#poverty
What they're really saying is "You're poor because you lack character." #poverty
„Das Gesetz in seiner majestätischen Gleichheit verbietet es Reichen wie Armen gleichermaßen, unter Brücken zu schlafen, auf Straßen zu betteln und Brot zu stehlen.“
(Anatole France)
#Poverty in the US shows a significant increase in 2022.
The number of impoverished children rose dramatically from 3.8 million to 8.9 million, while poverty increased across all groups.
Despite the challenges, reducing poverty is technically feasible by enhancing benefit programs. Persistent poverty reflects a lack of political will to address the issue.
Poverty is a policy choice!
Watch Global Citizen Festival 2024 Live Online Free: Watch the Global Citizen Festival live online for free on Prime Video. Don't miss performances by Red Hot Chili Peppers and more. Join the movement to end poverty and address global issues. Learn more on their website. https://shut.net/2023/09/24/news-watch-global-citizen-festival-2024-live-online-free?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Socialmedia #Mobileapp #Poverty #MeganTheeStallion #BTS
#RishiSunak draws up plans to slash inheritance tax
"They added that it was the “most hated tax” in Britain"
REALLY? By whom?
Who does it affect?
"The latest figures, for the tax year 2020-21, showed only 3.73% of UK deaths resulted in an inheritance tax charge."
No benefit to #OurNHS, no reduction in #Poverty, a reminder that state pension is the lowest in #Europe
#GTTO #ToryCorruption #ToryBrexitBenefits #ToryLiars #ToryCriminals #ToryGaslighting
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2023/sep/24/sunak-considering-inheritance-tax-cut
‘It’s a war on the people’: El Salvador’s mass arrests send thousands into despair
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/jun/08/its-a-war-on-the-people-el-salvadora-mass-arrests-send-thousands-into-despair?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#ElSavador
#MassArrests
#ArrestingTheInnocent
#DiedInMysteriousCircumstances
#StateOfException
#Poverty
Ban on wood burners threatens British boat-dwellers with winter freeze | Fuel poverty | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/sep/23/ban-on-wood-burners-threatens-british-boat-dwellers-with-winter-freeze
#BoatDwellers
#BoatPeople
#Poverty
#WoodBurners
#Narrowboat
#Barge
#NationalBargeeTravellersAssociation
#NBTA
#ForagedWood
#Foraging
My £77-a-week benefits were taken away - I've spent 2 years fighting to get them back
https://metro.co.uk/2023/09/21/my-77-a-week-disability-benefits-were-taken-away-19527731/?ITO=msn
3/3
"... families like his will never ever work night shifts for minimum wage then rush their kids to school - so tired they can barely drive. ...try to find enough money for a bus that doesn’t come, or drive the car without a warrant ... wait in the public health system for up to a year for physiotherapy for their disabled child. Those parents will never ever have to go hungry so they can eat."
#NZPol #poverty #inequity #classism #EmilyWrites
https://emilywrites.substack.com/p/christopher-luxon-knows-the-truth
2/3
"In the interview the reporter points out that parents taking their children out of school before and after the school holidays is a contributing factor to the ‘truancy’ rates. Luxon scoffs, and says ‘go see some decile one and two schools’.
He says, as they say, ‘the quiet part out loud’.
We’re not talking about families like mine. We’re talking about ‘bottom feeders’. "
#NZPol #poverty #inequity #classism #EmilyWrites
https://emilywrites.substack.com/p/christopher-luxon-knows-the-truth
1/3 Our household is only one pay cycle away from disaster. I share the anger in this piece.
"Poor kids and their poor parents are an easy target for Luxon and the other capitalists. They have always been the target. And they’re almost surprised I think, that journalists get this confused when they’ve never hidden their loathing of the working class, the bottom feeders, that they profit from."
#NZPol #poverty #inequity #classism #EmilyWrites
https://emilywrites.substack.com/p/christopher-luxon-knows-the-truth
Even though I now have a job, my history of being on benefits made flat-hunting a nightmare
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/22/job-benefits-flat-hunting-heat-or-eat?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#Poverty
"Mass poverty, unemployment, and mental health issues cannot be brushed off as personal failings. Logically, it only makes sense that such widespread suffering is linked to structural problems within our culture. Yet, despite this, the media have long perpetuated the myth of the responsible poor."
My essay, 'Welfare Queens and Scroungers: How Media Narratives Demonize the Poor' is now available on my site (tracker, ad and sponsor free)
Home Brew with Listen to Us, with views on politics and inequality in Aotearoa. The video for this is so relevant to issues in 2023, including #poverty, trusting politicians and #climatechange.
CW racist dogwhistles and former National PM John Key joking about cannibalism
#JukeboxFridayNight
#HaveASay
#ShowOfHands
https://youtu.be/8AjgWyxJAGQ
ICYMI our politicians had been hard at work to ensure the funds of that $22 billion surplus never ended up where they were needed.
Furthermore, they made sure it wouldn’t reach the pockets of the most needy and vulnerable.
#auspol #HousingCrisis #RaiseTheRate #CostOfLiving #Homelessness #DSP #Poverty #HendersonPovertyLine
Analysis | 'What’s the problem with #Bidenomics?' https://www.politico.com/newsletters/west-wing-playbook/2023/09/21/whats-the-problem-with-bidenomics-00117340 The article says the administration's narrow focus on higher paying industrial jobs ignores over 90% of the workforce such as low-paid retail and restaurant employees. Biden's spokesman doubles down that the people who matter are doing well, which may come back to haunt him if the 2024 election is close. #economy #poverty #labor #unemployed
Hi friends, I have an emergency. My friend has just been left at the altar by her shitheel fiancé. She hasn't eaten in days to save money to put the deposit on the cake and flowers and just finished paying off her dress. She needs to eat, desperately.
CApp for immediate help: $ErikaStardust
Gofundme for longer term so she's not trapped
https://t.co/yqZY88Bnsu
#MutualAid #MutualAidRequest #HelpRequest #food #poverty #BlackMastodon #DisabledFedi #BlackFedi #disability
Six tons... that includes the trash no doubt.
I noted this: "Raw materials such as cement, metal, timber, and grain... because their production and refining ... contributes about 23% of #carbonemissions and more than 90% of #biodiversityloss." #Poverty @ScienceMagazine
‘Pop feminism’ is the subject of Lily Alexandre’s latest video: https://youtube.com/watch?v=bmnsK74khNw
Not only does she expose the movement for the feminism-lite, protect-the-status-quo flash in the pan that it was
She also draws attention to the futility of situating the means of political change in awareness-raising and small personal actions
This applies as much to systemic gender-based oppression as it does to oppression of other groups, and even to issues like climate change
#feminism #PopFeminism #wealth #poverty #power #control #oppression #marginalisation #microaggression #privilege #ClimateCrisis
I often think about why, given that it is within reach, aren't we living in a poverty-free utopia.
This new film by George Monbiot promises to share some answers to that question:
https://www.monbiot.com/2023/09/20/shining-a-light/
But he needs a little help with funding:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/eatthemoonfilms/the-invisible-doctrine
Ontarians on social supports ‘worse off’ than before pandemic, study suggests | Globalnews https://bit.ly/3ZGF5Wp #DoubleODSPNow #Poverty #ODSP #SocialAssistance #Inflation #FoodInsecurity #Rent #onpoli @ontariogreens @onpoli
Increasing #Poverty in the #Richest Country in the World
https://resumen-english.org/2023/09/increasing-poverty-in-the-richest-country-in-the-world/
#USA #America #poor #billionaires
Poverty lingers in amerikkka ONLY because LAWMAKERS DON'T CARE TO GET RID OF IT
#poverty #policy #economics #greed #ProfitsOverPeople https://jacobin.com/2023/09/poverty-child-tax-credit-pandemic-era-welfare-policy-poor
Green target delay will lead to higher bills for low-income tenants, say experts
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/sep/21/green-target-delay-will-lead-to-higher-bills-for-low-income-tenants-say-experts?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#Poverty
#USA #Poverty #ChildPoverty #Inequality: "The headline from the report is that the expiration of the one-year pandemic-era Child Tax Credit and the lack of one-off stimulus payments resulted in child poverty being much higher in 2022 than 2021. This headline is certainly true, though some of the specific numbers involved may not be totally accurate because the CPS-ASEC does a poor job of accurately estimating the uptake of tax credit benefits.
Nonetheless, below, I use the microdata files that the Census puts out to produce some figures about who made up the poor in 2021 and 2022."
https://jacobin.com/2023/09/poverty-child-tax-credit-pandemic-era-welfare-policy-poor
Governments need to better reflect affordability concerns in climate policies
#Environment #Economy #CleanEnergy #ClimateChange #EnergyPolicy #FossilFuels #Poverty
#ClimateEquity #Affordability #Sustainability #NetZero #EnvironmentalJustice #EconomicTransformation #ClimateAction #EnergyEfficiency #SocialJustice
https://the-14.com/governments-need-to-better-reflect-affordability-concerns-in-climate-policies/
It’s Easy to Dramatically Cut Poverty. US Policymakers Just Don’t Want To.
Children, the elderly, disabled people, and students continue to make up the vast majority of the US poor. We could easily slash poverty by increasing the generosity and reach of benefit programs for the nonworking population — but lawmakers refuse to do so.
#poverty #disabled #children #elderly #poor
https://jacobin.com/2023/09/poverty-child-tax-credit-pandemic-era-welfare-policy-poor
Global Poverty is Preventable Genocide
with Thomas Pogge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwRD74Ubtt4&ab_channel=MoneylessSociety
Is global poverty improving, or getting worse? In this episode we explore the true reality of the horror of deprivation and mass death from a lack of the basic necessities or generic drugs to cure medieval diseases-- from a lack of money.
Capitalist apologists claim poverty is decreasing, while the line is set at a measly $2 a day-- increase it by even 2 more and the number of people in extreme poverty explodes. 18 million people die every year, 20,000 CHILDREN every day, and 1 in 2 people lives on less than $5.50 a day.
To explore this topic we brought on one of if not THE greatest expert on global poverty, professor Thomas Pogge to counter the establishment narrative that everything is getting better, and work to eradicate poverty as we know it through systemic change.
#Poverty #Violence #Genocide #Preventable #Capitalism #Apologists #Reality #ThomasPogge #GlobalPoverty #Impoverishment #Expert
New Yorker: How the U.S. Lifted Children Out of Poverty and Then Threw Them Back Into It https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/how-the-us-lifted-children-out-of-poverty-and-then-threw-them-back-into-it #NewYorker #TheCoronavirus'sEconomicImpact #News/Q.&A. #Children #Poverty #Economy #Taxes
Children worry more about rising prices than environment or crime, study finds
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/sep/20/children-worry-more-about-rising-prices-than-environment-or-study-finds?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#Poverty
So, so true. It's expensive, being poor 😡
#poverty
@jeffowski https://mastodon.world/@jeffowski/111093364673606767
Slower life expectancy gains at the U.S. county level since 2000 linked to increasing levels of poverty, unemployment, and single-parent families plus declines in manufacturing jobs. Esp. in rural areas. #Poverty #Unemployment #SingleParent #LifeExpectancy #NICHDImpact
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36061950
A6 cont'd
Billionaires, you can't take it with you. Your legacy lasts forever however.
David Sobey, transformed Sobeys into national grocery juggernaut, dead at 92
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/david-sobey-who-helped-transform-sobeys-into-national-grocery-juggernaut-dead-at-92-1.6971465
Empire Company: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_Company
Canada's richest grocers
https://canadiangrocer.com/meet-some-canadas-richest-grocers
* Sobey Family: total net worth $3.19 billion
#Canada #Sobeys #corporations #DefundCorporations #DefundBillionaires #inflation #greedflation #profiteering #CorporateGreed #poverty #FoodSecutity #HumanRights #EmpireCo
Once upon a time I tried to explain that, if women with low education insist on not getting married, there are a few possible responses besides (not) convincing them to get married. https://www.terpconnect.umd.edu/~pnc/Divergent2014.pdf
#marriage #poverty #parenting
UNGA 2023: Lula urges protection for the Amazon rainforest
Congress Cancelled 2021 Child Tax Credit Reforms, Pushed 5.1 Million Children Back into Poverty - Don't blame schools when test scores go down. Blame Congress. https://janresseger.wordpress.com/2023/09/19/congress-cancels-2021-child-tax-credit-reforms-pushes-5-1-million-children-back-into-poverty/ via @janresseger #poverty
"The poll, carried out from July 22 to 26, found that 50% of Filipino families, or around 13.2 million households, rated themselves as poor."
“This is an additional 1.9 million Filipino families who now consider themselves poor or ‘new poor.'"
#Philippines #Poverty #Tootsea #Filipinos #Asia #PhilippineStar
This week the Census Bureau released data showing child #poverty more than doubled in 2022; 5 million kids fell into poverty.
#McCarthy might have addressed this dramatic impact on the lives of our children; that the “pro-baby” party was, well, pro baby but instead, he announced a vague impeachment inquiry with no evidence of the “high crimes and misdemeanors;” our standard for such a momentous action.
#GOP is unable to govern.
Jump the paywall: https://wapo.st/48gAnCp
Residents of a slum cluster in New Delhi's Janta Camp thought the G20 summit set to be held in the Indian capital would benefit them as well. Instead, they were rendered homeless. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/09/08/asia-pacific/social-issues/india-g20-slums-vanish/?utm_content=buffer84c82&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #asiapacific #socialissues #india #g20 #poverty #housing
"Why do I say that this policy choice was stupid as well as cruel?
...First, avoiding much of this human catastrophe would have cost remarkably little money. Second, #ChildPoverty is, in the long run, very expensive for the nation as a whole: Americans who live in #poverty as children grow up to become less healthy and productive adults... Even in purely fiscal terms, refusing to help poor #children may, over time, actually increase budget deficits."
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/14/opinion/child-poverty-america.html
"child #poverty more than doubled between 2021 & 2022...
And the thing is, this didn’t have to happen... It was instead a #political choice. The story is in fact quite simple: #Republicans & a handful of conservative #Democrats blocked the extension of federal programs that had drastically reduced #ChildPoverty over the previous two years, and as a result just about all of the gains were lost.
The cruelty of this choice should be obvious."
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/14/opinion/child-poverty-america.html
"Words were the only things that seemed attainable to me. I could look them up in my grandmother’s dictionary and understand their meaning—unlike math, where, if I was stuck, I’d need someone to help me. The more words I learned, the more I realized that my own language could be deepened." —Jenisha Watts for The Atlantic
#Longreads #EditorsPicks #Kentucky #Addiction #Poverty #Neglect
When trying to disrupt fox hunts when younger, I always thought that the rich would hunt us if they could.
This evil barsteward just reinforces that view.
@SubtleBlade Though what #AngelaRayner said was ok
The devil will be in the detail
AND whether #Labour dither, wilt and collapse under the least pressure from the organisations that like zero hours contracts and poverty pay
#UKPolitics #UKPol #Poverty #MinimumWage #ZeroHours #Starmer
Fentanyl, cartels or simple market glut: what’s behind collapse of Colombia’s coca market?
As the price of coca has slumped, the rural families who depend on the shrub are wondering how they’re going to get by
“For most of us, coca is the only income we have,” says Galvis, who is the community representative for her remote village of 50 families. “Now no one is buying and many of us mothers are having to go hungry.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/13/colombian-coca-market-collapsed-cocaine-precursor
Child #poverty in the United States just more than doubled. You can thank Joe Manchin.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/09/child-poverty-rate-child-tax-credit/
> The staggering rise follows the #GOP and #Manchin's crusade to kill the expanded child care credit.
The tapestry of poverty in Yorkshire | John Heywood explores how the roots of contemporary poverty and inequality in Yorkshire run deep and extend into the distant past
#Yorkshire #Poverty https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/region/the-tapestry-of-poverty-a-historical-and-contemporary-analysis-of-yorkshire/
The GOP with the aid of Joe Manchin did this last year.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/09/child-poverty-rate-child-tax-credit/?utm_source=mj-newsletters&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-newsletter-09-12-2023
#Poverty #ChildTaxCredit #Republicans #Manchin
Addendae 2
Medical Debt Collection Is Vicious Multibillion-Dollar U.S. Industry
https://jacobin.com/2023/09/medical-debt-collection-hospitals-private-insurance-your-money-or-your-life
* ballooned in recent decades
* hospitals, collection agencies making a killing
* erodes trust in health care system
* countless patients financially ruined
#MedicalIndustrialComplex #corporations #DefundCorportations #DefundBillionaires #capitalism #neoliberalism #inflation #PrivateEquity #HumanRights #greed #avarice #profiteering #poverty #debt #PublicHealth #socialism
Addendum 3
Poverty Rate Soared in 2022 as Aid Ended, Prices Rose
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/12/business/economy/income-poverty-health-insurance.html
* U.S.: increased sharply among children
Poverty increased sharply in 2022 due to safety net cutbacks, inflation
https://www.epi.org/press/poverty-increased-sharply-in-2022-due-to-safety-net-cutbacks-and-inflation-shock-strong-labor-market-signals-a-better-2023
#poverty #homelessness #PovertyIndustrialComplex #capitalism #PrivateEquity #GOP #corporations #DefundCorporations #HumanRights #WealthInequality #WealthConcentration #inflation #CorporateGreed #avarice #oligarchy #DefundBillionaires #EPI
#Poverty among children in the US more than doubled last year, according to the Census Bureau. https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2023/income-poverty-health-insurance-coverage.html
A few people have sent me, or brought my attention to, photos taken in this spot, noting the irony of the sign. I decided to go myself and take a closer look. I'm out of words so I'll just leave this here.
[Photo is of an encampment east of downtown with a For Sale sign from the City of Edmonton with the words Affordable Housing at the top of the sign.]
--
#yeg #yegdt #yeghousing #yegdt #housing #poverty #encampment #ableg #alberta #edmonton #yegphotographer #photojournalism #yegactivist
Wow.
"The FCAC's 2020-21 COVID-19 #Financial Well-being Survey showed that approximately 2 per cent of #Canadians used an online non-bank lender or #PaydayLoan company in the previous 12 months."
Payday loans are crazy #expensive, often close to 60% p.a. (sixty!) if you include the fees. Charging above 60% is #criminal #usury in #Canada. However, loans of up to $1500 are exempt, so the typical payday loan #lender could charge even more.
#poverty #money #ripoff #poor
Bengaluru police arrest two trans women under controversial Anti-beggary Act
These arrests are emblematic of a larger issue: the arbitrary enforcement of a law that was ostensibly designed to address begging but has instead become a tool to penalise individuals facing socio-economic hardships.
#karnataka #bangalore #transwomen #KarnatakaPolice #AntiBeggaryAct #transgender #poverty #gender #TransgenderRights #india
Eurostat: ‘In 2022, 9.3% of the EU population declared that they were not able to keep their home adequately warm. Compared with 2021, this share increased by 2.4 percentage points (pp).’ The Netherlands: 5.3 %.
Terrible. High percentages, even in affluent countries
https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-eurostat-news/w/ddn-20230911-1
#energy #inequality #poverty #eu #politics #law #economics
Income and #DisabilityBenefits set significantly below the #poverty line make it impossible for BC recipients to afford #DentalCare https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/08/16/Low-Income-People-BC-Dental-Care/
#BritishColumbia #Canada #DisabilityInclusion #DisabilityPolicy #WomensHealth #InclusiveHealthcare
Happy #Newstodon Friday, a day to celebrate the best #journalism in the #fediverse!
“This isn’t just a question of us getting out of some individual ticket. The law itself has to be overturned.”
Today, let's revisit Michelle Pitcher's story on the legal fight against an unjust (and maybe, unconstitutional?) law that bans feeding people in certain places in #Houston. https://www.texasobserver.org/houston-food-not-bombs-trial/
#inequality #unhoused #homeless #poverty #Texas #politics #CriminalJustice #police #law #USpol #news
While we rightly fret over #AI images and fraudulent #Photography, it's worth remembering that the camera has never been the objective plain dealer we have been lead to believe.
"Slum photography was at the heart of progressive campaigns against urban poverty. And it was a weapon against poor people..."
#Classism #Poverty #Racism #AntiSemitism #UK #History #Politics #Class #Media
https://aeon.co/essays/slum-photos-were-weaponised-against-the-people-they-depict
#Poverty and #inequality are the greatest challenges #Scotland faces
Could you help people in communities across Scotland raise their voice against poverty, and have a real say about policies that affect them?
Join our team!
Addendum 15
Eviction Crisis About to Hit Los Angeles
Tenant rights groups sounding alarm about impending eviction crisis
https://jacobin.com/2023/09/eviction-crisis-los-angeles-california-rent-debt-housing
* hundreds of thousands L.A. tenants risk of losing housing
* compelling some to fight back
#AffordableHousing #rentals #ShortTermRentals #Airbnb #neoliberalism #capitalism #profiteering #corporations #CorporateGreed #DefundCorporations #PrivateEquity #HumanRights #homelessness #inflation #protest #eviction #poverty #TenantsRights #activism
[thread] poverty industrial complex | demonization, criminalization of homelessness
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_industrial_complex
* outsourcing of social services to private corporations
See also:
Prison industrial complex
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110589789454470156
Chip Wilson|Pacific Prosperity Network
Joe Lonsdale|Cicero Institute
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110873929767684022
#PovertyIndustrialComplex #capitalism #corporations #poverty #homelessness #incarceration #propaganda #populism #GOP #neoconservatism #ChipWilson #JoeLonsdale #CiceroInstitute
The real value of the federal minimum wage hit a 66-year low in 2023. It's now worth 42% less than it's highest point in 1968.
https://consortiumnews.com/2023/09/03/us-labor-day-the-minimum-wage-at-age-85/
Indian billionaire Gautam Adani's plan to reshape one of Asia's biggest slums is fueling concern about his intentions and ability to deliver. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/08/28/asia-pacific/politics/mumbai-slum-remake-doubts/?utm_content=bufferfa916&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #asiapacific #politics #india #gautamadani #development #poverty #cities
People living in the most deprived areas of Britain have seen their rents increase by 52% over the past four years while for tenants in the wealthiest regions, rents have risen by only 29%.
"It’s brutal. We need regulation. We need something to change.”
#Renting #Landlords #Inflation #Poverty #UKPolitics
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2023/sep/03/uk-rents-rise-faster-in-deprived-areas-and-drag-more-people-into-poverty
“We are up against a bunch of rich people who don’t want to see #homeless people anywhere near their stuff.”
Volunteers with #Houston Food Not Bombs are going to court to fight an anti-food sharing ordinance which they say violates their First Amendment rights, reports Staff Writer Michelle Pitcher in our latest article: https://www.texasobserver.org/houston-food-not-bombs-trial/
#news #politics #USpol #food #poverty #inequality #HumanRights #library #law #CriminalJustice #police #Texas #FirstAmendment
Addendum 7
B.C. research study gave 50 homeless people $7,500 each
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/a-b-c-study-gave-50-homeless-people-7-500-each-here-s-what-they-spent-it-on-1.6540030
* no increase in temptation goods spending
* money spent on rent, food, housing, transit, furniture, used car, clothes
* societal net savings $777/recipient
* informs homelessness reduction policies
Study debunks stereotypes about homeless people’s spending habits
https://news.ubc.ca/2023/08/29/how-homeless-people-spend-their-money
Unconditional cash transfers reduce homelessness 👍️
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2222103120
8 US states will offer #free school #breakfasts and #lunches to all #students starting this year. Lawmakers in other states are considering legislation to provide students with #freemeals. #Minnesota, #New Mexico, #Colorado, #Vermont, #Michigan, and #Massachusetts will join #California and Maine in offering free school meals this academic year. #Connecticut, #Pennsylvania and #Illinois have expanded their free school meals programs this year. #HungryChildren #poverty https://apnews.com/article/free-school-meals-0c927f491b2ee9d4ce7e04b44da79e51
"the US has systemically high poverty partly because of high poverty for some minorities." @davebrady72. Q: Do other countries also have minority groups or regions with high #poverty? Only US is cut up here. https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/sciadv.adg1469
Very interested to see how Van Jones will use his gifted funds to help alleviate poverty. https://thegrio.com/2023/08/22/van-jones-wants-curb-poverty-incarceration-rates/
#blackmastodon #povertyrates #poverty #incarceration @blackmastodon #VanJones #vanjones #blackfediverse
The United States spends $500,000 for every enemy soldier killed and only $53 annually on the victims of poverty.
Not a tragic mix-up, though. That military spending helps maintain control of resources and markets for the richest Americans, whereas an army of poor people benefits them, too, by keeping wages low.
Brazil's President Lula da Silva at #BRICS: "It is very hard to combat #ClimateChange while so many developing countries are still dealing with #hunger #poverty and other #violence."
Well, it's difficult to deal with developing nations while BRICS's Terrorist Russian Federation unleashes #WarCrimes daily in #Ukraine #Syria and #Africa.
And it's difficult to fight poverty while #PutinWarCriminal bombs grain in Ukraine.
Why doesn't Lula tell it to Putin's face? Coward.
If Money Does Not Grow on Trees, Trees Tend to Grow Closer to Money
https://www.archdaily.com/1005329/if-money-does-not-grow-on-trees-trees-tend-to-grow-closer-to-money
Measuring Ireland's Progress - happy days are here again (unless you're one of the growing number of poor people in Ireland) https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2023/08/15/measuring-progress/
#poverty #Ireland
I would post a meme of an LBJ quote, but my instance can't post images lately. (Annoying) So here's the quote in text form.
President Lyndon B. Johnson once said, "If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you."
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/lbj-convince-the-lowest-white-man/
"Even when people in this group knew they weren’t the best off, what kept them from feeling that they were at the very bottom was the color of their skin."
In our magazine, a thought-provoking and disturbing look at the effect of #poverty on the growth of #racism in small-town America in this excerpt from Forgotten Girls: A Memoir about Friendship and Lost Promise in America: https://www.texasobserver.org/white-people-rural-arkansas-recession-forgotten-girls/