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A Prophet for the Poor

Matthew Desmond The New York Review of Books
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.

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Nowhere To Run

Rebecca Gordon TomDispatch
Where Will the World Find Refuge in 2024?

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How the War on Poverty Stalled

Kim Phillips-Fein The New Republic
The study of poverty has flourished in recent decades. Why haven’t the lives of the poor improved?
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