Poverty Discussion Forum - Democratic Underground Forums

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Christmas in Appalachia, The Permanently Poor - A CBS News Special Report, 1964 3 Coloradan4Truth Dec 21 Dec 21 5 603

My first poem 2 kozar Apr 2024 Jul 2025 1 1901

What are the Causes of Institutionally Created Poverty? 6 BlueDog22 Feb 2018 Jul 2025 1 7787

One-of-a-kind hospice for the homeless is focus of new documentary - ABC News 1 TexasTowelie Jan 2025 Jan 2025 7 2401

Tiny home on a bicycle provides shelter for the chronic homeless 7 usonian Dec 2024 Dec 2024 28 3494

NYC Anti-Homeless Streets, Hostile Architecture, Housing Crisis🔻Tackling Homelessness in Europe 3 appalachiablue Nov 2024 Nov 2024 5 2494

Has anyone here used not-for-profit UPSOLVE for filing bankruptcy chapter 7? 3 Jacson6 Oct 2024 Oct 2024 0 1885

Fear of homelessness 7 XanaDUer2 Aug 2024 Sep 2024 7 2787

Mich: Homeless Woman Living Inside Rooftop Store Sign, with Computer, Coffee Maker 5 appalachiablue May 2024 May 2024 12 3458

I am in the grips of a student loan nightmare. I know many are receiving good news on this 2 theophilus Mar 2024 May 2024 2 2470

Funding For Haiti, if you can. 🇭🇹 1 clouds Apr 2024 Apr 2024 0 2152

Miracle...we're actually going to a concert 14 XanaDUer2 Mar 2024 Mar 2024 20 3689

Being poor and FOMO 15 XanaDUer2 Mar 2024 Mar 2024 7 3996

Financial fears as disabled person 5 XanaDUer2 Mar 2024 Mar 2024 3 2949

What happens when a motel becomes home 20 rug Nov 2016 Feb 2024 6 14130

Tackling Homelessness in Costa Mesa, OC, CA 0 SleeplessinSoCal Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 2463

Jon Pie: 'Lifestyle Choices' 🇬🇧 7 appalachiablue Nov 2023 Nov 2023 13 3949

Destitution: UK, Jonathan Pie 🇬🇧 6 appalachiablue Oct 2023 Oct 2023 10 4014

The Injustice of Place: Uncovering the Legacy of Poverty in America 1 bucolic_frolic Aug 2023 Aug 2023 6 7163

Why is the working Poor forced into more poverty 1 Waterguy Jul 2023 Jul 2023 7 3576

city paints anti-homeless bench with colors of the rainbow 0 BlueWaveNeverEnd Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 4234

MEDICAID Cuts Start In Spring, Est 8M Will Lose Eligibility: How To Shop For New Health Ins Plans -P 0 appalachiablue Mar 2023 Mar 2023 0 7361

Paying off the mortgage tomorrow! Yea! 23 Chainfire Apr 2022 Dec 2022 10 6609

Cousin, 62. Diagnosed with degenerating spinal disks. Receives some public assistance. 9 3Hotdogs Nov 2022 Nov 2022 3 8897

LAHSA Explains Workers Throwing Food Away Intended For Homeless Individuals 0 Anon-C May 2022 May 2022 4 6550

Guns Instead of Butter 1 unhappycamper Feb 2016 Feb 2021 2 6045

Silicon Valley tech worker fired after blogging about starving while working at billion-dollar food 5 unhappycamper Feb 2016 Jul 2020 11 26990

Living on the Streets of L.A. 2 Newest Reality Feb 2020 Jun 2020 3 9072

Why Is No One Talking About the GOP’s Plan to Send Millions of Disabled Americans Into Poverty? 11 unhappycamper Feb 2015 Jun 2020 11 18579

Sad this group has no recent posts 6 I_UndergroundPanther Dec 2019 Jun 2020 5 5846

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Mass Poor People's Assembly & Moral March on Washington June 20th, 0 BigmanPigman Jun 2020 Jun 2020 4 10864

Guardian UK: The worst part of being poor: watching your dog die when you can't afford to help 3 inanna Apr 2020 May 2020 3 8156

The Cost of Child Poverty with Lenette Azzi-Lessing 0 littlemissmartypants Feb 2020 Feb 2020 1 7143

Three Mothers Occupy an empty house in Oakland for 2 months are evicted with armored vehicles 1 Beringia Jan 2020 Jan 2020 3 4788

Rev. William Barber on the Political Power of Poor People: 'We Have to Change Our Whole Narrative' 5 littlemissmartypants Dec 2019 Dec 2019 10 5837

The poisoned poor: In poor countries man-made toxic pollutants spread like cancer. Here’s why you sh 2 unhappycamper Aug 2015 Nov 2019 4 5349

Kitsap Rescue Mission set to lose permit to operate overnight shelter 0 icymist Sep 2019 Sep 2019 0 3754

Have been reading up about living in an RV or buying a tiny home 12 Beringia Mar 2019 Mar 2019 3 8473

Evidence Pours In: Poverty Getting Much Worse in America 2 littlemissmartypants Nov 2018 Nov 2018 9 5112

60%interest on payday loans in Ohio. xpost 0 irisblue Jul 2018 Jul 2018 2 3259

Airbnb is making the housing crunch much worse 0 Addison May 2018 May 2018 7 4682

Grocery stores worry about Trump's pullback on SNAP (food stamps) 3 left-of-center2012 Apr 2018 Apr 2018 0 7039

This message was self-deleted by its author 21 OhNo-Really Feb 2018 Feb 2018 57 15078

Poverty Is Both a Political and a Moral Choice Made By the Powerful 2 inanna Dec 2017 Feb 2018 7 4918

Sharing about a pet resource 0 discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2017 Dec 2017 2 3772

I would like suggestions on how to get out of debt 35 otherone Nov 2015 Aug 2017 5 25411

Mick Mulvaney's Steel Workers 2 srcameron Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 7423

Iowa to LOWER minimum wage 4 appleannie1943 Mar 2017 Mar 2017 5 7127

Today was my last day working for poverty wages. 39 malokvale77 Dec 2015 Feb 2017 62 18274

ALICE WALTON IS WORTH 21 BILLION DOLLARS 11 tomkoop Jun 2012 Jul 2016 6 10208

Is the F-35 our Death Star? 4 unhappycamper Feb 2016 May 2016 6 4659

x post from: Snarkoleptic::economy::omaha steve labour group:restaurant+bankcards stiff workers 0 w0nderer May 2016 May 2016 1 4129

Big Money in Politics Doesn’t Just Drive Inequality. It Drives War. 2 unhappycamper Apr 2016 Apr 2016 6 4288

X post from n2doc in GD : Unique Community Kitchen is set up like a restaurant... 0 w0nderer Mar 2016 Mar 2016 2 4437

for notice:: xposted from freakingdj's "$2.13 Minimum Wage - are you fucking kidding me" 0 w0nderer Feb 2016 Feb 2016 2 4035

SES and Education 1 aswanson Feb 2016 Feb 2016 1 3924

Feeding the Military-Industrial Complex 0 unhappycamper Feb 2016 Feb 2016 3 4836

Utah 0 w0nderer Feb 2016 Feb 2016 1 3157

x-post via ohiochick::: Over 1 million face loss of food stamps over work requirements 0 w0nderer Jan 2016 Jan 2016 3 4375

Oh my god 3 rusty quoin Dec 2015 Jan 2016 7 4575

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When John Edwards, warts and all, spoke of the two Americas 4 nadinbrzezinski Dec 2015 Dec 2015 6 5134

Talk About Inequality 3 unhappycamper Oct 2015 Dec 2015 5 4690

The Homeless Raise Issues of Discrimination in Pacific Beach 4 nadinbrzezinski Dec 2015 Dec 2015 4 5032

Two stories from the weekend, how do you connect these two causes? 0 nadinbrzezinski Dec 2015 Dec 2015 1 3689

A Dog “Was Poisoned by Either a Manager or One of the Workers.” George Ibarra 1 nadinbrzezinski Dec 2015 Dec 2015 5 4745

We Need To Talk 1 unhappycamper Oct 2015 Oct 2015 6 3636

Proposed Constitutional Amendment, Limiting Idle Wealth 1 Al Carroll Oct 2015 Oct 2015 6 5498

debtors jail Mississippi (workaround for authorities) xpost workingpoor from two articles 0 w0nderer Oct 2015 Oct 2015 0 4164

Five years on, it's still the pits for Chilean miners 0 unhappycamper Oct 2015 Oct 2015 3 3489

Nearly 800 million people suffering from hunger worldwide: report 0 unhappycamper Oct 2015 Oct 2015 1 3652

I hope i'm not pissing someone off 3 w0nderer Oct 2015 Oct 2015 0 4263

It costs you $43 every time you wait for the doctor 2 unhappycamper Oct 2015 Oct 2015 3 5231

For the children 1 unhappycamper Oct 2015 Oct 2015 4 3401

'We were paying to poison our kids': lead in Michigan city's water hits children 1 unhappycamper Oct 2015 Oct 2015 8 4671

Will: Keeping Navy shipshape should be on candidates' radar (xpost from NSD) 0 unhappycamper Oct 2015 Oct 2015 0 3562

“I’m on welfare and so ashamed …” 9 unhappycamper Sep 2015 Sep 2015 20 7377

Tax avoidance by corporations is out out control. The United Nations must step in 1 unhappycamper Sep 2015 Sep 2015 3 4622

Pope Leaves, Boehner Resigns, Shutdown Looms… 0 unhappycamper Sep 2015 Sep 2015 0 3428

Protesters call for Treasury official to leave role in Puerto Rico debt crisis 0 unhappycamper Sep 2015 Sep 2015 5 4204

Professors on food stamps: The shocking true story of academia in 2014 35 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2015 57 18244

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