Poor Peoples Campaign

Poor People's Campaign Holds Cleveland Rally as March Toward DC Continues

Monday night's action in Ohio "will call attention to the needs of the 3.8 million poor and low-income people in the state and the 140 million people nationally who were poor or low-income before Covid."

Kenny Stancil · Mar 14, 2022

Rev. William Barber speaking in Montgomery, Alabama

This Vote That I Have...

Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II · Mar 12, 2022

Joe Manchin's Contempt for Poor People Continues

Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis · Feb 28, 2022

Activists with the Poor People's Campaign march in Washington, D.C.

Poor People's Campaign to Manchin: 'We Do Not Quit Until We Win'

Jake Johnson · Feb 4, 2022

Sen. Joe Manchin leaves the U.S. Capitol

Means Testing Will Ruin the Expanded Child Tax Credit

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

Rev. Dr. William J. Barber and Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis lead a march in Washington, D.C.

Poor People's Campaign Readies 'Massive, Nonviolent' Effort to Save Democracy

"We are not in this for a moment, but for a movement," said Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II. "Our deadline is victory."

Jake Johnson · Jan 15, 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

The Rev. Drs. Liz Theoharis and William Barber appeared on stage at the Poor People's Moral Action Congress forum for presidential candidates at Trinity Washington University on June 17, 2019.

The Poor People's Campaign: 'Our Deadline is Victory'

The Poor People's Campaign and progressive members of Congress vow to continue the fight for the Build Back Better Act.

Sarah Anderson · Dec 26, 2021

'This Is Manchin Against Us': Poor People's Campaign Targets Corporate Democrats at DC Rally

"Poor and low-income people are saying that we can no longer wait for voting rights, living wages, healthcare, immigration reform, and so much more."

Jake Johnson · Dec 13, 2021

'The Time Is Now': 200 Activists Arrested While Demanding Biden, Congress Defend Voting Rights

"We are here today to send a message that President Biden must take action now to ensure the promise of our democracy and protect our freedom to vote."

Brett Wilkins · Nov 17, 2021

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