In order to build a mass movement for economic justice, Reverend William Barber argues, we need to let go of the idea that poverty is an exclusively Black or urban issue.
A middle class is not a normal thing, and if a country wants one it must be created by direct government intervention in the marketplace…
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William J. Barber II sits down with Jon Stewart to discuss his latest book, “White Poverty: How Exposing Myths About Race and Class Can Reconstruct American Democracy.”
How helping the poor became big business
Don’t make the mistake of associating gangs like Haiti’s with a “primitive” stage of political development or only with countries on the geopolitical margins. What’s happening there today could prefigure the future of the United States, too.
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Current rules for SSI recipients make it difficult to get financial help from friends and family.
The study of poverty has flourished in recent decades. Why haven’t the lives of the poor improved?
The I-81 project, completed in 1968—and Syracuse remains one of the most segregated cities in the country, with the highest concentration of poverty among communities of color, and the highest rates of lead poisoning in children. This was by design.
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