Life happens, and even the most meticulous budgeter can’t predict when a financial crisis will hit their wallet. Hardship loans, which are similar to personal loans, make it possible to get through ...

Diogenes in his jar, by Jean-Léon Gérôme (1860). Source: Wikicommons/public domain After being exiled from his native Sinope for having defaced its coinage, Diogenes the Cynic moved to Athens, took up ...

Low-income families with young children often face what can seem like a never-ending cycle of hardships. Basic necessities, such as stable housing, heat, lights and enough nutritious food, can become ...

In the deep winter, Diogenes the Cynic (d. 323 BCE) would strip naked and embrace bronze statues. One day, upon seeing this, a Spartan asked him whether he was cold. When he said that he was not, the ...