NonProfit Quarterly
FEBRUARY 16, 2024
Image credit: Max Winkler on Unsplash “When people die of heat, they are actually dying of poverty,” the New York Times wrote in 2023 about a devastating heat wave during which 10 people died in Texas. But around the world, the climate emergency underscores the ongoing emergency of poverty.
NonProfit Quarterly
NOVEMBER 1, 2023
Ability to cover three months’ worth of bills: This is what is known as an “asset poverty” measure. Income poverty: In Atlanta, 28 percent of Black households live below the federal poverty line; only seven percent of White households do. Median household income: In Atlanta, the median Black household has an income of $38,854.
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NonProfit Quarterly
JUNE 29, 2023
In recent years, the group, labeled by the Southern Poverty Law Center as right-wing extremists , has been painting a different picture of itself—as a disaster relief organization. Another member also pled guilty to obstruction in connection to January 6th in early June. The militia has two operation camps, one of which is in Sasabe.
Clairification
DECEMBER 14, 2023
While throwing shade might be more fun, it eventually runs out of energy. Until the ripples and rays of light shine so brightly there is no dark corner where sorrow, poverty, illness, despair, cruelty, bigotry, ignorance or injustice can hide. “One takes a little more effort than the other. Turning on lights helps everyone.”
NonProfit Quarterly
MAY 18, 2023
For example, in Robeson County, where almost three-quarters of residents are Black or Indigenous, many continue to experience poverty and hunger because they lack the support necessary to return from devastating, increasingly frequent climate events.
NonProfit Quarterly
JANUARY 5, 2024
People living in poverty face greater fallout from climate change, as do people of color , Indigenous communities , and people with disabilities, who are four times more likely to die in disasters than people who do not have a disability. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Policy Development and Research, “Of the 8.5
Stanford Social Innovation Review
JULY 31, 2023
Primed by the undocumented youth movement at the beginning of the decade, and drawing energy from the allied Movement for Black Lives in the latter half, these groups engaged growing numbers of adolescents in addressing local, regional, and even statewide issues.
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