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Greg Kaufmann
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Greg Kaufmann is a journalist-in-residence at the Roosevelt Institute and a contributing writer for The Nation . Previously, he was a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and the founder and editor of TalkPoverty.org. He has appeared on numerous national and local programs on networks including PBS, MSNBC, and NPR, and his work has been featured on CBS News, The Washington Post , and Business Insider , among others.
Kennedy made rural poverty a focus of his presidential campaign. This year’s candidates could do the same—this time, in the Black Belt region.
Riding a wave of tenant victories across the country, People’s Action hopes its grassroots-led campaign will sway platforms for the 2020 election.
Not with for-profit contractors.
No new census data, policy paper, or talking point will do it. That’s why the Poor People’s Campaign is building “a movement that votes.”
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Once a skeptic, Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs is now overseeing a radical anti-poverty program.
At a hearing, Republicans told a familiar story while the Poor People’s Campaign presented a bold budget proposal.
An historic forum revealed consensus on the need for policies like raising the minimum wage and affordable childcare—and some big differences.
A proposal to redefine “poverty” would throw potentially millions of low-income people out of government-assistance programs.
Activists in Washington say the mayor’s proposed budget would worsen disinvestment in black communities.
By curbing corporate power and reinvigorating the public sector, we can create an economic and political system that works for everyone.
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