Poverty at Best of the Left

#1338 Budgets are Moral Documents, Trump Budgets are Immoral

Posted on Episodes by · February 22, 2020 6:00 AM

Air Date: 2–22-2020

Today we take a look at Trump's recently-proposed budget and rule changes targeting the most vulnerable recipients of Social Security benefits. The budget has no chance of passing as it is because, thankfully, a Democratically-controlled House of Representatives will not allow it. However, it is still very valuable to understand what kind of budget and rules Trump and the GOP would pass if they were in complete power.

#1215 Demonizing welfare to divide and conquer

Posted on Episodes by · October 03, 2018 8:00 AM

Air Date: 10–3-2018

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Today we take a look at the fact that welfare technically no longer exists in America except as a dog whistle term used to push an ideology that divides the majority for the enrichment of the minority.

#1212 Feudalism with Dinner (Our Culture of Tipping)

Posted on Episodes by · September 21, 2018 6:00 AM

Air Date: 9–21-2018

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Today we take a look at the economics, sexism and racism embedded in the restaurant industry, largely due to the practice of tipping.

#1171 Debt, profit and modern-day slavery (Injustice System)

Posted on Episodes by · March 16, 2018 6:00 PM

Air Date: 3–16-2018

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Today we take a look at the catastrophic point where cutting taxes, racism, capitalism, immigration policy and our punitive-rather-than-rehabilitative criminal justice system all meet

#1158 What America refuses to remember about Martin Luther King Jr.

Posted on Episodes by · January 16, 2018 6:00 PM

Air Date: 1–16-2018

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Today we take a look at the legacy of Martin Luther King that some people prefer to forget and most people never learned about. In fact, it is likely his forgotten opinions that got him killed rather than his calls for racial equality.

#1122 Real-Life Alternatives to the Prison/Industrial Complex

Posted on Episodes by · July 28, 2017 6:00 PM

Air Date: 7-28-2017

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Today we look at the cause and state of our prison system and hear some suggestions on ways to fundamentally reform it

#1119 The inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men

Posted on Episodes by · July 11, 2017 6:00 PM · 2 reactions

Air Date: 7-11-2017

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Today we look at many of our misconceptions of the nature of poverty, the interconnectedness of economics with all aspects of life and some suggestions on how to pursue justice

#1040 Home sweet home (Housing and Homelessness)

Posted on Episodes by · September 02, 2016 7:00 PM

Air Date: 09-02-2016

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Today we take a look at a couple of solutions to homelessness as well as some of the forces at play that effect how and where people live across the country

#987 The double helix of racial and economic inequality

Posted on Episodes by · February 02, 2016 7:00 PM · 2 reactions

Air date: 2-2-16

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Today we look at the intersection and roots of systemic racism and institutional poverty in America and the ways in which each supports and bolsters the other

#949 Throwing away food while people starve (Poverty)

Posted on Episodes by · September 01, 2015 7:00 PM

Air date: 9-01-15

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Today we take a look at the injustices inherent in a system that criminalizes poverty and allows food insecurity while more than enough food is dumped into landfills