COLONIE — The poor, desperate children who live on the streets in the slums of Kampala, Uganda, call Diane Reiner "jajja." It's slang for grandmother, or a loving maternal presence. Advertisement ...

The number of Americans living in slums increased 33% in the past decade. This scary trend was identified by a report out this morning from Brookings. Slums (our term) refer to areas of concentrated ...

*NAIROBI, Kenya — Nairobi’s urban slums have become the breeding grounds for well-off street gangs. Violent robbery has long been associated with young men from impoverished backgrounds. The trend, ...

NAIROBI, Kenya — The three-person crew of Slum TV set out under the hot noon sun, slinging a video camera and microphone through the crooked labyrinth of iron-sided shacks, graffitied beer joints, ...

A short walk from the Indraprastha metro station leads to Anna Nagar, a slum cluster in Central Delhi. Home to over 10,000 people, the settlement is a maze of narrow lanes and cramped shanties. Open ...

It’s a regular Monday morning in one of Delhi’s city slums and 14-year-old Chandni is getting ready to face the day ahead. Just as she’s about to step out, a frantic voice calls out her name – it’s a ...

"If I stay at home, I will die of starvation," one street seller said. RIO DE JANEIRO -- Many of the 1.5 million people living in the slums of Rio de Janeiro have been forced into making heartbreaking ...