Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis

Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis is co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign. She is the author of "Always with Us?: What Jesus Really Said about the Poor" (2017).

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Members of the U.S. Supreme Court pose for a group photo in Washington, D.C. on April 23, 2021.

The Current US Supreme Court Is Not Constitutionally Legitimate

Dobbs is a watershed attack that will come to be known as an infamous consolidation of an unrelenting extremist assault on this country's gains for equality and justice.

Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II · Jun 25, 2022

Living in Poverty: The First and Worst Hit by Pandemics of Every Sort

Today, the poor live at the crossroads of injustice, hurt first and worst by the interlocking evils of climate change, militarism, and racism, as well as other forms of violence and inequality.

Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis · Apr 21, 2022

Poverty: The Pre-Condition Underlying Covid-19 Mortality

If the nation had paid attention to the widespread poverty that preceded the pandemic, thousands of deaths might have been prevented.

Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II · Apr 6, 2022

Joe Manchin's Contempt for Poor People Continues

Poverty is the sin, not poor people.

Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis · Feb 28, 2022

Sen. Joe Manchin leaves the U.S. Capitol

Means Testing Will Ruin the Expanded Child Tax Credit

Restrictive means tests keep Americans poor, sick, hungry, and homeless. It's time to debunk the tired old lies they're based on.

Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II · Feb 3, 2022

The white Christian nationalists get together

The White Christian Nationalism Tearing America Apart at the Seams

As Congress debates voting rights and investing in the people, it’s important to understand the dark forces that underlie the increasingly reactionary and authoritarian politics on the rise in this country.

Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis · Jan 11, 2022

Individuals hold signs at a rally held by the Poor People's Campaign: A National Call For Moral Revival on October 27, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Jemal Countess via Getty Images for Repairers Of The Breach)

When Are We Going to Talk About the Outrageous Cost of NOT Passing the Build Back Better Act?

For months, the nation has witnessed a debate taking place in Congress over how much to invest in this plan. What hasn’t been discussed, however, is the cost of not investing (or not investing sufficiently) in health-care expansion, early childhood education, the care economy, paid sick leave, living-wage jobs, and the like.

Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis · Nov 8, 2021