Some people are born into poverty, while others are dealt a bad hand in life and things just go downhill from there. Whichever the case, since the dawn of civilization, the poor have always had ...

24/7 Insights. Being poor might not be ideal, but it does have some advantages of being rich and famous. The rich and famous worry about constant scrutiny instead of their next car payment.

While slavery and racial prejudice were an obvious part of early American life, a new book argues that people who were poor and white were also seen as "subhuman" by some of the Founding Fathers.

Lawson believes the living history center tells the story of “the most famous family that most people in Maine have never heard of.” However, she also notes that Norlands makes a point to tell ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: Poor People's Campaign has hosted 6 events in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first program was a 2019 Forum. The year with the highest average number of views per video was ...

Activism; May 14, 2023; The Poor People’s Campaign Launched on Mother’s Day 2018 The Poor People’s Campaign Launched on Mother’s Day 2018 It culminated in a season of nonviolent direct action.