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The Democrats’ Cautious Return to the War on Poverty
The poor used to matter—at least as far as political rhetoric goes. About half a century ago, Lyndon Johnson launched a war not on the struggles of the American middle class…
Organizaciones de DDHH piden a Gobierno de Honduras cesar represión
Diversas organizaciones internacioales de Derechose Humano exigieron al Gobierno de Honduras cesar los abusos de las fuerzas del orden contra los manifestantes en las calles. Lee el articulo aqui.
Portlanders at risk of displacement need a seat at the table, Cat Goughnour says
What if black Oregonians at risk of displacement by gentrification had a say in how their neighborhoods were designed? That’s the question at the heart of Right 2 Root, a community-health-centered,…
TAXING THE (VERY) RICH: FINDING THE CURE FOR EXCESSIVE WEALTH DISORDER
Once a subject often kept behind the curtain, tax policy has quickly risen to fame recently while more political leaders discuss why tax policy has gone so wrong in our…
Joe Biden’s claim that ‘almost half’ of Americans live in poverty
What does it mean to be poor? Biden took an expansive view at a presidential candidate forum hosted by anti-poverty advocates. The Census Bureau calculates the poverty rate in different…
America Must Make Amends for the Horror of Slavery
Juneteenth is a celebration of freedom. The name comes from a combination of the two words in the date, June nineteenth. On that day in 1865, 250,000 slaves in Texas…
Oyster Creek shutdown in NJ could leave high taxes, giant casks of dangerous radioactive waste
Three miles of pine forest separate Paul Berkowicz’s ranch-style home from a cluster of towering canisters on a concrete pad containing one of mankind’s most dangerous substances. For decades, the 68-year-old retired educator has…
Barack Obama’s Juneteenth Tweet Honors The Holiday’s History
Wednesday, June 19 marks Juneteenth, the holiday that commemorates the abolition of slavery in America and emancipation of enslaved African-Americans following the Civil War. In celebration of this day, Barack Obama’s Juneteenth…
The 2020 Democratic primary debate over reparations, explained
For much of the 150 years since the official end of slavery in the United States, talk of the need for reparations has existed. In 2019, that discussion has become…
Anti-poverty advocates urge Congress to pass a ‘moral’ budget
Advocates for the poor will urge Congress to pass a “moral” budget that addresses poverty and systemic racism, according to testimony obtained by The Hill that will be delivered before…
Poor People’s Campaign and 2020
Lindsay Koshgarian, program director at the National Priorities Project and Nijmie Dzurinko, organizer and chair of the Pennsylvania Poor People’s Campaign discuss their as The Poor People’s Campaign is convening in…
Democrat 2020 candidates grilled by Christian-left leaders at ‘Moral Action Congress’
WASHINGTON — Nine presidential candidates, including a former vice president, three senators and one congressman, were questioned Monday at a presidential forum hosted by a coalition of left-leaning religious leaders…
How to raise $9 trillion for working-class people without really trying
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Elected officials are calling faith leaders and social workers to Capitol Hill to talk about how the U.S. might begin helping the…
At House Hearing, Poor People’s Campaign Demands End to ‘Systemic Policy Violence Against the Poor’
The heads of the Poor People’s Campaign reiterated their call for a moral budget on Wednesday as they testified before a Congressional hearing and decried the “moral crisis” of poverty in the U.S. ……
Pelosi Remarks at Budget Committee Hearing with Poor People’s Campaign
Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi delivered remarks at the Budget Committee Hearing, “Poverty In America: Economic Realities of Struggling Families,” which also featured testimony from Reverend Dr. William Barber,…
Black Family Day targets racial disparities
The Black Civic Network (BCN) recently hosted Black Family Day to raise awareness of disparities between Black families and their White counterparts. According to the Institute for Policy Studies’ “The…
Joe Biden at religious left rally: ‘You can shame people to do things the right way’
WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Joe Biden suggested Monday that a “physical revolution” like the one growing on the religious left could help overcome Republican opposition to left-leaning poverty initiatives.…
Finally, Presidential Candidates Are Talking About Poverty
In August 2012, The Nation launched a blog series called #TalkPoverty to “help push the issue of poverty into the mainstream political debate.” Each week we profiled advocates, scholars, and people in poverty who asked questions of President Barack…
Poverty, racism at the center of forum for 2020 Democratic candidates
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Francine Jefferson of Tchula, Mississippi, prefaced her question to former Vice President Joe Biden, explaining that her hometown, in the poorest county in America, has experienced devastating…
Democratic hopefuls roll out anti-poverty plans at Poor People’s Campaign
WASHINGTON—Hoping to gain activists and energize a large voting bloc, nine 2020 Democratic presidential hopefuls – including one nobody’s ever heard of – tackled the problems of the poor and…
2020 Democrats share plans to fight poverty at presidential forum
Nine 2020 Democratic presidential candidates were in Washington, DC, on Monday to discuss their plans to address poverty and systemic racism. And some had clearer plans than others. … Read the…
The future of diversity and inclusion in tech
Silicon Valley is entering a new phase in its quest for diversity and inclusion in the technology industry. Some advocates call this part “the end of the beginning,” Code2040 CEO Karla Monterroso…
Mobilizing the Poor People’s Campaign
This week in Washington, the powers that be are hearing from a vital new democratic force in this country. For three days, the Poor People’s Campaign will bring poor and…
2020 Democrats Address Poverty and Systemic Racism at Presidential Forum
WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. struck a notably different tone than some other Democrats on Monday over how to bring about change in government, defending his…
Biden spars with Warren and Sanders at first event facing rival Democrats
Joe Biden, the Democratic frontrunner, clashed with his primary rivals on Monday over whether it is “naive” to try to work with and win over Republicans in a post-Donald Trump…
‘Everybody Has the Right to Live’: The Visionary Budget at the Heart of Our Moral Uprising
As we have traveled around these yet to be United States of America, from Appalachia to Alabama, California to the Carolinas, Mississippi to Maine, the delta of the south to…
New Poor People’s Campaign demands redirecting military dollars to domestic needs
WASHINGTON—Unveiling a comprehensive alternative to business as usual, the New Poor People’s Campaign opened its mass D.C. gathering with a detailed budget and domestic policy plan to cut the military…
Instead of Death and Destruction, Poor People’s Moral Budget Shows What It Looks Like to ‘Invest in Life’
A new report released Monday by the Poor People’s Campaign and the Institute for Policy Studies declares that “the United States has abundant resources for an economic revival that will move towards…
Cuban Revolution 60th Anniversary And The 1996 Helms-Burton Act
July 26, 2019 marks the 60th anniversary of the Cuban revolution. On that date revolutionary troops led by Fidel Castro and Che Guevara marched into Havana. The American supported dictator…
Bernie Sanders Delivered the Most Profound Speech Since We Lost MLK
It is not hyperbole to suggest that Senator Bernie Sanders’s June 12, 2019 Democratic Socialism Speech was as profound as any delivered by either of the two men who Sanders frequently quoted:…
