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WASHINGTON—Lark Yasmin, a soft-spoken single mother from Washington, D.C., put the entire plight of the nation’s 140 million poor and near-poor people into one pointed question: “Has anyone ever thought that America is unbearably hard to live in because we are left to fend for ourselves withou...

To End Poverty in the United States, End Militarism | Opinion Phyllis Bennis , Institute for Policy Studies On 6/9/21 at 12:30 PM EDT Movement leaders—including the Revs. William J. Barber II and Liz Theoharis, co-chairs of the influential Poor Peoples Campaign—recently joined Representatives Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) and Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) on the U.S. Capitol lawn. Together they launched a visionary resolution to end poverty across the United States: the Third Recons...

Rev. William Barber has long been calling for a Third Reconstruction, a restructuring of U.S. policies to root out racism, poverty and other ills. Barber explains why he thinks now is the right time to push the vision forward. And, KCUR's Mackenzie Martin looks at how Henry Perry, the so-called "Barbeque King," built an American institution in Kansas City.

The co-chair of the Poor People's Campaign believes now is the right time to push forward his vision of a Third Reconstruction.

It’s Time to Fully Address Poverty and Low Wages from the Bottom Up! Drawing on the transformational history of the First Reconstruction following the Civil War and the Second Reconstruction of the civil rights struggles of the 20th century, the Third Reconstruction is a revival of our constitutional commitment to establish justice, provide for the general welfare, end decades of austerity, and recognize that policies that center the 140 million are also good economic policies that can hea...

Jacquelyn Voghel’s May 23 article “Westhampton food pantry filling a need in pandemic,” reminded me once again how good people are. I need to be reminded of that. When people are hurting, we want to help. It calls to mind all the other services...

How a Third Reconstruction Could End American Poverty | RealClearPolitics

Our current moment demands action of similarly historic proportions to heal and transform the nation. We need a Third Reconstruction.

Jeffrey Sachs Opinion: How a Third Reconstruction could end American poverty CNN 2 hrs ago © Provided by CNN The leaders of the Poor Peoples Campaign, Rev. William Barber II and Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, Democratic US Reps. Barbara Lee, Pramila Jayapal and other Congressional backers of the new House resolution titled the Third Reconstruction, are doing the Lords work, not only in scriptural terms to lift the poor but in patriotic terms to fulfill Americas founding credo that we are all creat...

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