
Criminalization of Poverty Program at IPS’s Statement on President Biden’s Budget
“As an expression of values, its proposals to invest in families and workers, protect Social Security, and strengthen Medicare reflect the values of most of us.”
“As an expression of values, its proposals to invest in families and workers, protect Social Security, and strengthen Medicare reflect the values of most of us.”
Americans across the spectrum voted to raise wages, expand health care, and protect abortion rights. These issues have a common thread.
Our country faces a material and moral crisis – and Republicans are offering only resentment and false solutions.
New poverty data reveals the effectiveness of pandemic aid programs that are now expired. For poor Americans, building on that success is a matter of life and death.
Common sense federal investments caused poverty to plunge during the pandemic shock. If we fail to renew them, we’re choosing poverty.
With a 22 percent poverty rate, the LGBTQ+ community needs more than rainbow flags from multi-million dollar corporations.
In L.A., 1 percenters currently pay less than a 1 percent city tax on the mansions they make millions selling.
When you give everyone a chunk of change, does it really change their lives and their communities?
The Poor People’s Campaign marched on Washington to demand that politicians legislate to protect the fundamental rights of 140 million poor and low-wealth people in America. Here’s why a pastor from New York joined them.
Over 150 millionaires delivered a statement to the World Economic Forum, calling on Davos attendees to take on wealth inequality.
It was poverty that made the pandemic so deadly. We shouldn’t compound the tragedy of 1 million COVID-19 deaths by letting it continue.
Indians know they can’t rely on elites to save them from catastrophe. That’s exactly what could make a climate movement there so powerful.
As we approach 1 million COVID-19 deaths, Americans in poorer counties have died at double the rate of wealthier counties.
The workers who put food on our tables face poverty, deportation, and extreme heat. These are policy choices—and they can be changed.
Advocates need to pressure congress to invest in institutions that care about and prioritize domestic and international wellbeing, while divesting from systems of violence and harm.