Census Data Proves Anti-Poverty Measures Work
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Leading clergy call on Congress to act on poverty before election in November
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A melting pot of religious leaders has gathered in a congressional briefing to discuss the 140 million poor and low-income people living in poverty across the United States, and to
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As the residents of Jackson continue to face a decades-long water crisis, Co-Chairs Bishop William J. Barber II and Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis join the Mississippi Poor People's Campaign for a march and rally to demand that the state "Free the Land, Clean the Water and Keep it Public"!
"If poor people vote in the midterms like they did in 2020, we could make another leap towards ending the madness of widespread poverty in the midst of plenty." Shailly Gupta Barnes
Opinion | Direct Cash Transfers Lifted 28 Million Americans Out of Poverty During Pandemic
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Nevertheless, 112 million people in the United States were still poor or one emergency away from being poor in 2021, showing how far we have left to go.
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“For if we do not speak politically in this world we live in, we do not speak at all, and the sacred right to vote is the basis and at the heart of our political speech.” Imam Saffet Catovic, @ISNAHQ #OurVotesAreDemands https://www.flcourier.com/news/leading-clergy-call-on-congress-to-act-on-poverty-before-election-in-november/article_bae438cc-4086-11ed-939a-af68f0a09c10.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=user-share via @Flcourier
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@Braxtonbrew96 and @StrikeDebt on the biblical basis of massive debt relief: "In both the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament, the Bible is squarely on the side of debtors."
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.@RevDrBarber and @liztheo to Congress: “Too many Americans are being negatively impacted by the lack of living wages, voting rights, and lack of policy support.” https://religionnews.com/2022/09/28/poor-peoples-campaign-asks-congress-to-vote-on-wages-voting-rights-before-midterms/
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