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Archives: Poverty
![How GOP plans to repeal Health Care will blight millions of Lives](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921200410im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/09/how-gop-plans-to-repeal-health-c-187x137.jpg)
![Superstorm Donald Hits GOP, aims to Ravage US](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921200410im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/09/superstorm-donald-hits-gop-aims-187x137.jpg)
Superstorm Donald Hits GOP, aims to Ravage US
By John Feffer | ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) | - - If Trump succeeds in ramping up military spending and gutting everything else, we’ll be left with a bunch of…![Media Ignore Harvey’s Devastation of Working Class Communities](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921200410im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/09/media-ignore-harveys-devastation-187x137.jpg)
Media Ignore Harvey’s Devastation of Working Class Communities
By Jake Johnson, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org) | - - "Hurricanes don't care if you're rich, poor, white, or black—but that doesn't mean that every person is equally vulnerable to a…![Iran: Will Voters’ Economic Gloom Doom Rouhani’s Reelection Bid?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921200410im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/iran-will-voters-economic-gloom-187x137.jpg)
Iran: Will Voters’ Economic Gloom Doom Rouhani’s Reelection Bid?
By Nader Habibi | (The Conversation) | - - Markets breathed a collective sigh of relief after Emmanuel Macron won the French presidency. But there’s another vote this month that’s just as…![Can Climate Solutions also help Low-Income Consumers fight inequality](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921200410im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/04/can-climate-solutions-also-help-187x137.jpg)
Can Climate Solutions also help Low-Income Consumers fight inequality?
By Basav Sen. | ( Inequality.org) | - - Renew Oregon is advancing innovative climate justice proposals, building on a legislative victory to expand the state’s use of renewable energy, with strong…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921200410im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/03/menonconceit-180x137.jpg)
Why $54 bn for Pentagon won’t fix US Security
By Rajan Menon | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | - - Donald Trump’s supporters believe that his election will end business as usual in Washington. The self-glorifying Trump agrees and indeed his has,…![As Trump Budget Hurts Old, Meals on Wheels Sees Donations Surge](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921200410im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/03/as-trump-budget-hurts-old-meals-187x137.jpg)
As Trump Budget Hurts Old, Meals on Wheels Sees Donations Surge
TeleSur | - - One in six seniors "struggles with hunger," according to Meals on Wheels, which provides free services to those who cannot afford to pay. Meals on Wheels America, the…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921200410im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/03/image-20170308-24192-1xrq31w-750x580-1-187x137.jpg)
The Rural-Urban Divide in the US in 6 Charts!
By Brian Thiede, Lillie Greiman, Stephan Weiler, Steven C. Beda, Tessa Conroy | (The Conversation) | - - Editor’s note: We’ve all heard of the great divide between life in rural and…It’s Racism, Stupid. America’s Persistent Racial Wealth Divide
By Josh Hoxie | ( Inequality.org ) | - - A new study shows the legacy of racism far outweighs individual financial decisions in driving the growing gap between black and white…![Even in the Trump Era, Inequality can be Reduced](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921200410im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/12/even-in-the-trump-era-inequality-187x137.jpg)
Even in the Trump Era, Inequality can be Reduced
By Josh Hoxie | (Otherwords.org) | - - With Washington looking hopeless, it's up to local communities to close the gap between the richest and the rest. In a lot of ways,…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921200410im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/12/5ea3f71722228ebb05459982db954ace.square-1.png)
It’s the Economy, Stupid: Ending ‘Religious’ Violence in the Middle East
Moha Ennaji | (Project Syndicate) | - - FEZ – The escalation of radicalism, violence, and civil wars in the Middle East since the so-called Arab Spring revolts began in 2010 has…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921200410im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/07/clev-378x230-1-187x137.jpg)
GOP Convention Opens in City Pillaged by Its Policies
TeleSur | - - Cleveland, once called the Mistake on the Lake, hosts nominating convention of the political party that authored its downfall Just a few miles from downtown Cleveland's preoccupied hum…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921200410im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/06/chaoscaliphate-187x137.jpg)
Is the Mideast disintegrating or just being Auctioned Off?
By Patrick Cockburn | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - We live in an age of disintegration. Nowhere is this more evident than in the Greater Middle East and Africa. Across the vast…![Aside from Super-Rich, All Americans are poorer this century](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921200410im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/05/aside-from-super-rich-all-americ-187x137.jpg)
Aside from Super-Rich, All Americans are poorer this century
TeleSur | - - Soon, researchers predict, the middle class will no longer be the largest class in the United States. Households in the United States made less money in 2014 than…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921200410im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/05/bankersprins-180x137.jpg)
When Corporations use havens, you Pay their taxes; & the leading Candidates have Havens
By Nomi Prins with Craig Wilson | (Tomdispatch.com) | - - There’s a pile of money hiding offshore. It’s true that jobs are also leaving the United States because American companies find…Now the 1% Live 15 yrs longer than the Poorest: The Death Gap’s Increasing
By Sam Pizzigati | ( Otherwords.org) | - - Rich people live longer than poor people. No big news there — we’ve known that health tracks wealth for quite some time now.…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921200410im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/bernrev-187x137.jpg)
What is Political Revolution and Can Bernie Sanders Deliver?
By Ali R. Abootalebi | (Informed Comment) | - - The 2016 American presidential election can prove to be a turning point in the development of American politics. This is not because…![Why Americans are Angry: The Minimum Wage Trap](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921200410im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/02/why-americans-are-angry-the-mini-187x137.jpg)
Why Americans are Angry: The Minimum Wage Trap
By Peter Van Buren | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - When presidential candidate Bernie Sanders talks about income inequality, and when other candidates speak about the minimum wage and food stamps, what…![Deepening Inequality Driving US Middle Class into Oblivion](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921200410im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/12/deepening-inequality-driving-us-187x137.jpg)
Deepening Inequality Driving US Middle Class into Oblivion
By Deirdre Fulton, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | - - "The hollowing of the middle has proceeded steadily for four decades, and it may have reached a tipping point," Pew Research Center…![After 2008 Wall Street Crash, did US White Working Class Drink itself to Death?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921200410im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/12/after-2008-wall-street-crash-did-187x137.jpg)