Poverty
Poor People’s Campaign steps up drive for ‘Third Reconstruction’
June 8, 2021Issues are not new, activists say, coronavirus just brought them out more.
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Workers’ rights part of Poor People’s Campaign ‘Third Reconstruction’ plan
May 21, 2021Campaign supporters say poverty cannot be eradicated without a new stress on strengthening workers’ rights.
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Companies are stealing billions from workers—and getting away with it
May 4, 2021Some companies do a cost-benefit analysis and realize it’s cheaper to violate the law than pay their workers.
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Impoverished scavengers fight our trash problem, but they’re denied vaccines
April 1, 2021The work is dangerous, and injuries are common, so governments have an incentive to not recognize them or provide benefits like health care.
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Oakland, Marin County to launch pilot programs for guaranteed income
March 26, 2021“The poverty we all witness today is not a personal failure,” Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf said, “it is a systems failure.”
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