Poverty
Unions back Poor People’s Campaign, renew demand for Biden meeting
June 7, 2022“We no longer will accept a system built on workers’ backs while billionaires profit from the pandemic,” SEIU President Mary Kay Henry warned.
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In Memphis, Poor People’s Campaign demands ‘resurrection’ of MLK’s vision
May 24, 2022"If you are not fighting for change still, you are distorting the legacy” of Dr. King and the civil rights movement, Barber said.
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Mass march in L.A. underlines the problems of the poor
May 17, 2022Thousands descend on the city to spell out both the hardships that face the poor and the solutions to the problems.
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Right-wing Supreme Court returns us to back-alley abortions
May 5, 2022Congressional Black Caucus and others indicate the horror unleashed by the Court is only possible because of the lack of democracy in the U.S.
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New York’s Mayor Adams removing homeless encampments
April 21, 2022Policy is seen as scapegoating of poverty.
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