This “bully’s budget” projects great fortune for the next 10 years — as long as you’re powerful and wealthy, and don’t check the actual math.
Archive | Commentary
This following posts are commentaries authored by Just Harvest staff and the occasional guest blogger about hunger and poverty in public policy, culture and the media, and politics.
National Transit Equity Day: Why public transit is a civil right
Just Harvest joined Pittsburghers for Public Transit and other allies to highlight how transit equity is a civil rights issue for those who are likely to be in poverty.
Hunger Free America statement on new Trump administration food work requirements
“The new Trump Administration decision – which strips flexibility from states to provide nutrition assistance to people who are unemployed – is unworkable, hypocritical, cruel, and illegal.”
Opening a Produce Market in a Food Desert
Clairton is one of the southwest PA towns where the decline of the steel industry hit hard. More than a decade ago, the last grocery store in town closed.
Solidarity and Courage in the Face of Evil
Our executive director shares words of personal pain and wisdom as we all search for the path forward after the tragedy at Tree of Life.
When “Simpler” Isn’t Better: The five ways the new 1040 fails
Remember last summer when Republicans were pushing for a simpler tax code, so simple you could put it on a postcard? Well, they’ve delivered on one of those two things.
Joining USW at the Stand Against Poverty Mass Rally & Moral Revival
On June 23, we went to Washington D.C. for the culmination of the 2018 Poor People’s Campaign, the revival of a movement launched in 1968.
Overcoming Racism: Reflecting on the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign
Board member Theresa Orlando shares her personal experience of a key moment in the Civil Rights movement and how it changed her view of white supremacy.
Can a former drug addict and felon on welfare really change? (Part 2)
In part two of Sara’s story she shares what she went through as a drug addict, why it’s harder for women, and what has helped changed her life.
Can a former drug addict and felon on welfare really change? (Part 1)
Sara has been nearly everything many people fear to be the worst about those who receive government assistance. She is also so much more. Here is part one of her […]
