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Poor People’s Campaign: Wake the Sleeping Giant of Low-Income Voters

Sarah Anderson / Inequality.org Feb 7, 2024 42 weeks of actions are being planned to mobilize this potentially powerful yet often ignored segment of the electorate. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Poor People’s Campaign Protests the Mistreatment of Immigrants

Emily Wells and Michael Nigro / Truthdig Jun 21, 2018 Truthdig reports on the final week of the Poor People's Campaign, an effort to relaunch Martin Luther King Jr.’s fight against poverty, war and income inequality. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The ‘Fight’ Phase of the Poor People’s Campaign Has Begun

Michael Nigro / Truthdig Jun 15, 2018 In the United States—the richest country in human history—the 140 million people who live on or below the poverty line are screaming for justice. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Truthdig Correspondent Michael Nigro Arrested While Covering Poor People’s Campaign in Missouri

Michael Nigro and Eric Ortiz / Truthdig Jun 11, 2018 In the fifth week of the movement, police took the photojournalist into custody during a livestream of a protest for jobs and living wages. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

The Poor People’s Campaign: Building Morality From the Ground Up

Michael Nigro / Truthdig May 19, 2018 This movement has nothing to do with left or right, Democrat or Republican, conservative or liberal. It's all about right and wrong. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

MLK’s ‘Poor People’s Campaign’ Rekindled

ADRIAN SAINZ / The Associated Press Apr 3, 2018 Civil rights leaders plan 40 days of marches, sit-ins and other peaceful protests to demand better homes, jobs and education for those in poverty. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )