Poverty
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...
Read moreBarber: Rising poverty endangers the whole country
September 3, 2020“You cannot have domestic tranquility…when nearly 50 percent of the country is poor and low wage.”
Read moreSurviving at the crossroads of economic and racial intersectionality: Monique
August 25, 2020Struggling to live—on the job, in the neighborhood, and at city hall: The life of a worker in the Fight for $15 and a Union.
Read moreNew Poor People’s Campaign to McConnell: Pass the Heroes Act
August 4, 2020WASHINGTON - Taking their protests right to the key source of the problem, the New Poor People’s Campaign flooded Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s office with calls on August 3, demanding he let lawmakers pass the...
Read moreSanders joins Rev. Barber at New Poor People’s Campaign
February 27, 2020The crowd at packed North Carolina church hears Sanders say the poor are “invisible” to many presidential candidates.
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