Trump’s War On the Poor Has Just Begun
Anti-poverty programs are quickly becoming less accessible as the Trump administration claims the “War on Poverty” is “largely over and a success.”
Poverty Won’t ‘Make America Great’
A recent UN report on international poverty highlighted an unexpected crisis area: the United States.
The Poor People’s Campaign Goes to Congress
Some politicians are finding ways to lift up the voices of Americans struggling with poverty and inequality without grabbing the limelight for themselves.
Warren-Cummings Poverty Forum: TESTIMONY FROM THE INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES
June 12, 2018, U.S. Capitol Building
The Best Way to Honor Our Vets and Protect Americans? End the Wars
Soldiers, civilians, and the 140 million Americans who are poor or low-income pay the price for our never-ending wars.
Hundreds of Poor People’s Campaign Activists Got Themselves Arrested for Racial Justice
While some white people were calling the cops on people of color, others joined them — and members of every other community — in a huge sweep of actions in state capitals.
Incarceration and Deportation Rip Mothers From Their Families
We need to address the criminalization of race and poverty. To do so, we need to correct our swaying moral compass.
The Moral Revolution America Needs
Poor people of all races are shifting the national conversation on poverty and race from “right vs. left” to “right vs. wrong”
Building a United Working Class in North Carolina
Down Home North Carolina is organizing a multiracial movement to restore power to the state’s working people.
Five Charts that Show Why We Need to Tackle Gender Justice and Poverty Together
The Poor People’s Campaign’s first week of nonviolent moral direct actions will shine a spotlight on the problems of women in poverty.
Join the Poor People’s Campaign
Join A National Call for Moral Revival that is uniting tens of thousands of people across the country to challenge the evils of systemic racism, poverty, the war economy, ecological devastation and the nation’s distorted morality.
This is the Wrong Time to Cut Back on Public Housing
More than half a million Americans are homeless — the size of a large city.
Inside “The Souls of Poor Folk” Moral Audit with Co-Author
“The Poor People’s Campaign was a project first introduced by the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, who was assassinated months after he announced it. It has been restarted by the Reverends William Barber and Liz Theoharis. The revived campaign kicks off...
Martin Luther King’s Dream Rises Again
A new report uses facts, figures, and faces to make the case for the revival of the Poor People’s Campaign.
A New Poor People’s Campaign Is Rising — And It Puts Climate Front and Center
Only a system premised on extreme inequality would choose fossil fuel profits over the future of humanity.