Small City in Georgia, Preys on the City’s Poorest Residents
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LaGrange attempts to collect court fines via utility accounts of its lowest-income residents.
Poverty
It’s self-evident that unequal societies like ours are bad for the poor. However, as epidemiologist Richard Wilkinson argues, they’re also bad for everyone else, including the affluent, not only because inequality affects schools and healthcare, but because it also makes us anxious and unhappy. Wilkinson reflects on our psychological well-being in wealthy but unequal countries. … Continued
Most of us have a growing sense that something’s deeply wrong with the way that digital data is used to track and monitor us. But most of us don’t realize that the poorest among us are particularly vulnerable. Virginia Eubanks argues that such data is used to criminalize and turn the poor away from public … Continued
In 2009, the mainstream, but democratically-elected government of Honduras was overthrown in a coup that was backed by the United States. Probably no surprise there: the US has a long history of supporting repressive regimes in that country. But what was surprising, medical anthropologist Adrienne Pine argues, was the response of the until-then fairly quiescent … Continued
Gentrification in America and Poor News Network
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We speak with local filmmaker Shirah Dedman about her short documentary on Gentrification in Oakland. According to Dedman’s research, Oakland’s Black population has dwindled from 44% to an estimated 26%. In her new film, Dedman examines urban regentrification and it’s impact on people of color. Later Poor News Network examines gentrification and America’s growing divide.
Vietnam, Agent Orange! Souls of Poor Folk!
Fifty years later, babies in Vietnam are still being born disabled by U.S.-sprayed Agent Orange. We hear what’s being done to take responsibility. PLUS: a new report from the Institute for Policy Studies analyzes the deep roots and eternal impacts of poverty in the U.S. We talk with Phyllis Bennis. With host Kris Welch.
Violence in The Democratic Republic of the Congo and Poor News Network
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we speak with former political prisoner Dhoruba Bin Wahad about the humanitarian crisis in the Congo. Later Poor News Network explores America’s War On The Poor.
Homelessness and Disability
On April 5, 2018 a Federal judge in San Francisco heard arguments against evicting the 125+ people of a Sebastopol Road homeless camp in Santa Rosa. The camp residents asked the judge to issue a temporary restraining order against the eviction, claiming the County of Sonoma, whose land they reside upon, is violating their 4th, … Continued
On today’s show we look at the genius and activism of author James Baldwin through the lens of Master filmmaker Raoul Peck via the film, I Am Not Your Negro. I Am Not Your Negro is a journey into black history that connects the past of the Civil Rights movement to the present of #BlackLivesMatter. … Continued
Surviving Homelessness and Displacement
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we look at displacement and homelessness in the Bay Area.