Blog Archives: Economic Justice

Election day is soon for Americans. Every election and every race are important. The midterm elections are especially important as they effect which party controls Congress. Each elected official matters.…

We have written before about the unevenness in opportunities and quality of life across America and the world. Most recently in our post on Environmental Health Disparities. But this is…

December 10 is Human Rights Day, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights begins “all human beings are born free and equal in…

The 2020 US Election is especially important. From the presidential election all the way down to local races. One of the best things that we as citizens can do to…

Peace is more than just the absence of war. Peace is about every person having an equal chance. Regardless of who they are and where they live. A word that…

The images are riveting —TV newsclips about men released from prison after serving decades for crimes they did not commit. “I just want to get on with my life,” they…

A hopeful development happening right now is the Poor People’s Campaign, co-launched on May 14, 2018 by Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis and Rev. William J. Barber II, the architect of…

Asian Americans have often been called “the Model Minority,” reinforcing images of success that needs no support. But this label obscures the Asian American poor who live with the endless…

The Wake County Chapter of LPF has actively participated in the Moral Monday and Forward Together Movement which began in North Carolina on April 29, 2013. They have attended the weekly…

There has been a deluge of reporting and commentary on the killing of an unarmed black teen in the Ferguson suburb of St Louis, and on the protests that followed. …