Poverty

'Stuff of Slumlords': Carson Plan Would Triple Rent on Poorest Americans

Citing Working Class Pain 'That Doesn't Make CNN,' Sanders and Rev. Barber Call for Building Truly Moral Economy

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"A moral economy is one that says, in the wealthiest country in the history of the world, all of our people should be able to live with dignity and security."

New Analyses Suggest Trump Admin Really Just Wants to Push Millions of Medicaid Recipients Off Care

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

"Medicaid work requirements will almost certainly cause many low-income adults to lose health coverage," the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities finds. (Photo: Stephen Melkisethian/flickr/cc)

One study found that work requirements could impact about half of the 10 states...

Republicans Unveil Proposal to Push One Million Off Food Stamps

Julia Conley, staff writer

"Rich people who don't need it get lavish billion-dollar handouts from this...

Decrying System That Favors 'War and the Wealthy,' Poor People's Campaign Unveils Agenda to Combat Poverty, Racism, and Militarism

50 Years After Assassination, Nation Urged to Embrace MLK's Radical Vision

In Latest Progressive Reform, Philadelphia DA Ends Cash Bail for Many Non-Violent Offenses

Blue Apron? 'Um, No.' Anti-Hunger Advocates Decry Trump's Food Box Proposal for Nation's Poor

#PoorPeoplesCampaign Kicks Off 40 Days of 'Moral Action' to Fight Injustice

Jeremy Corbyn Unveils Radical Plan to Help the Homeless: Buy Them Homes

After $3.5 Billion Tax Break From Trump, BofA Hikes Fees on Its Poorest Customers

'This Study Should Alarm Everyone': US Child Mortality Rate 70% Higher Than Other Wealthy Nations

UN Expert Just Offered a Brutal Takedown on US Inequality and How the #GOPTaxScam Will Make It Worse

Rev. Barber: Systematic Racialized Voter Suppression is the "Election Hacking" the U.S. Must Address

Global Crises Accelerate as Tax Havens Hide Trillions for World's Greedy Few

Media Largely 'Blind' to Harvey's Devastating Impact on Poor Communities

Further

Peace Be To This House

At a Funeral For A Home commemorating "the slow decline and gradual rebirth" of a West Philadelphia neighborhood and the lives therein, the Unique Miracle Drill Team marched, the Mt. Olive Baptist Church Choir sang "Precious memories, how they linger," and residents gathered to celebrate the long life of a lone rowhouse and, with its demolition, "return its brick, mortar, wood, and steel back into the earth.” The resurrection-themed communal ceremony, in one of five nationwide neighborhoods...