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Tag: poverty

Gordon-Andrew Fletcher serves as the executive director of the D.C. Commission on Poverty. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)
Posted inCommunity

Bowser Admin Convenes Commission to Study Poverty

by James Wright Jr.December 21, 2022December 21, 2022

The Bowser administration has created a commission designed to study the causes and effects of poverty in the District with the goal of its eradication by 2036.

**FILE** President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the passing of the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Tuesday, August 10, 2021, in the East Room of the White House. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz)
Posted inMarian Wright Edelman, Op-Ed, Opinion

MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN: God Help Us to End Poverty Now — Beginning With Our 11.6 Million Poor Children

by WI Guest AuthorNovember 10, 2021December 21, 2021
Cuts to SNAP and WIC programs are a threat to women and infants. (Courtesy of UC Davis Center for Poverty Research)
Posted inOp-Ed, Opinion, Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr.

JESSE JACKSON: Myths and Lies About Poverty

by Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr.October 7, 2020December 21, 2021
Posted inOp-Ed, Opinion, Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr.

JESSE JACKSON: Myths and Lies About Poverty

by Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr.September 14, 2020December 21, 2021
President Donald Trump (Courtesy of Trump via Facebook)
Posted inOp-Ed, Opinion, Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr.

JESSE JACKSON: President Trump’s War on the Poor

by Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr.December 18, 2019December 21, 2021
Posted inMarian Wright Edelman, Op-Ed, Opinion

MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN: God Help Us to End Poverty in Our Time

by WI Guest AuthorOctober 16, 2019December 21, 2021
Posted inJulianne Malveaux, Op-Ed, Opinion

MALVEAUX: We Must Not Normalize Poverty and Inequity

by WI Guest AuthorSeptember 18, 2019December 21, 2021
Posted inJulianne Malveaux, Op-Ed, Opinion

MALVEAUX: Poverty and the Fallacy of Long-Term Economic Greatness

by WI Guest AuthorJuly 17, 2019December 21, 2021
Courtesy of JOTF
Posted inNational

Poverty Needs to Be Decriminalized in Maryland

by Stacy M. BrownMarch 28, 2018October 31, 2020
Posted inMarian Wright Edelman, Op-Ed, Opinion

MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN: A Prayer to End Child Poverty in Our Time

by WI Guest AuthorSeptember 20, 2017October 31, 2020

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