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This message was self-deleted by its author 0 appalachiablue Feb 2015 Feb 2015 1 2326
This message was self-deleted by its author 21 OhNo-Really Feb 2018 Feb 2018 57 12572
Three Mothers Occupy an empty house in Oakland for 2 months are evicted with armored vehicles 1 Beringia Jan 2020 Jan 2020 3 3821
Tiny home on a bicycle provides shelter for the chronic homeless 7 usonian Dec 2024 Dec 2024 28 1921
To Most People, the American Dream Is, in Fact, Just a Dream 0 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 6 1586
Today was my last day working for poverty wages. 39 malokvale77 Dec 2015 Feb 2017 62 14035
Tomgram: Peter Van Buren, A Rising Tide Lifts All Yachts 0 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 1619
Top 1% ‘own half global wealth’ 0 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 11 2024
Try #2: I need a new frame of reference (and your opinion) 8 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Feb 2014 10 4857
Two stories from the weekend, how do you connect these two causes? 0 nadinbrzezinski Dec 2015 Dec 2015 1 2822
Typical Minimum-Wage Earners Aren’t Poor, But They’re Not Quite Middle Class 0 antiquie Mar 2014 Mar 2014 1 2276
U.N. officials tour Detroit to assess human rights impact of water shutoffs 3 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Jan 2015 2 2354
U.S. food banks struggle to meet new demand caused by food stamp cuts 2 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 12 2259
U.S. mayors tackle the income gap: Goar 0 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 1672
U.S. Wealth Concentration: The Most Accurate Current Estimates 5 unhappycamper Jul 2015 Jul 2015 14 2621
Uh, no. The fire and brimstone people aren’t going to start feeding and clothing the poor. 3 unhappycamper Jul 2015 Jul 2015 4 2501
US Wealth Inequality In One Chilling Video (Must See) 0 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 2 8576
US, Iraq have same child homicide rate – UNICEF 1 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 9 1851
Utah 0 w0nderer Feb 2016 Feb 2016 1 2296
Wake groups say NC grades point to problems of segregated, high-poverty schools 0 unhappycamper Feb 2015 Feb 2015 1 2033
Walmart Admits that its Business Model Requires Employees to Depend on Food Stamps 2 unhappycamper Mar 2014 Mar 2014 5 2473
Water is the new oil: How corporations took over a basic human right 2 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 3 1987
We Need To Talk 1 unhappycamper Oct 2015 Oct 2015 6 2625
We Need To Talk. 19 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 38 4317
Well America - How's that NAFTA and Deregulation doing for ya? 1 in 2 Americans now Poor or Low 6 Yooperman Dec 2011 Jul 2012 9 4665
What a Country!: A Love Letter to America 0 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 1747
What are the Causes of Institutionally Created Poverty? 5 BlueDog22 Feb 2018 Feb 2020 1 6566
What does a $36 cut in food stamps look like on the kitchen table? 3 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 16 3288
What happens when a motel becomes home 20 rug Nov 2016 Feb 2024 6 11614
What has meritocracy to do with merit? 3 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 6 2141

Poverty Continued...

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What It's Like to Panhandle 0 xchrom Mar 2014 Mar 2014 2 1763
What Would Afghan Spending Buy at Home? 0 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 2 1566
What's for dinner? The farm bill has a big impact 2 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 2303
When 57% Of All Discretionary Funding Ain't Enough 0 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 3 1886
When a Kid's Bedroom Isn't a Room 2 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 12 3853
When Dick Cheney Swatted an "Annoying Mosquito" Named Paul Ryan 0 unhappycamper Aug 2014 Aug 2014 4 2005
When John Edwards, warts and all, spoke of the two Americas 4 nadinbrzezinski Dec 2015 Dec 2015 6 3958
Where $300 Million Of Our Money Went Wednesday - Hint: Not Education - Which Was Still Way Cheaper T 0 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 1637
Where is Childhood Homelessness Getting Worse? 18 littlemissmartypants Jul 2014 Jul 2014 1 4053
Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, 4 BillyRibs May 2013 May 2013 19 4215
Who Gets Left Holding the Bag? 1 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 5 1676
Who's getting rich off the stock market? 0 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 1 1754
Why Is No One Talking About the GOP’s Plan to Send Millions of Disabled Americans Into Poverty? 11 unhappycamper Feb 2015 Jun 2020 11 16891
Why is the working Poor forced into more poverty 1 Waterguy Jul 2023 Jul 2023 7 2596
Why the Right Is So Freaked Out about the Inconvenient Truths of Actual U.S. History 1 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 4 2173
Why voters don’t care more about income inequality 5 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 4 2406
Why We Are Poor 1 unhappycamper Dec 2014 Dec 2014 10 2080
Why We Need A 10.4 Million Jobs Plan 0 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 2 1582
Will growing gap between rich and poor influence midterm elections? 1 unhappycamper Nov 2014 Nov 2014 2 2080
Will: Keeping Navy shipshape should be on candidates' radar (xpost from NSD) 0 unhappycamper Oct 2015 Oct 2015 0 2726
Without the state, western democracies will remain a paradise for predators 0 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 5 1535
Work in the US but under Conditions of a Developing Country 0 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 1592
Working poor now majority of food stamp recipients — with college educated among fastest growing gro 1 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 11 1922
X post from n2doc in GD : Unique Community Kitchen is set up like a restaurant... 0 w0nderer Mar 2016 Mar 2016 2 3553
x post from: Snarkoleptic::economy::omaha steve labour group:restaurant+bankcards stiff workers 0 w0nderer May 2016 May 2016 1 3220
x-post via ohiochick::: Over 1 million face loss of food stamps over work requirements 0 w0nderer Jan 2016 Jan 2016 3 3444
X-post: What about the huge stinkin' elephant in the room? 2 GreenPartyVoter Nov 2012 Dec 2012 1 2474
You Know Your Country Sucks When You Look Wistfully Back at Stalin 0 unhappycamper Jul 2014 Jul 2014 4 1735
You’d be surprised at how poor the new ‘middle class’ is in the developing world (xpost from Labor) 0 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 1448
You’re probably going to be poor 0 unhappycamper Jul 2015 Jul 2015 7 2365

Poverty Continued...

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Zero Tolerance and Broken Windows Policing Criminalizes Homeless and Poor People ... and Can Kill Th 0 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 4 1709
‘It’s ridiculous!’ Conservative mother fumes over school assignment claiming GOP is anti-welfare 6 unhappycamper Feb 2015 Feb 2015 3 2976
“I don’t believe he is sincere”: Paul Ryan’s challenger has a message to send 1 unhappycamper Aug 2014 Aug 2014 6 2099
“I’m on welfare and so ashamed …” 9 unhappycamper Sep 2015 Sep 2015 20 5797
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