Op-Ed | Economy & Labor MLK’s Poor People’s Campaign Isn’t Over. We’re Planning a Mass Protest for June. King spent his last birthday organizing poor people of all races against immoral spending priorities. By Colleen Wessel-McCoy , OtherWords January 17, 2022 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor Monthly Child Tax Credit Payments Have Ended as Congress Debates Its Future This month will be the first time since July that parents won’t be able to rely on the child tax credit. By Chabeli Carrazana , The19th January 15, 2022 Truthout
Interview | Human Rights Hundreds of Thousands of Children Are Homeless — and the Problem Is on the Rise With the end of the federal eviction moratorium, experts fear child homelessness is even higher than the data suggests. By Corey Mitchell , TheCenterforPublicIntegrity January 14, 2022 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor As Tax Credit Expires, “Huge Increase” in Child Poverty Feared Amid Omicron Wave The program's expiration cuts off a key lifeline at what anti-poverty activists see as the worst possible moment. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams January 4, 2022 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor “Tax the Rich:” 10 Billionaires Added $402 Billion to Their Fortunes in 2021 Amid a public health emergency and economic crisis, billionaires saw staggering growth in their wealth. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams January 3, 2022 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor States Are Hoarding $5.2 Billion in Welfare Funds While Denying More People Aid A 1996 welfare reform law gave states the freedom to stockpile federal funding for aid to the poor, year after year. By Hannah Dreyfus , ProPublica December 29, 2021 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor Diaper Banks Are Filling a Need for Low-Income Families Whom Federal Aid Fails Diapers don't qualify for federal aid under most public assistance programs, including food stamps. By Chabeli Carrazana , The19th November 27, 2021 Truthout
Op-Ed | Human Rights Not Everyone Is Feasting. Food Insecurity Is Much Higher Than Before COVID. This is a crisis — magnified by the pandemic — not of food-production failures but of skyrocketing inequality. By Sasha Abramsky , Truthout November 25, 2021 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Ocasio-Cortez Backs Social Security Expansion, Says the Wealthy Need to Chip In SSI payments cap at $142,800 in wages, allowing the rich to pay only a small portion of their wages to the program. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout October 27, 2021 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor “Poverty Is a Policy Choice”: Stimulus, Unemployment Aid Slashed Poverty in 2020 Without government aid, the Census reports that poverty would have risen significantly in 2020. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout September 14, 2021 Truthout