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In LA, poverty on Skid Row defies US’ humane reputation

4 years ago PBS NewsHour

“Sanitary and living conditions for an estimated 2,000 homeless people along Los Angeles’ Skid Row are so severe that the United Nations recently compared them to Syrian refugee camps. How does extreme poverty persist in one of the country’s most expensive real estate markets? NewsHour Weekend Special Correspondent Simon Ostrovsky reports. This is part of…

PBS NewsHour

From PBS NewsHour: What do Trump’s policies mean for communities of color?

5 years ago PBS NewsHour

“Several black pastors said at the White House on Wednesday that President Trump had helped improve life in inner cities. Yet HUD Secretary Ben Carson has looked into tripling rents for poor tenants on federal assistance and slowed an anti-segregation initiative. Yamiche Alcindor talks with Bishop Harry Jackson, a member of Trump’s evangelical advisory board.”…

Democracy Now

U.N. on Trump Administration’s Policies Worsening Poverty & Inequality

5 years ago Democracy Now

“A group of top Democrats is demanding the Trump administration present a plan to Congress to address growing poverty in the United States, following an excoriating report by the United Nations special rapporteur on extreme poverty, Philip Alston. Alston slammed the Trump administration’s policies for worsening the state of poverty in the United States. The…

PBS NewsHour

Poor People’s Campaign asks America to face the injustices of poverty

5 years ago PBS NewsHour

“Shortly before his death, Martin Luther King Jr. called for an economic revolution with protections for the poorest Americans. Half a century later, a group of religious and moral leaders is planning a revival of the Poor People’s Campaign, with a wave of civil disobedience in Washington. Rev. William J. Barber, the co-chair of the…

Democracy Now

“It’s Time for Moral Confrontation”: New Poor People’s Campaign

5 years ago Democracy Now

“On Mother’s Day 50 years ago, thousands converged on Washington, D.C., to take up the cause that Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had been fighting for when he was assassinated on April 4, 1968: the Poor People’s Campaign. A little more than a week after her husband’s memorial service, Coretta Scott King led a…

PBS NewsHour

Indiana Medicaid work requirements fuel worries for the poor

5 years ago PBS NewsHour

“Indiana is one of the states poised to enact work requirements for some citizens with Medicaid coverage — a controversial policy and long-sought goal for Republicans. But advocates for the poor have protested loudly in recent months, saying many will lose coverage or be ensnared by bureaucratic mistakes. Special correspondent Sarah Varney reports in collaboration…

Roland Martin

The New Poor People’s Campaign Launches Calling For A Moral Revival

5 years ago Roland Martin

“Monday night in Washington, D.C., a coalition of activists from around the nation gathered at the historic Howard Theater to revive a movement. The Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for a Moral Revival, draws on the unfinished work of the late Dr. Martin Luther King Junior – who wanted to end racism, poverty, environmental…

Roland Martin

Fighting Poverty, Building Economic Security

5 years ago Roland Martin

Congressional Black Caucus Annual Legislative Conference 2017: Highlights From The Fighting Poverty, Building Economic Security Panel Discussion The President’s budget cuts of $57 billion from programs that help fight poverty and build economic security are leaving Americans in the dark and for people of color, it’s pitch dark. During a CBC panel on poverty, Children’s…

PBS NewsHour

‘Raising Bertie’ paints portrait of hope and hardship for three young men

6 years ago PBS NewsHour

When I was growing up in the Bronx, New York public housing, I didn’t think I was poor. I had a roof over my head and my parents made sure that we had food and clothing. They sacrificed to send us to Catholic Parochial School. You played in the streets because that’s what you did….

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