Tag: poor
A pandemic of the poor
As we approach 1 million COVID-19 deaths, Americans in poorer counties have died at double the rate of wealthier counties.
Shielding poor children from the looming food crisis
The war in Ukraine is causing further disruption to the global food supply and making it harder for the world’s poorest households to afford adequate nutrition.
The federal poverty line struggles to capture the economic hardship that...
You can’t work your way out of poverty in low-wage jobs.
A project for survival in these United States
What this country might look like if its politics were so much less top-down and so much more bottom-up.
President Biden’s Tax-the-Rich plan: Just how bold?
A little history can help us with the answer.
2021: Half of America facing poverty
For the great majority of Americans without a share of the stock market, and for those who can't work from home, the pandemic is adding the prospect of a financial collapse to all their other concerns.
‘Grotesque’: While 41 million people lost jobs due to COVID-19, US...
"This is a grotesque indicator of the deep inequalities in U.S. society."
Getting poorer while working harder: The ‘cliff effect’
In addition to boosting wages, it will take major policy changes, like making child care more universally available and affordable, to offset the skyrocketing costs of living for American workers.
How wealthy have our super wealthy become?
It turns out we know far less, by contrast, about Americans who live amid great wealth.
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Federal agents invoke Renee Good’s killing to intimidate protesters in Minnesota
Videos, eyewitness accounts, and a sweeping state lawsuit show federal agents repeatedly referencing Renee Nicole Good’s death during confrontations with civilians as Minnesota seeks to halt a massive immigration enforcement surge.
Children hospitalized after ICE flash-bangs strike family van in Minneapolis
Parents say federal agents fired flash-bang munitions and tear gas into their vehicle during protests, sending three children to the hospital and intensifying scrutiny of Trump’s immigration crackdown.
Trump’s dementia addled plan to invade Greenland violates the NATO treaty
Why are Republicans orchestrating this ‘gunboat diplomacy’ with the intent of–a rapist?
Whistleblower reveals ICE surveillance campaign targeting immigrants and US citizens
Leaked files and internal dissent show immigration enforcement under Trump has expanded into a wide-ranging intelligence operation.
Danish officials say no breakthrough as Trump presses bid to take Greenland
Denmark and Greenland warn talks with Washington failed as NATO allies deploy troops amid escalating tensions over U.S. threats.