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      It's a Poverty Emergency and We Must Act

      Lives cut short from poverty and low-wealth is a moral indictment of a society that is abandoning millions amid abundance.

      Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II
      Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis
      Oct 19, 2023

      In the richest country in human history, poverty has become a death sentence. Yes, despite the fact that the United States throws out more food than is needed to feed every hungry person, that the nation spends more and has more cutting edge developments in health care than any other nation, and despite the GDP growing exponentially over the past years, poverty is the fourth largest killer. Poor people can expect to die 12 or 13 years sooner than rich people in the US, with the death rate gap between rich and poor increasing by 570% since 1980.

      In a recent series on declining life expectancy, the Washington Postreports that, “The United States is failing at a fundamental mission—keeping people alive.” This new series shows that the US has a significantly lower life expectancy than other nations with similar economic development. The Postcontinues, “America is increasingly a country of haves and have-nots, measured not just by bank accounts and property values but also by vital signs and grave markers. Dying prematurely, The Post found, has become the most telling measure of the nation’s growing inequality.”

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      Fonda's Fire Drill Fridays Returns to DC Streets Over Manchin Dirty Deal

      "The time is now to vote out the politicians like Joe Manchin that are having the dirty deal perpetuated and who think that their pollution and their profits are more important than our lives," said White House adviser Jerome Foster II.

      Brett Wilkins
      Dec 02, 2022

      Fire Drill Fridays--the climate action protest launched three years ago by actor and activist Jane Fonda--returned Friday morning to Washington, D.C., where participants rallied and marched against U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin's "dirty deal" while demanding President Joe Biden declare a climate emergency.

      "What we do or fail to do in the next eight to 10 years to cut our fossil fuel emissions in half will determine how much of a livable future we will have."

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      Rahna Epting

      'Which Side Are You On?' Arrests in DC as Women Put Their Bodies on the Line for Voting Rights

      "Our democracy is in peril," said Poor People's Campaign co-chair Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis. "In this time, when our Voting Rights are under attack, and economic justice is being denied, we must and so we are, calling out the immoral obstructionism of Congress."

      Brett Wilkins
      Jul 19, 2021

      Nearly 100 women from 42 states were arrested Monday as they participated in a Washington, D.C. march demanding legislation to safeguard voting rights and deliver relief to poor and marginalized Americans.

      "We're planting seeds today. And we are building the movement that will give our children and the next generations the life that they deserve."
      --Kenia Alcocer, Poor People's Campaign

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