America is an obscenely rich nation. We have supermarkets with 50 different brands of potato chips and mega-mansions sprouting like buffalo grass across the prairie and TVs the size of barns. With all ...

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Matthew Desmond on his hopes for eradicating poverty in the U.S. In an interview with NJSN, Matthew Desmond talks about his new book, “Poverty, by America" and what his hopes are for eradicating ...

Despite a setback in the form of the “Big, Beautiful Bill,” the fight for a fairer tax code continues On July 4, Congress dealt us all a blow by passing the deceptively named “Big, Beautiful Bill.” ...

The Poor People’s Campaign kicked off the movement last May with 40 days of nonviolent direct action in more than 40 states across the country and in Washington. Each week, state organizers held ...

You cannot market your way out of period poverty. In an age where every cause is packaged for consumption, even menstrual equity risks being reduced to a pink-themed awareness campaign. However, true ...

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When Matthew Desmond published his first book, “Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City,” in 2016, he set out to immerse himself in the everyday lives of people facing eviction. Along with a ...