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3/25/20

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Celebrities! They're Just Like Us, Except Not Really—Which Is Extra Apparent During a Public Health Crisis

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3/10/20

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Detroit Figures Out How to Charge Poor People for the Right to Not Die From Coronavirus

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1/23/20

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More Than Half of Homeless Families Are Black, Government Report Says

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8/20/19

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Finance8/20/19

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Poor People Are Already Financially Literate. They Just Need More Money

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7/23/19

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Politics7/23/19

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Trump Administration Seeks to Literally Take Food Out of Poor People’s Mouths

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6/6/19

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Health6/6/19

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Study Finds Folks in Chicago’s Affluent Streeterville Live to Almost the Century Mark, While Blacks in Impoverished Englewood Don’t Live Long Enough to Collect Social Security

Dara Sharif

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2/12/19

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Music2/12/19

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The 15th Anniversary of Kanye’s 'Fuck Higher Education' Album

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12/28/18

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Living Paycheck to Paycheck Looks Different For Everyone, But the Struggle Is Still Real

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8/20/18

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It's Not Unrealistic for Issa on Insecure to Be 30 With Multiple Jobs and Homeless Because I've Been That Too

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8/6/18

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Mass Incarceration8/6/18

Mass Incarceration8/6/18

Federal Judge Stops New Orleans From Jailing Those Who Fail to Pay Fines, Rules That They Must Have a Chance to Plead Poverty

Breanna Edwards

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5/31/18

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5/31/18

It Takes Heart to Fight: What Boxing Taught Me About White Supremacy

Rudy Mageo

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2/15/18

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The Root Video2/15/18

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Watch: Viola Davis Says Nobody Talks About Poverty

Danielle Young

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9/14/17

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9/14/17

I’m Not Ashamed of Being Broke and You Shouldn’t Be Either

Brian Broome

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5/25/17

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5/25/17

Ben Carson Thinks Poverty Is Just a ‘State of Mind’ Passed Down From Parents to Their Children

Monique Judge

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5/11/17

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5/11/17

The Pretrial Profit System: How Corporations Make Billions Arresting Poor Blacks

Michael Harriot

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10/4/16

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10/4/16

Special ‘Wraparound’ Services for Black Children Aren’t the Solution to Bad Policy Decisions

Andre Perry

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2/11/16

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2/11/16

Why We Need To Raise the Minimum Wage To $15

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A 'DJ' Tried to Downplay Quincy Jones and Black Twitter Found 'One Hundred Ways' to Tell Him to Sit TF Down

Trump Sent Nearly 17.8 Tons of Medical Supplies to China After First Coronavirus Case in the U.S. When Shortages Hit, He Blamed Ob...

DJ Jazzy Jeff Discloses He’s Battling Pneumonia, Believes It Could Be COVID-19

Celebrities! They're Just Like Us, Except Not Really—Which Is Extra Apparent During a Public Health Crisis

Detroit Figures Out How to Charge Poor People for the Right to Not Die From Coronavirus

More Than Half of Homeless Families Are Black, Government Report Says

Poor People Are Already Financially Literate. They Just Need More Money

Trump Administration Seeks to Literally Take Food Out of Poor People’s Mouths

Study Finds Folks in Chicago’s Affluent Streeterville Live to Almost the Century Mark, While Blacks in Impoverished Englewood Don’t Live Long Enough to Collect Social Security

The 15th Anniversary of Kanye’s 'Fuck Higher Education' Album

Living Paycheck to Paycheck Looks Different For Everyone, But the Struggle Is Still Real

It's Not Unrealistic for Issa on Insecure to Be 30 With Multiple Jobs and Homeless Because I've Been That Too

Federal Judge Stops New Orleans From Jailing Those Who Fail to Pay Fines, Rules That They Must Have a Chance to Plead Poverty

It Takes Heart to Fight: What Boxing Taught Me About White Supremacy

Watch: Viola Davis Says Nobody Talks About Poverty

I’m Not Ashamed of Being Broke and You Shouldn’t Be Either

Ben Carson Thinks Poverty Is Just a ‘State of Mind’ Passed Down From Parents to Their Children

The Pretrial Profit System: How Corporations Make Billions Arresting Poor Blacks

Special ‘Wraparound’ Services for Black Children Aren’t the Solution to Bad Policy Decisions

Why We Need To Raise the Minimum Wage To $15

Trevor Noah gets 13 minutes with the one guy you want to listen to on COVID-19

You Don't Need to Sanitize Your Groceries

Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard Outed As Landlords

Celebrities! They're Just Like Us, Except Not Really—Which Is Extra Apparent During a Public Health Crisis

Detroit Figures Out How to Charge Poor People for the Right to Not Die From Coronavirus

More Than Half of Homeless Families Are Black, Government Report Says

Poor People Are Already Financially Literate. They Just Need More Money

Trump Administration Seeks to Literally Take Food Out of Poor People’s Mouths

Study Finds Folks in Chicago’s Affluent Streeterville Live to Almost the Century Mark, While Blacks in Impoverished Englewood Don’t Live Long Enough to Collect Social Security

The 15th Anniversary of Kanye’s 'Fuck Higher Education' Album

Living Paycheck to Paycheck Looks Different For Everyone, But the Struggle Is Still Real

It's Not Unrealistic for Issa on Insecure to Be 30 With Multiple Jobs and Homeless Because I've Been That Too

Federal Judge Stops New Orleans From Jailing Those Who Fail to Pay Fines, Rules That They Must Have a Chance to Plead Poverty

It Takes Heart to Fight: What Boxing Taught Me About White Supremacy

Watch: Viola Davis Says Nobody Talks About Poverty

I’m Not Ashamed of Being Broke and You Shouldn’t Be Either

Ben Carson Thinks Poverty Is Just a ‘State of Mind’ Passed Down From Parents to Their Children

The Pretrial Profit System: How Corporations Make Billions Arresting Poor Blacks

Special ‘Wraparound’ Services for Black Children Aren’t the Solution to Bad Policy Decisions

Why We Need To Raise the Minimum Wage To $15