Poor People's Campaign
‘We won’t be silent anymore’: Poor People’s Campaign speaks to Congress
June 14, 2018Their aim, as Rev. Barber made clear, was not to get applause, but to make the nation weep at the crisis of poverty in one of the richest countries in the world.
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Connecticut Poor People’s Campaign marches on state capitol
June 13, 2018According to the Poor People's Campaign audit, 42 percent of the state's residents are poor or low income and 524,000 make less than $15 an hour.
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Worker rights theme of Poor People’s Campaign this week
June 12, 2018“But I’m here for people who don’t have unions. They too need higher wages, they need unions."
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Barber: The rejected ‘are the cornerstones who can rebuild America’
June 4, 2018The New Poor People’s Campaign is putting the fights against poverty, racism and war on the front burner across the nation.
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Hundreds of arrests nationwide as Poor People’s Campaign intensifies
May 22, 2018Advocates flood 35 state capitals demanding restoration of Voting Rights Act.
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