Poverty Just Jumped — And It Was No Accident
I’ve lived and studied poverty most of my life. But you don’t have to be an expert to see why it’s spiking after lawmakers let antipoverty programs expire.
Health Effects
How the U.S. Could Prohibit Medical Debt From Appearing on Credit Reports
More than 100 million people across the U.S. are saddled with medical debt — a product of the nation’s high-cost, for-profit healthcare system.
What Decades of Social Work Taught Me About Poverty
Not one person I’ve ever met wants to be poor, sick, disabled, struggling, or on the receiving end of public assistance programs.
55 Years After the Launch of the Poor People’s Campaign, Taking Stock of Interlocking Injustices
New fact sheets by the Poor People’s Campaign and the Institute for Policy Studies reveal disturbing data on systemic racism, poverty and inequality, ecological devastation, and militarism in every U.S. state.
