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NYC Anti-Homeless Streets, Hostile Architecture, Housing Crisis🔻Tackling Homelessness in Europe 3 appalachiablue Nov 15 Nov 15 5 750

Has anyone here used not-for-profit UPSOLVE for filing bankruptcy chapter 7? 3 Jacson6 Oct 18 Oct 18 0 439

Fear of homelessness 7 XanaDUer2 Aug 2024 Sep 2024 6 863

Mich: Homeless Woman Living Inside Rooftop Store Sign, with Computer, Coffee Maker 5 appalachiablue May 2024 May 2024 12 1475

Funding For Haiti, if you can. 🇭🇹 1 clouds Apr 2024 Apr 2024 0 749

My first poem 0 kozar Apr 2024 Apr 2024 1 546

I am in the grips of a student loan nightmare. I know many are receiving good news on this 2 theophilus Mar 2024 May 2024 2 1074

Miracle...we're actually going to a concert 14 XanaDUer2 Mar 2024 Mar 2024 20 1365

Being poor and FOMO 15 XanaDUer2 Mar 2024 Mar 2024 7 1429

Financial fears as disabled person 5 XanaDUer2 Mar 2024 Mar 2024 3 1376

Tackling Homelessness in Costa Mesa, OC, CA 0 SleeplessinSoCal Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 1227

Jon Pie: 'Lifestyle Choices' 🇬🇧 7 appalachiablue Nov 2023 Nov 2023 13 2165

Destitution: UK, Jonathan Pie 🇬🇧 6 appalachiablue Oct 2023 Oct 2023 10 2239

The Injustice of Place: Uncovering the Legacy of Poverty in America 1 bucolic_frolic Aug 2023 Aug 2023 6 5760

Why is the working Poor forced into more poverty 1 Waterguy Jul 2023 Jul 2023 7 2212

city paints anti-homeless bench with colors of the rainbow 0 BlueWaveNeverEnd Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 2935

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 6117

Cousin, 62. Diagnosed with degenerating spinal disks. Receives some public assistance. 9 3Hotdogs Nov 2022 Nov 2022 3 6823

LAHSA Explains Workers Throwing Food Away Intended For Homeless Individuals 0 Anon-C May 2022 May 2022 4 5448

Paying off the mortgage tomorrow! Yea! 23 Chainfire Apr 2022 Dec 2022 10 3545

Mass Poor People's Assembly & Moral March on Washington June 20th, 0 BigmanPigman Jun 2020 Jun 2020 4 9743

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 6796

The Cost of Child Poverty with Lenette Azzi-Lessing 0 littlemissmartypants Feb 2020 Feb 2020 1 5932

Living on the Streets of L.A. 2 Newest Reality Feb 2020 Jun 2020 3 7705

Three Mothers Occupy an empty house in Oakland for 2 months are evicted with armored vehicles 1 Beringia Jan 2020 Jan 2020 3 3492

Sad this group has no recent posts 6 I_UndergroundPanther Dec 2019 Jun 2020 5 4008

Rev. William Barber on the Political Power of Poor People: 'We Have to Change Our Whole Narrative' 5 littlemissmartypants Dec 2019 Dec 2019 10 4159

Kitsap Rescue Mission set to lose permit to operate overnight shelter 0 icymist Sep 2019 Sep 2019 0 2515

Have been reading up about living in an RV or buying a tiny home 12 Beringia Mar 2019 Mar 2019 3 6273

Evidence Pours In: Poverty Getting Much Worse in America 2 littlemissmartypants Nov 2018 Nov 2018 9 3703

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60%interest on payday loans in Ohio. xpost 0 irisblue Jul 2018 Jul 2018 2 2099

Airbnb is making the housing crunch much worse 0 Addison May 2018 May 2018 7 3466

Grocery stores worry about Trump's pullback on SNAP (food stamps) 3 left-of-center2012 Apr 2018 Apr 2018 0 5514

This message was self-deleted by its author 21 OhNo-Really Feb 2018 Feb 2018 57 11751

What are the Causes of Institutionally Created Poverty? 5 BlueDog22 Feb 2018 Feb 2020 1 6197

Poverty Is Both a Political and a Moral Choice Made By the Powerful 2 inanna Dec 2017 Feb 2018 7 3609

Sharing about a pet resource 0 discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2017 Dec 2017 2 2234

Mick Mulvaney's Steel Workers 2 srcameron Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 6106

Iowa to LOWER minimum wage 4 appleannie1943 Mar 2017 Mar 2017 5 5456

What happens when a motel becomes home 20 rug Nov 2016 Feb 2024 6 10545

x post from: Snarkoleptic::economy::omaha steve labour group:restaurant+bankcards stiff workers 0 w0nderer May 2016 May 2016 1 2926

Big Money in Politics Doesn’t Just Drive Inequality. It Drives War. 2 unhappycamper Apr 2016 Apr 2016 6 2864

X post from n2doc in GD : Unique Community Kitchen is set up like a restaurant... 0 w0nderer Mar 2016 Mar 2016 2 3279

Silicon Valley tech worker fired after blogging about starving while working at billion-dollar food 5 unhappycamper Feb 2016 Jul 2020 11 25252

for notice:: xposted from freakingdj's "$2.13 Minimum Wage - are you fucking kidding me" 0 w0nderer Feb 2016 Feb 2016 2 2852

SES and Education 1 aswanson Feb 2016 Feb 2016 1 2692

Is the F-35 our Death Star? 4 unhappycamper Feb 2016 May 2016 6 3057

Feeding the Military-Industrial Complex 0 unhappycamper Feb 2016 Feb 2016 3 3669

Utah 0 w0nderer Feb 2016 Feb 2016 1 2011

Guns Instead of Butter 1 unhappycamper Feb 2016 Feb 2021 2 4741

x-post via ohiochick::: Over 1 million face loss of food stamps over work requirements 0 w0nderer Jan 2016 Jan 2016 3 3161

Today was my last day working for poverty wages. 39 malokvale77 Dec 2015 Feb 2017 62 12751

Oh my god 3 rusty quoin Dec 2015 Jan 2016 7 3175

When John Edwards, warts and all, spoke of the two Americas 4 nadinbrzezinski Dec 2015 Dec 2015 6 3596

The Homeless Raise Issues of Discrimination in Pacific Beach 4 nadinbrzezinski Dec 2015 Dec 2015 4 3450

Two stories from the weekend, how do you connect these two causes? 0 nadinbrzezinski Dec 2015 Dec 2015 1 2503

A Dog “Was Poisoned by Either a Manager or One of the Workers.” George Ibarra 1 nadinbrzezinski Dec 2015 Dec 2015 5 3407

I would like suggestions on how to get out of debt 35 otherone Nov 2015 Aug 2017 5 20045

We Need To Talk 1 unhappycamper Oct 2015 Oct 2015 6 2307

Proposed Constitutional Amendment, Limiting Idle Wealth 1 Al Carroll Oct 2015 Oct 2015 6 4106

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debtors jail Mississippi (workaround for authorities) xpost workingpoor from two articles 0 w0nderer Oct 2015 Oct 2015 0 3043

Talk About Inequality 3 unhappycamper Oct 2015 Dec 2015 5 3132

Five years on, it's still the pits for Chilean miners 0 unhappycamper Oct 2015 Oct 2015 3 2324

Nearly 800 million people suffering from hunger worldwide: report 0 unhappycamper Oct 2015 Oct 2015 1 2506

I hope i'm not pissing someone off 3 w0nderer Oct 2015 Oct 2015 0 2741

It costs you $43 every time you wait for the doctor 2 unhappycamper Oct 2015 Oct 2015 3 3876

For the children 1 unhappycamper Oct 2015 Oct 2015 4 2115

'We were paying to poison our kids': lead in Michigan city's water hits children 1 unhappycamper Oct 2015 Oct 2015 8 3427

Will: Keeping Navy shipshape should be on candidates' radar (xpost from NSD) 0 unhappycamper Oct 2015 Oct 2015 0 2465

Tax avoidance by corporations is out out control. The United Nations must step in 1 unhappycamper Sep 2015 Sep 2015 3 3380

Pope Leaves, Boehner Resigns, Shutdown Looms… 0 unhappycamper Sep 2015 Sep 2015 0 2288

Protesters call for Treasury official to leave role in Puerto Rico debt crisis 0 unhappycamper Sep 2015 Sep 2015 5 3027

Suck It Up, Proles 4 unhappycamper Sep 2015 Sep 2015 11 3261

“I’m on welfare and so ashamed …” 9 unhappycamper Sep 2015 Sep 2015 20 5248

Cutting Pentagon pork could fund free childcare in the US 2 unhappycamper Sep 2015 Sep 2015 6 2979

City Council, please seriously address Philly’s LGBT homeless youth problem 0 unhappycamper Aug 2015 Aug 2015 2 2724

Most 2016 GOP Presidential Candidates Would Push Seniors Into Poverty By Cutting Social Security 0 unhappycamper Aug 2015 Aug 2015 5 2555

How an Apartment Tower in Atlanta Is Makes Life a Living Hell for Its Poor Residents 1 unhappycamper Aug 2015 Aug 2015 9 3537

How can cities successfully enforce a higher minimum wage? 1 unhappycamper Aug 2015 Aug 2015 0 2177

Racialized Poverty in America has Nearly Doubled in 21st Century 0 unhappycamper Aug 2015 Aug 2015 1 2499

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