Front PageIn 1978, Richard Pryor had a profound debate about life with an 85-year-old woman on The Johnny Carson Show
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/richard-pryor-debate-johnny-carson-1978
BoisterousBardAnd it's only gotten worse. (3yrs ago)
https://youtu.be/xvQ1V2WLJt0?si=xc3ZO4FV6HX9zmQb
#Poverty #PovertyinAmerica #TheGreatAmericanDream #Bootstraps #Dissonance
Working Woman Testifies About Reality Of Poverty In The U.S. | NowThis
Poverty charges interest. There's no chance to get ahead when you're constantly playing catch-up.
Academic HindsightIf you have a 10-20% student homeless/housing insecure population and your school gets a huge "spend as you like" endowment, your decision to use it to spend it on any program/building that does not address this issue shows us that You are the problem.
#academia #highered #studenthomelessness #homelessness #housinginsecurity #studentpoverty #povertyinamerica
Margaret MoonshadowWhen I first tried to watch Florida Project I felt like Hollywood had simply exploited the worst of central Florida stereotypes. Since I've lived in the shadow of Disney, a different part of town, a kind of Abandoned America on parts of the Orange Blossom Trail, historically known for its vice, I'm seeing through different eyes. I love the film's portrayal of the scrappy kids. It rings true in my immediate environment.
#FloridaProject #PovertyInAmerica
#AbandonedAmerica #Florida
#FloridaProject #PovertyInAmerica
#AbandonedAmerica #Florida
beSpacificNPR - #Princeton #sociologist #MatthewDesmond - if the top 1% of Americans paid the #taxes they #owed, it would raise $175 billion each year. "That is just about enough to pull everyone out of #poverty," the author says. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/03/21/1164275807/poverty-by-america-matthew-desmond-inequality #PovertyinAmerica #Billionaires #FinancialSystem #TaxCode #IRS #Congress #regulations #economy #wealthy do not pay taxes