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Cutting benefits for the poor to pay for tax cuts for the rich is not politics. It's a moral reckoning.
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Cutting benefits for the poor to pay for tax cuts for the rich is not politics. It's a moral reckoning.
City leaders are recruiting the wrong types of jobs for Memphis
Conservative leaders applaud the move, but safety-net advocates fear poor families will suffer because of a decline in direct cash assistance
State, federal officials agree TANF isn't working, pursue major reforms
Officials keep thousands of children, adults in poverty by rejecting, misspending, or not spending federal funds.
MLGW weatherization program helps disadvantaged customers, but lacks funding to meet an overwhelming need
What would it take to break the multi-generational cycle of poverty in Memphis? To reverse decades of race- and class-based discrimination and exploitation, disinvestment...
For some, book and tuition costs are overshadowed by finding enough to eat
This story was originally published by MLK50: Justice Through Journalism. Subscribe to their newsletter here. Matthew Desmond is sick of America’s approach to housing. He’s tired...
This story is a collaboration between the Institute and Jacob Steimer at MLK50: Justice Through Journalism, a nonprofit Memphis newsroom focused on poverty, power...
