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poor people’s campaign
  • Whose Rights Matter in Pandemic America?
    February 16, 2021
    | Liz Theoharis

    Not those of poor Americans, that's for sure.

  • In Other News: Historic Coalition Unites to Challenge Poverty & Revive Democracy Amidst Recession, Pandemic & Protests
    June 19, 2020

    “Poor and low-income people from more than 40 states will demand change as they share stories of struggling through poverty and protests for racial justice at a historic digital assembly and march sponsored by The Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival.” The assembly and march will be aired at 10 AM and 6 PM ET on Saturday, June 20, and at 6 PM ET on Sunday, June 21. 

  • Moyers on Democracy
    While We Were Social Distancing
    May 15, 2020
    The team at BillMoyers.com brings you news — some of it good, some of outrageous, all of it important — that’s been covered up by COVID-19
  • History
    Can History Teach Us Anything About How to Eradicate Inequality?
    January 18, 2015
    | Gary May
    Perhaps the most revolutionary effort to end American inequality occurred almost 50 years ago and was led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
  • Inequality
    MLK's Hopes for America's Poor: A Dream Unfulfilled
    January 16, 2015
    | Karin Kamp
    When Martin Luther King Jr. died he was in the midst of planning a campaign to help the poor. "It is criminal to have people working on a full-time basis and a full-time job getting part-time income," King said.
  • A New Poor People’s Movement Must Have Leadership From Poor People
    May 20, 2014
    | Joel Berg
    It is absurd to believe that any attempt to finally end hunger or poverty in the US can succeed without the significant involvement and leadership of low-income Americans.
  • Turning Points of the Civil Rights Era
    July 25, 2013
    | BillMoyers.com Staff
    Learn about fifteen important events in the 1950s and 1960s that changed the course of the fight for racial equality in America.


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