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Liz Theoharis

Liz Theoharis is a theologian, ordained minister and anti-poverty activist. Director of the Kairos Center for Religions, Rights and Social Justice at Union Theological Seminary and co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival, she is the author of Always With Us? What Jesus Really Said About the Poor. She teaches at Union Theological Seminary in New York City.

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Apr 21, 2020
Latest from Liz Theoharis
Masked people wait in a line for food
Op-Ed
Economy & Labor

As COVID Rages, We Are Experiencing Mass Abandonment Amid Abundance

The human and economic toll has been anything but equal across society.
by
Liz Theoharis,
TomDispatch
December 14, 2020
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Tenants hold a demonstration to call attention to their rent strike during the COVID-19 pandemic on October 28, 2020, in Harlem, New York.
Op-Ed
Economy & Labor

Biden’s First 100 Days Should Be Focused on Policies Protecting Most Vulnerable

A fusion politics of the poor and dispossessed can awaken the moral imagination of the nation.
by
Liz Theoharis,
TomDispatch
November 17, 2020
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A protester wearing a protective mask applauds during a protest against the death of George Floyd on June 3, 2020, in Brooklyn, New York.
Op-Ed
Economy & Labor

Will Our Future Be Organized by the Rich or the Poor?

Isn’t it time to stop vindicating the wealthiest people in this country?
by
Liz Theoharis,
TomDispatch
June 4, 2020
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Volunteers, health care workers and doctors participate in a protest against what they say is the city's and county's poor response to helping the homeless during the coronavirus outbreak on April 17, 2020, in Miami, Florida.
Op-Ed
Economy & Labor

In the Face of COVID, Let’s Reorganize Society Around the Needs of the Poor

It should no longer be possible to ignore the structural crisis of poverty and inequality eating away at society.
by
Liz Theoharis,
TomDispatch
April 21, 2020
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