Tag: Poor People’s campaign
A ‘Poor People’s Moral Budget’ because ‘everybody has the right to...
"For too long, we have turned to those with wealth and power to solve our most pressing social problems."
50 years after MLK’s Poor People’s Campaign, 2,500+ arrested over 6...
"We’ve invited the people to speak for themselves, because I think it’s time for a revolution."
‘Take away our poverty, not our children!:’ Poor People’s Campaign caps...
"We are sick, we are homeless, we are separated from our families, and we will keep coming back until everyone has housing, voting rights, clean water, peace, and justice!"
Progressive Briefing for Monday, June 25, 2018
Poor People's Campaign marches on Washington, Saudi Arabia lifts the ban on women driving, Sarah Huckabee Sanders is kicked out of a restaurant, and more.
Progressive Briefing for Monday, June 18, 2018
Separating families at the border, the Poor People's Campaign, Republicans and the NRA fight against gun regulations, and more.
Today’s Poor People’s Campaign: Too important not to criticize
Provided, of course, today’s PPC attacks the bipartisan disease.
Political dynamite: Poor People’s Campaign and the movement for a People’s...
Reading the political tea leaves is a far different task from making political tea.
Fight for $15 plans massive workers’ strike
"There's no separation between the moral battle for voting rights and participation in democracy and the moral battle against systemic poverty. Those battles go together."
Would Dr. King take a knee? 6 ways his radical spirit...
Dr. King’s spirit lives on in the new Poor People’s Campaign, and in every place radicals gather to change the world.
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In a major win for the environment, world’s largest bank says goodbye to fossil...
The bank's decision to end all financing of oil, gas, and coal projects after 2021 will make it the first multilateral lender to rule out financing for projects that contribute to the climate crisis.
Peruvian innovators launch banana leaf biodegradable dishes to combat plastic consumption
Chewa Plant aims to manufacture and commercialize the disposable dishes to help reduce plastic consumption and the pollution it causes.
In a step towards justice, US Senate passes bill with funds for missing and...
Lack of sufficient data and jurisdictional issues has been a huge obstacle for finding justice for Indigenous women that are victims of violence.
Demanding Kavanaugh impeachment, law students launch nationwide strike against illegitimate justice
"We cannot accept a system that empowers a man who repeatedly lied under oath and a judiciary review process that only performs a sham of an investigation into his misconduct."
America’s arms sales addiction
The 50-year history of U.S. dominance of the Middle Eastern arms trade.