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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
People are evicted from a camp site by Civic Center Park in Denver, Colorado, on September 15, 2021.
Op-Ed
Politics & Elections

To Ward Off the Eviction Crisis, Look Not to Congress, But to the Grassroots

It will take the concerted action of those most impacted by the crisis to keep people housed.
by
Liz Theoharis,
TomDispatch
September 16, 2021
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Juthaporn Chaloeicheep, 44, and son Douglas Jones, 5, stand for a portrait in the courtyard of Arnett Watson Apartments, a permanent supportive housing community where they reside in the Tenderloin district of San Francisco, California, on March 16, 2021.
Op-Ed
Human Rights

Honoring Mothers Must Include Environmental Justice and Raising Wages

Now is the time to raise wages, ensure vaccine equity and lift from the bottom so that all of society can rise.
by
Liz Theoharis,
TomDispatch
May 13, 2021
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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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