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“When life seems like a zero-sum struggle, gains by other groups are interpreted as losses by one’s own group.” This is a formula for resentment and discord.

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The spoils society advances.The “spoils society” is a phrase I coined some years ago to illustrate…
October 10th, 2017
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Affordable housing is one of the hardest resources to come by in Philadelphia, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo: WHYY
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$400 million against poverty
December 2nd, 2020
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Philadelphia City Council is forging ahead with its "moonshot" efforts against the city's poverty rate in spite of COVID-19. Photo: Emma Lee/WHYY
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'The Poverty Action Fund'
November 12th, 2020
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Heritage and History
Hope in the face of trauma
February 21st, 2020
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Yvette Núñez sits at her desk at the Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia. Photo: Jensen Toussaint/AL DÍA News. 
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Leader Addressing Poverty
January 24th, 2020
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Panel during B.PHL titled "Stronger Together - A Collaborative Approach to Moving the Needle on Intergenerational Poverty." Photo: Jensen Toussaint/AL DÍA News. 
Philadelphia
Addressing Philly poverty
October 25th, 2019
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Protests continue in Chile after President Piñera declared a state of emergency and suspended the rise in subway rates. (Photo by Marcelo Hernández / Getty Images)
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What's going on in Chile?
October 22nd, 2019
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Philadelphia City Council President visited AL DÍA on Oct. 9, 2019. Photo: Emily Neil/AL DÍA News.
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Philly "Moonshot" on Poverty
October 10th, 2019
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Attendees during the first meeting of the Lenfest North Philadelphia Workforce Initiative. Photo: Jensen Toussaint/AL DÍA News
Philadelphia
Address North Philly poverty
September 30th, 2019
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The UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) presents a report in Santiago, Chile, on Jan. 15, 2019, which says that more than 10 percent of Latin Americans live in extreme poverty. EFE
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Poverty in LatAm on the rise
January 15th, 2019
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Taking the wraps off of street sign honoring legendary boxing champion Joe Frazier. Photo LBW
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a jab at poverty
April 18th, 2018
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Heritage and History
Resegregation: a reality
January 16th, 2018
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The Democracy Movement Is Here To Stay | By Joan Mandle , Adam Eichen | Common Dreams
Policy
A rich-only Tax Reform
December 8th, 2017
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Un asombroso 67 por ciento de los ciudadanos de Filadelfia de origen puertorriqueño vive en la pobreza, según el estudio publicado por el Philadelphia Research Initiative, vinculado al PEW Research Center.
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[OP-ED]: Poverty In Philly…
November 21st, 2017
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K-12 public-school teachers spent an average of $530 of their own money in the previous year for classroom or student use. And teachers in high-poverty schools spent nearly 40 percent more than their peers elsewhere. 
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[OP-ED]: Targeting teacher…
November 14th, 2017
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An abandoned and ruined house inside a Commune of Santiago, Chile. Photo courtesy of Movimiento de Pobladores/as Vivienda Digna.
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A house for Chile
October 23rd, 2017
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Undated photo provided by the Redlands Christian Migrant Association (RCMA) on Sept. 28, 2017 showing a house damaged by Hurricane Irma, in Immokalee, Florida, USA. EPA-EFE/RCMA
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Florida's undocumented…
September 29th, 2017
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Photograph by Samantha Madera. Copyright City of Philadelphia.
Philadelphia
Sisterly Effectiveness
September 21st, 2017
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Nicaragua's Anielka Martinez, the child ambassador for Save the Children, during an interview with EFE, in Panama City, Panama on May 31, 2017. EFE/Alejandro Bolivar
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17-year-old Nicaraguan…
June 1st, 2017
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Members of urban rap group Radio Tepito Sound System (L-R) Cesar Cova, Daniel Cruz, Arianna Ramos and Adan Romero In Mexico City, Mexico, May 30, 2017. EFE/Mario Guzman
Heritage and History
"Violence is cowardly": Rap…
May 31st, 2017
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In lower income neighborhoods, students can struggle without access to proper educational materials, exposure, and parental poverty. 
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[OP-ED]: Our Education,…
May 15th, 2017