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Poverty
The Green New Deal Can Help Us Fight White Supremacy
A project of mass mobilization would provide us with a collective mission to heal a damaged Earth.
Trump’s Solution to the Homelessness Crisis: Deregulation and Criminalization
Trump's proposals would expand law enforcement in lieu of social interventions and investments to help homeless people.
We Have the Money to Fix Our Food System
Imagine supporting farmers markets, child nutrition, and local agriculture with money we spend on factory farms.
Universal Benefits Will Help People With Disabilities Escape Poverty
The means-tested benefits model has trapped people with disabilities in poverty without a clear path out.
Trump Administration Wants to Redefine the Poverty Line, Shrinking Public Aid
A government by and for plutocrats wants to define millions of people out of poverty using statistical sleight of hand.
Getting Poorer While Working Harder: The “Cliff Effect”
In addition to boosting wages, it will take major policy changes to offset the skyrocketing costs of living.
The Kochs Are Rebranding Themselves as Do-Gooders. Don’t Be Fooled.
Billionaire-funded organizations are beholden to billionaires.
Alabama Doesn’t Value Its Own Residents’ “Sanctity of Life”
The state has adopted a raft of cruel policies calculated to make life tougher and shorter for its residents.
Just 13 Percent of Child Care Assistance Goes to Parents in School
States control who gets federally supported child care assistance and few prioritize parents pursuing education.
Why the South Needs a Poor People’s Moral Action Congress
Poor people across the nation will bring their demands to Washington, D.C., next month.