Poverty
With poverty rising, Poor People’s Campaign takes case to Biden
December 18, 2020The coalition says the GOP ignores the poverty issue or blames the poor, while the Dems simply concentrate on the "middle class."
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PW Podcast: Rev. Liz Theoharis talks voter suppression and poverty
December 11, 2020As the tumultuous year of 2020 comes to an end it is clear that many battles lay ahead for working people.
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López Obrador dice en G20 que atenderse salud sin afán de lucro y ayudar a pobres
November 22, 2020"La salud es un derecho humano fundamental que el Estado tiene que garantizar, haciendo a un lado el afán de lucro. La atención médica, las vacunas y las medicinas deben ser gratuitas y de aplicación universal,...
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Poverty, racism, and inequality merge with COVID-19 to create ‘syndemic’
October 14, 2020For the world's poorest billion people today, non-communicable diseases account for more than one-third of their disease burden. COVID-19 is another layer added to it.
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Experts question right-wing government’s low COVID-19 death toll claims in India
September 17, 2020When Narayan Mitra died on July 16, a day after being admitted to the hospital for fever and breathing difficulties, his name never appeared on any of the official lists put out daily of those killed...
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