The Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival is uniting people across Alabama to challenge the evils of systemic racism, poverty, the war economy, ecological devastation and the nation’s distorted morality of religious nationalism.
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"Manchin’s claim that climate pollution would be worsened by the elimination of fossil fuels ... is highly dubious, if not outright false. What would unquestionably be impacted, however, is Manchin’s own personal wealth."
Joe Manchin‘s Dirty Empire
The West Virginia senator reaps big financial rewards from a network of coal companies with grim records of pollution, safety violations, and death.
theintercept.com
Today is my birthday & the second time a massive hurricane has hit the Gulf Coast on this day in recent years. Here is my prayer: I pray that mercy & grace will be the order of the day for the politicians in the midst of all of this: COVID, super storms, people’s lives disrupted.
I’m always confused by those who suggest calls for racial justice are “divisive.” Hard to imagine a more powerful call to unity than the one @RevDrBarber offered at the Lincoln Memorial today. #VotingRightsMarch #PoorPeoplesCampaign
Mass Moral Motorcade on Manchin | Thursday, August 26 https://fb.watch/7DjvIXfYiq/ via @FacebookWatch
According to this analysis, a single person in Alabama needs to make $28,652/ yr to make ends meet. This amounts to $13.79/hour. Our fight for $15/hour minimum wage is as necessary as ever.
How much money a single person needs to earn to get by in every U.S. state
MIT's Living Wage Calculator estimates how much a single person needs to earn in order to stay above the poverty line without outside assistance.
www.cnbc.com
