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    News Supreme Court will decide on whether it's a crime to sleep outside if no inside space is available Mark Frauenfelder
  • Entertainment Gary Gulman's new comedy special on growing up poor Ruben Bolling
  • corruption Protests in Haiti turn violent as crime and corruption skyrocket and half the country starves Mark Frauenfelder
  • Food Collectives and non-profits feed the hungry. Some people want to make it illegal. Elías Villoro
  • books Pulitzer prize winner Matthew Desmond's "Poverty, By America" is about consumption, exploitation and how money trickles up Elías Villoro
  • education Minnesota rep prioritizes son's taste buds over access to nutritious meals for thousands of students Mark Frauenfelder
  • los angeles Homelessness has killed five times as many Angelenos as murder Thom Dunn
  • new york city Check out the flophouses and destitution of New York City's Bowery in 1956 Mark Frauenfelder
  • new york city This 1970 documentary shows dirty old New York at its meanest and most decrepit Mark Frauenfelder
  • Community A beautiful new village for people dealing with homelessness has popped up beneath a bridge in West Oakland Thom Dunn
  • poverty How UBI is helping farmers deal with poverty and pandemic life at the same time Thom Dunn
  • COVID-19 Raising money for a UBI fund that helps families affected COVID-19 Thom Dunn
  • News Social security for all — for now Maureen Herman
  • coronavirus Bernie Sanders drops truths on the Senate floor about the Coronavirus Stimulus Package Thom Dunn
  • politics Trump to kick 700,000 Americans off food stamps just in time for holiday cruelty display Xeni Jardin
  • poverty Minnesota high school threw away hot lunches for students with over $15 of lunch debt Mark Frauenfelder
  • philosophy How America's hatred of poor people ties back to Puritan work ethic Thom Dunn
  • education NJ school district bans indebted students from prom and field trips, refuses offer to pay off lunch debt Cory Doctorow
  • race Pew: 26% of US adults who earn under $30K/year are 'smartphone only' internet users Xeni Jardin
  • health Obamacare study: 25% decline in home delinquencies among newly insured poor people Cory Doctorow
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