Poverty
Rev. William Barber and the new Poor People’s Campaign
September 20, 2017Here in the richest nation in the world, the poor and working class are being left further behind. The Poor People's Campaign intends to do something about it.
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Irma pushes Florida’s poor closer to the edge of ruin
September 14, 2017For poor workers in Florida, the amusement parks of Orlando or Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach might as well be on Mars.
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Chicago residents losing their home under a major viaduct
August 23, 2017The inhabitants of “Tent City” are being told they have until 7 a.m. on Sept. 18 to vacate the premises.
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Republicans squabble over prevailing wage law
June 28, 2017“If all 25 states with prevailing wage laws today weakened or outright repealed their statutes, an additional 99,000 blue-collar construction workers would see their incomes fall below the poverty level," said the National Association of Building...
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Cuomoville, paid for by developers
June 28, 2017A coalition of tenant organizations marched June 14th from the New York Public Library to Governor Andrew Cuomo’s NYC office where they camped outside for three days. They called their encampment Cuomoville.
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