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Maybe our world needs soup lines and 30% unemployment. 7 3feetofsnow Aug 2012 Aug 2012 4 3139

30% unemployment and soup lines? Na. 4 3feetofsnow Aug 2012 Nov 2013 1 3359

Cousin, 62. Diagnosed with degenerating spinal disks. Receives some public assistance. 9 3Hotdogs Nov 2022 Nov 2022 3 6820

Airbnb is making the housing crunch much worse 0 Addison May 2018 May 2018 7 3461

Proposed Constitutional Amendment, Limiting Idle Wealth 1 Al Carroll Oct 2015 Oct 2015 6 4099

LAHSA Explains Workers Throwing Food Away Intended For Homeless Individuals 0 Anon-C May 2022 May 2022 4 5444

Typical Minimum-Wage Earners Aren’t Poor, But They’re Not Quite Middle Class 0 antiquie Mar 2014 Mar 2014 1 2177

This message was self-deleted by its author 0 appalachiablue Feb 2015 Feb 2015 1 2268

MEDICAID Cuts Start In Spring, Est 8M Will Lose Eligibility: How To Shop For New Health Ins Plans -P 0 appalachiablue Mar 2023 Mar 2023 0 6111

Destitution: UK, Jonathan Pie 🇬🇧 6 appalachiablue Oct 2023 Oct 2023 10 2235

Jon Pie: 'Lifestyle Choices' 🇬🇧 7 appalachiablue Nov 2023 Nov 2023 13 2161

Mich: Homeless Woman Living Inside Rooftop Store Sign, with Computer, Coffee Maker 5 appalachiablue May 2024 May 2024 12 1468

NYC Anti-Homeless Streets, Hostile Architecture, Housing Crisis🔻Tackling Homelessness in Europe 3 appalachiablue Nov 15 Nov 15 5 729

Iowa to LOWER minimum wage 4 appleannie1943 Mar 2017 Mar 2017 5 5451

SES and Education 1 aswanson Feb 2016 Feb 2016 1 2689

Have been reading up about living in an RV or buying a tiny home 12 Beringia Mar 2019 Mar 2019 3 6267

Three Mothers Occupy an empty house in Oakland for 2 months are evicted with armored vehicles 1 Beringia Jan 2020 Jan 2020 3 3487

Mass Poor People's Assembly & Moral March on Washington June 20th, 0 BigmanPigman Jun 2020 Jun 2020 4 9736

Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, 4 BillyRibs May 2013 May 2013 19 4058

What are the Causes of Institutionally Created Poverty? 5 BlueDog22 Feb 2018 Feb 2020 1 6195

city paints anti-homeless bench with colors of the rainbow 0 BlueWaveNeverEnd Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 2930

The Injustice of Place: Uncovering the Legacy of Poverty in America 1 bucolic_frolic Aug 2023 Aug 2023 6 5753

Paying off the mortgage tomorrow! Yea! 23 Chainfire Apr 2022 Dec 2022 10 3536

Funding For Haiti, if you can. 🇭🇹 1 clouds Apr 2024 Apr 2024 0 741

Federal Cuts to Food Assistance to Increase Hunger in PA as Farmers Markets Access Expands [VIDEO] 2 Counterpoint PA Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 2100

New PA Budget: Reverse Robin Hood PA GOP Robs From the Poor to Give to the Rich [VIDEO] 0 Counterpoint PA Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 1861

PA Gov. Corbett Unveils Plan to Restrict Medicaid, Use Funds for Private Insurance [VIDEO] 0 Counterpoint PA Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1879

Congress includes $29 million in cuts to TANF in proposed CR 0 DeadLetterOffice Sep 2014 Sep 2014 3 2916

Sharing about a pet resource 0 discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2017 Dec 2017 2 2227

The 90-s are calling "Behold the Welfare Queen!" 1 eilen Sep 2012 Sep 2012 10 2655

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Meanwhile, we just had our Gas shut off... 15 FirstLight Mar 2013 Apr 2013 13 5765

Inside San Jose's Tent City 0 gejohnston May 2014 May 2014 2 1873

Invisible Child - Girl in the Shadows: Dasani’s Homeless Life 0 GladRagDahl Dec 2013 Dec 2013 2 2424

"More women vets are homeless, but housing scarce" 0 GreenPartyVoter Apr 2012 Apr 2012 1 2145

From FB: Dial-up warning 0 GreenPartyVoter Sep 2012 Sep 2012 10 2523

X-post: What about the huge stinkin' elephant in the room? 2 GreenPartyVoter Nov 2012 Dec 2012 1 2347

"In Their Shoes" Stories of the homeless. 0 GreenPartyVoter Oct 2013 Oct 2013 2 1850

Fighting Poverty, Armed With Violins 5 groovedaddy Feb 2012 Sep 2012 3 3064

Kitsap Rescue Mission set to lose permit to operate overnight shelter 0 icymist Sep 2019 Sep 2019 0 2513

Poverty Is Both a Political and a Moral Choice Made By the Powerful 2 inanna Dec 2017 Feb 2018 7 3604

Guardian UK: The worst part of being poor: watching your dog die when you can't afford to help 3 inanna Apr 2020 May 2020 3 6790

60%interest on payday loans in Ohio. xpost 0 irisblue Jul 2018 Jul 2018 2 2096

Sad this group has no recent posts 6 I_UndergroundPanther Dec 2019 Jun 2020 5 4006

Has anyone here used not-for-profit UPSOLVE for filing bankruptcy chapter 7? 3 Jacson6 Oct 18 Oct 18 0 434

The Insidiousness of Unchecked Capitalism 2 JamesSchacht Feb 2013 Aug 2013 0 2396

The Insidiousness of Unchecked Capitalism (Continued) 2 JamesSchacht Feb 2013 Feb 2013 1 2448

My first poem 0 kozar Apr 2024 Apr 2024 1 543

Grocery stores worry about Trump's pullback on SNAP (food stamps) 3 left-of-center2012 Apr 2018 Apr 2018 0 5509

Billionaire threatens charity donations if Pope continues support for the poor 2 LeftofObama Sep 2014 Sep 2014 2 2085

Where is Childhood Homelessness Getting Worse? 18 littlemissmartypants Jul 2014 Jul 2014 1 3745

Evidence Pours In: Poverty Getting Much Worse in America 2 littlemissmartypants Nov 2018 Nov 2018 9 3696

Rev. William Barber on the Political Power of Poor People: 'We Have to Change Our Whole Narrative' 5 littlemissmartypants Dec 2019 Dec 2019 10 4157

The Cost of Child Poverty with Lenette Azzi-Lessing 0 littlemissmartypants Feb 2020 Feb 2020 1 5929

James Melton: The war on poverty is winnable, if we change tactics 3 LuckyTheDog Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 1940

Today was my last day working for poverty wages. 39 malokvale77 Dec 2015 Feb 2017 62 12737

2.7 Million Children Under the Age of 18 Have a Parent in Prison or Jail-WE NEED REFORM NOW! 0 MarkLaw Aug 2013 Aug 2013 2 1769

Starting a thread for poverty activists ... 3 mntleo2 May 2011 Sep 2012 3 2456

America Eats Its Young (And Some Of Its Old) 1 Modern School Dec 2011 Dec 2011 1 3016

Florida Wasted $10,000’s Trying to Bust Poor People 2 Modern School Apr 2012 Apr 2012 6 2839

Half of All Americans Living In Poverty or Close to It 2 Modern School Apr 2012 Apr 2012 9 3114

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A Dog “Was Poisoned by Either a Manager or One of the Workers.” George Ibarra 1 nadinbrzezinski Dec 2015 Dec 2015 5 3403

Two stories from the weekend, how do you connect these two causes? 0 nadinbrzezinski Dec 2015 Dec 2015 1 2500

The Homeless Raise Issues of Discrimination in Pacific Beach 4 nadinbrzezinski Dec 2015 Dec 2015 4 3442

When John Edwards, warts and all, spoke of the two Americas 4 nadinbrzezinski Dec 2015 Dec 2015 6 3588

Living on the Streets of L.A. 2 Newest Reality Feb 2020 Jun 2020 3 7700

Growing inequality is disastrous but not inevitable 1 no more banksters Oct 2014 Feb 2015 3 2440

This message was self-deleted by its author 21 OhNo-Really Feb 2018 Feb 2018 57 11740

4 things.. 0 otherone Feb 2013 Feb 2013 3 2136

I would like suggestions on how to get out of debt 35 otherone Nov 2015 Aug 2017 5 20035

Report: 1 in 4 Michigan Kids Now Lives in Poverty 0 project_bluebook Feb 2015 Feb 2015 2 2652

Putting a Face on Welfare Spat 1 question everything Oct 2012 Apr 2013 6 2836

Anyone have advice on getting healthcare? 7 RedRocco May 2012 Aug 2012 1 4458

Almost 2 months since a post in this forum 1 Riftaxe Dec 2012 Dec 2012 0 2186

Poverty only exists (Poll) 0 Riftaxe Mar 2013 Mar 2013 2 1967

Poverty solved! 1 Riftaxe May 2013 May 2013 2 2253

What happens when a motel becomes home 20 rug Nov 2016 Feb 2024 6 10538

Oh my god 3 rusty quoin Dec 2015 Jan 2016 7 3170

One in five American children is growing up in poverty today. 3 Scuba Dec 2011 Dec 2011 4 2447

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