#talkpoverty

[boogiestop]

my desk, full of data, getting ready to #TalkPoverty with @21stShow on @willpublicmedia (at Eastern Illinois University)

[rpbp]

Of course, Republicans believe corporations are people.

[rpbp]

Here’s the audio for a tremendous episode of TalkPoverty, where I had the pleasure of joining Sharon Dietrich, the litigation director of Community Legal Services in Philadelphia, and Rebecca Vallas, host of TalkPoverty, to discuss the state of access to justice for marginalized Americans. 

Follow the jump for that and updates on protests over the Dakota Access Pipeline with Mary Kathryn Nagle, an attorney and a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, as well as a discussion of the part played by big donors in advancing agendas that don’t always benefit Americans of modest means with David Callahan, founder and editor of Inside Philanthropy. 

[freedomfromwant]

The way we perceive poverty affects the way we provide services for people experiencing poverty. When case workers receive no anti-oppression training and lack understanding of the realities of poverty, they are rude and cruel to people and families who are asking for help in a time of crisis.

Parents Organizing for Welfare and Economic Rights

[angellmike]

#episcopal young adults at and bishops the Capitol to #talkpoverty (at United States Capitol)

[theonelessfoundation]

My minimum wage isn't a living wage.

http://money.cnn.com/2014/01/22/news/economy/minimum-living-wage?sr=tw012214minimumwage430p

[noseniorhungry]

Getting Older, Growing Poorer

Extreme poverty has increased recently among people over age 65.

"In analyzing the recent Census Bureau report on poverty, researchers at the National Women’s Law Center found that from 2011 to 2012, the rate of extreme poverty rose by a statistically significant amount among those 65 and older, meaning that a growing number of them were living at or below 50 percent of the poverty line. In 2012, this was $11,011 a year for an older person living alone."