Rev. William Barber: Millions Are Struggling. So Why Do the Debates Ignore Poverty?
by mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#58XDT)
Rev. William Barber says the 2020 election debates have steadfastly ignored the subject of poverty, even though it affected almost half the United States population before the COVID-19 pandemic and millions more people are struggling since then. We have to stop saying that things were well before COVID," Barber says. The reality is, Wall Street was well." Barber is co-chair of the Poor People's Campaign and president of Repairers of the Breach.