Poverty Discussion Forum - Democratic Underground Forums

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Funding For Haiti, if you can. 🇭🇹 1 clouds Apr 14 Apr 15 0 241

My first poem 0 kozar Apr 10 Apr 10 1 207

I am in the grips of a student loan nightmare. I know many are receiving good news on this 0 theophilus Mar 21 Mar 21 2 441

Miracle...we're actually going to a concert 14 XanaDUer2 Mar 11 Mar 11 20 910

Being poor and FOMO 15 XanaDUer2 Mar 10 Mar 10 7 720

Financial fears as disabled person 5 XanaDUer2 Mar 3 Mar 3 3 1044

What happens when a motel becomes home 20 rug Nov 2016 Feb 24 6 9620

Tackling Homelessness in Costa Mesa, OC, CA 0 SleeplessinSoCal Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 978

Jon Pie: 'Lifestyle Choices' 🇬🇧 7 appalachiablue Nov 2023 Nov 2023 13 1890

Destitution: UK, Jonathan Pie 🇬🇧 6 appalachiablue Oct 2023 Oct 2023 10 1949

The Injustice of Place: Uncovering the Legacy of Poverty in America 1 bucolic_frolic Aug 2023 Aug 2023 6 5468

Why is the working Poor forced into more poverty 1 Waterguy Jul 2023 Jul 2023 7 1949

city paints anti-homeless bench with colors of the rainbow 0 BlueWaveNeverEnd Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 2680

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 5893

Paying off the mortgage tomorrow! Yea! 23 Chainfire Apr 2022 Dec 2022 10 3194

Cousin, 62. Diagnosed with degenerating spinal disks. Receives some public assistance. 9 3Hotdogs Nov 2022 Nov 2022 3 6437

LAHSA Explains Workers Throwing Food Away Intended For Homeless Individuals 0 Anon-C May 2022 May 2022 4 5222

Guns Instead of Butter 1 unhappycamper Feb 2016 Feb 2021 2 4497

Silicon Valley tech worker fired after blogging about starving while working at billion-dollar food 5 unhappycamper Feb 2016 Jul 2020 11 24940

Living on the Streets of L.A. 2 Newest Reality Feb 2020 Jun 2020 3 7380

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 16056

Sad this group has no recent posts 6 I_UndergroundPanther Dec 2019 Jun 2020 5 3668

Mass Poor People's Assembly & Moral March on Washington June 20th, 0 BigmanPigman Jun 2020 Jun 2020 4 9516

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 6477

The Cost of Child Poverty with Lenette Azzi-Lessing 0 littlemissmartypants Feb 2020 Feb 2020 1 5663

What are the Causes of Institutionally Created Poverty? 5 BlueDog22 Feb 2018 Feb 2020 1 5895

Three Mothers Occupy an empty house in Oakland for 2 months are evicted with armored vehicles 1 Beringia Jan 2020 Jan 2020 3 3207

Rev. William Barber on the Political Power of Poor People: 'We Have to Change Our Whole Narrative' 5 littlemissmartypants Dec 2019 Dec 2019 10 3912

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 3776

Kitsap Rescue Mission set to lose permit to operate overnight shelter 0 icymist Sep 2019 Sep 2019 0 2294

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Have been reading up about living in an RV or buying a tiny home 12 Beringia Mar 2019 Mar 2019 3 6009

Evidence Pours In: Poverty Getting Much Worse in America 2 littlemissmartypants Nov 2018 Nov 2018 9 3469

60%interest on payday loans in Ohio. xpost 0 irisblue Jul 2018 Jul 2018 2 1853

Airbnb is making the housing crunch much worse 0 Addison May 2018 May 2018 7 3220

Grocery stores worry about Trump's pullback on SNAP (food stamps) 3 left-of-center2012 Apr 2018 Apr 2018 0 5220

This message was self-deleted by its author 21 OhNo-Really Feb 2018 Feb 2018 57 10737

Poverty Is Both a Political and a Moral Choice Made By the Powerful 2 inanna Dec 2017 Feb 2018 7 3394

Sharing about a pet resource 0 discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2017 Dec 2017 2 1825

I would like suggestions on how to get out of debt 35 otherone Nov 2015 Aug 2017 5 16399

Mick Mulvaney's Steel Workers 2 srcameron Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 5898

Iowa to LOWER minimum wage 4 appleannie1943 Mar 2017 Mar 2017 5 5188

Today was my last day working for poverty wages. 39 malokvale77 Dec 2015 Feb 2017 62 12122

ALICE WALTON IS WORTH 21 BILLION DOLLARS 11 tomkoop Jun 2012 Jul 2016 6 7593

Is the F-35 our Death Star? 4 unhappycamper Feb 2016 May 2016 6 2866

x post from: Snarkoleptic::economy::omaha steve labour group:restaurant+bankcards stiff workers 0 w0nderer May 2016 May 2016 1 2687

Big Money in Politics Doesn’t Just Drive Inequality. It Drives War. 2 unhappycamper Apr 2016 Apr 2016 6 2687

X post from n2doc in GD : Unique Community Kitchen is set up like a restaurant... 0 w0nderer Mar 2016 Mar 2016 2 3097

for notice:: xposted from freakingdj's "$2.13 Minimum Wage - are you fucking kidding me" 0 w0nderer Feb 2016 Feb 2016 2 2644

SES and Education 1 aswanson Feb 2016 Feb 2016 1 2485

Feeding the Military-Industrial Complex 0 unhappycamper Feb 2016 Feb 2016 3 3478

Utah 0 w0nderer Feb 2016 Feb 2016 1 1816

x-post via ohiochick::: Over 1 million face loss of food stamps over work requirements 0 w0nderer Jan 2016 Jan 2016 3 2934

Oh my god 3 rusty quoin Dec 2015 Jan 2016 7 2902

When John Edwards, warts and all, spoke of the two Americas 4 nadinbrzezinski Dec 2015 Dec 2015 6 3372

Talk About Inequality 3 unhappycamper Oct 2015 Dec 2015 5 2902

The Homeless Raise Issues of Discrimination in Pacific Beach 4 nadinbrzezinski Dec 2015 Dec 2015 4 3218

Two stories from the weekend, how do you connect these two causes? 0 nadinbrzezinski Dec 2015 Dec 2015 1 2279

A Dog “Was Poisoned by Either a Manager or One of the Workers.” George Ibarra 1 nadinbrzezinski Dec 2015 Dec 2015 5 3180

We Need To Talk 1 unhappycamper Oct 2015 Oct 2015 6 2081

Proposed Constitutional Amendment, Limiting Idle Wealth 1 Al Carroll Oct 2015 Oct 2015 5 3810

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debtors jail Mississippi (workaround for authorities) xpost workingpoor from two articles 0 w0nderer Oct 2015 Oct 2015 0 2857

Five years on, it's still the pits for Chilean miners 0 unhappycamper Oct 2015 Oct 2015 3 2136

Nearly 800 million people suffering from hunger worldwide: report 0 unhappycamper Oct 2015 Oct 2015 1 2291

I hope i'm not pissing someone off 3 w0nderer Oct 2015 Oct 2015 0 2491

It costs you $43 every time you wait for the doctor 2 unhappycamper Oct 2015 Oct 2015 3 3669

For the children 1 unhappycamper Oct 2015 Oct 2015 4 1905

'We were paying to poison our kids': lead in Michigan city's water hits children 1 unhappycamper Oct 2015 Oct 2015 8 3216

Will: Keeping Navy shipshape should be on candidates' radar (xpost from NSD) 0 unhappycamper Oct 2015 Oct 2015 0 2278

“I’m on welfare and so ashamed …” 9 unhappycamper Sep 2015 Sep 2015 20 4958

Tax avoidance by corporations is out out control. The United Nations must step in 1 unhappycamper Sep 2015 Sep 2015 3 3182

Pope Leaves, Boehner Resigns, Shutdown Looms… 0 unhappycamper Sep 2015 Sep 2015 0 2079

Protesters call for Treasury official to leave role in Puerto Rico debt crisis 0 unhappycamper Sep 2015 Sep 2015 5 2824

Professors on food stamps: The shocking true story of academia in 2014 35 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2015 57 8697

Suck It Up, Proles 4 unhappycamper Sep 2015 Sep 2015 11 3008

Cutting Pentagon pork could fund free childcare in the US 2 unhappycamper Sep 2015 Sep 2015 6 2775

City Council, please seriously address Philly’s LGBT homeless youth problem 0 unhappycamper Aug 2015 Aug 2015 2 2509

Most 2016 GOP Presidential Candidates Would Push Seniors Into Poverty By Cutting Social Security 0 unhappycamper Aug 2015 Aug 2015 5 2361

How an Apartment Tower in Atlanta Is Makes Life a Living Hell for Its Poor Residents 1 unhappycamper Aug 2015 Aug 2015 8 3309

How can cities successfully enforce a higher minimum wage? 1 unhappycamper Aug 2015 Aug 2015 0 2032

Racialized Poverty in America has Nearly Doubled in 21st Century 0 unhappycamper Aug 2015 Aug 2015 1 2408

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