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homeless economics A beautiful new village for people dealing with homelessness has popped up beneath a bridge in West Oakland Thom Dunn
givedirectly How UBI is helping farmers deal with poverty and pandemic life at the same time Thom Dunn
cash-advance Raising money for a UBI fund that helps families affected COVID-19 Thom Dunn
social security Social security for all — for now Maureen Herman
criminalizing poverty Bernie Sanders drops truths on the Senate floor about the Coronavirus Stimulus Package Thom Dunn
food stamps Trump to kick 700,000 Americans off food stamps just in time for holiday cruelty display Xeni Jardin
War on the poor Minnesota high school threw away hot lunches for students with over $15 of lunch debt Mark Frauenfelder
elizabeth anderson How America's hatred of poor people ties back to Puritan work ethic Thom Dunn
cherry hill NJ school district bans indebted students from prom and field trips, refuses offer to pay off lunch debt Cory Doctorow
mobile internet Pew: 26% of US adults who earn under $30K/year are 'smartphone only' internet users Xeni Jardin
medicaid expansion Obamacare study: 25% decline in home delinquencies among newly insured poor people Cory Doctorow
poverty UN poverty envoy calls UK poverty a "political choice" that inflicted "great misery" Cory Doctorow
Myan Médecins Sans Frontières is on the front lines of the Mexican drug war Séamus Bellamy
social work Brazil's ambitious anti-poverty initiative engages its youngest citizens Andrea James
everyone shrugs back at atlas Extreme poverty is on the decline, extreme inequality is on the rise Cory Doctorow
have and have-nots Poverty grounds for separating kids from their families in Canada Séamus Bellamy
Kila Concert: Kíla – Live at Vicar Street Séamus Bellamy
aid Africa is littered with abandoned poorly-planned aid projects Andrea James
indignity Alabama is home to the worst poverty in the developed world Séamus Bellamy
envy Find out where you fit on the global income spectrum Reanna Alder