THE POVERTY CONSORTIUM

Release Date: September 21, 2018 → READ MORE...

In secret audio recordings published Thursday, the elected sheriff of Bergen County, New Jersey, could be heard making racist comments about “the blacks” and saying the state's Sikh attorney general was appointed because of “the turban.” → READ MORE...

Amid a crisis in Judge Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination process, new reports suggest that President Trump's nominee may have been personally involved in a public relations effort to shift blame for sexual assault allegations made against him onto another specific individual with unsubstantiated speculation from an ally. This alone → READ MORE...

A federal court this week blocked a North Carolina law that prevented farmworkers from organizing and making collective bargaining agreements with employers, as a legal challenge against the law proceeds. → READ MORE...

‘Christian persecution,' white power's new disguise; Facebook reviews policy on white nationalism; Why do racists keep joining the GOP? And more. → READ MORE...

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Climate catastrophe unfolds onto layers of historic disenfranchisement, displacement, and social exclusion that leaves poor people and communities of color bearing the brunt of disasters. Today September 20, marks the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Maria making landfall in Puerto Rico, where communities are still recovering. What has come to pass → READ MORE...

Dan Pfeiffer knows when to speak. As a former senior adviser and communications director for former President Barack Obama, Pfeiffer was once charged with shaping 44's public voice and vision. Now, as a Pod Save America co-host and author of a new book, Yes We (Still) Can, Pfeiffer—like the rest → READ MORE...

CNN's Chief Legal Analyst Jeffrey Toobin joins Daniella and Ed to discuss the new sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. They draw on the eerie parallels to Anita Hill's experience back in 1991 and look at how today's #MeToo movement might a foretell a different outcome. They → READ MORE...