ago. Brought to life by the revolutionary...

Bill Clinton's 1996 welfare reform was supposed to move needy families off government handouts and onto a path out of poverty. Twenty years later, how has it turned out?

How a little-known public housing program from the 1970s is changing housing policy today.

Stereotypes tell us it's easy to spot the homeless-after all, life on the street tends to leave a mark on people. But is a "homeless profile" really meaningful? In today's economy a man in a business suit might well be living in his car; and besides, to those in society's upper echelons, homelessness is often invisible. This program offers a profound exploration of homelessness, focusing on factors like addiction, financial hardship, mental illness,...

Between 1970 and 1972, the Angry Brigade used guns and bombs in a series of symbolic attacks against property. A series of communiqués accompanied the actions, explaining the group's philosophy and choice of targets: autonomous organization and attacks on property alongside other forms of militant working-class action. Targets included the embassies of repressive regimes, police stations and army barracks, boutiques and factories, government departments,...

An entrepreneurial culture is flourishing in the grim slums of India. Lives are being changed by an Australian enterprise that provides jobs as well as clean energy to some of the poorest people on the planet. In the slums of Bangalore, Foreign Correspondent's South Asia correspondent Stephanie March finds that from little things, big things can grow.

In 2000 the world's leaders came together and established eight goals aimed at making the developing world a better place for future generations. These time-bound targets addressed extreme poverty, hunger and disease, and promoted gender equality, education, and environmental sustainability. In 2015, 15 years on the United Nations is reassessing the goals and laying out its future ambitions. This film travels across the world, from kids hustling to...

The idea of a basic guaranteed income is getting a trial run in a Canadian province for three years. Four thousand randomly selected Ontario residents will get thousands of dollars a year, and in exchange, they give up some social supports, while the government gets back some money. Economics correspondent Paul Solman talks with some participants, as well as some skeptics.

Can the cycle of the poverty be broken? The answer is yes. The Village HELP: Land for the People is one such story about how a village in Indonesia decided to heal its environment and liberate its people from years of poverty. Starting with ten hectares of land, the community members begin to grow rice on their own land for the first time. As they celebrate their first successful harvest, the leaders plan to grow the land and break the cycle of poverty....