Religion News Service Poor People’s Campaign, lawmakers unveil sweeping resolution to tackle poverty https://religionnews.com/2021/05/20/poor-peoples-campaign-lawmakers-unveil-sweeping-resolution-to-tackle-poverty/
New York Times What Does Opportunity Look Like Where You Live? from the New York Times An excellent article with great graphics. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/05/13/opinion/inequality-cities-life-expectancy.html
William Barber Rev. Barber’s Poor People’s Campaign calls for resistance to reopening plans It is urging Congress, the president and state governors to follow the recommendations of public health experts and not risk a resurgence of the virus, which is disproportionately affecting poor,…
Simone Campbell Responding to the Need Laid Bare by Sister Simone Campbell https://networklobby.org/20200505envisioning/
New York Times A Gloomy Prediction on How Much Poverty Could Rise from the New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/16/upshot/coronavirus-prediction-rise-poverty.html
The Guardian Coronavirus could turn back the clock 30 years on global poverty from The Guardian Economic impact of global shutdown could push half a billion people into privation, researchers warn https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/apr/09/coronavirus-could-turn-back-the-clock-30-years-on-global-poverty
Uncategorized Poverty Grew In One-Third Of U.S. Counties Despite Strong National Economy Most of the biggest increases were in areas both rural and Southern. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/poverty-rate-us-counties_n_5dfbc63ee4b0eb2264d672f1
Uncategorized U.N. report: With 40M in poverty, U.S. most unequal developed nation "The United States has the highest income inequality in the Western world, and this can only be made worse by the massive new tax cuts overwhelmingly benefiting the wealthy," Alston…
Uncategorized Offshore windfarms ‘can provide more electricity than the world needs’ Supplies from turbines will prove to be the next great energy revolution, IEA predicts https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/24/offshore-windfarms-can-provide-more-electricity-than-the-world-needs
Otis Moss III Nearly 6,000 Chicagoans to get letters this holiday season saying their unpaid medical debt is forgiven from The Chicago Tribune https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-chicago-millions-medical-debt-erased-20191020-rrhuxwepancrdhcn2gkdtvlp6e-story.html
William Barber Poor People’s Campaign Announces 9-Month, 20-Plus State, “We Must Do M.O.R.E.” Tour WASHINGTON, DC – The Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II and the Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, national co-chairs of the “Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival,” host…
