How winning people’s trust involves listening to their challenges, ambition, ideas, and stories.

The House Republican budget plan would eviscerate Medicaid and food assistance and shift resources toward the wealthiest Americans.

A 1950s federal campaign wasn't the first or the last racist campaign to hound an entire community of Mexican Americans. The scars last through generations.

Former foster youth: “In California a new program helping foster youth reminds me we can still do great things in the Golden State.”

Podcast Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 02/02/2025 · 14m

Within Our Means is a biweekly newsletter written by Abdallah Fayyad. It interrogates how poverty manifests in the United States — how it shapes people’s lives, neighborhoods, and politics — and searches for viable solutions. Check out more of his work here.

Podcast Episode · Assembly Required with Stacey Abrams · 01/30/2025 · 55m

Hermana de una de las detenidas alega que los arrestaron por hablar español.

The disastrous consequences for working-class families.

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The future of the state depends on how leaders rebuild after the Los Angeles fires.

For many service workers, a wealthy Los Angeles neighborhood represented an economic lifeline that the fires have now severed.

When I’ve felt the most despair, it’s the children who bring me back to hope. We want to make sure all our families return.

The fires burned through a haven for generations of Black families avoiding discriminatory housing practices. Rebuilding may be out of reach for many.

A Medi-Cal gap limits how much money California seniors can keep if they want health coverage. The state delayed a change that would have raised the cap.

My story is one small part of an ongoing struggle for restaurant workers and culinary culture.

An effective fight against the president-elect requires a struggle that takes the frustrations of working-class voters seriously

Within Our Means is a biweekly newsletter written by Abdallah Fayyad. It interrogates how poverty manifests in the United States — how it shapes people’s lives, neighborhoods, and politics — and searches for viable solutions. Check out more of his work here.

On this day in 1967, Martin Luther King, Jr. announced creation of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference’s Poor People’s Campaign.

Georgia’s Republican governor, Brian Kemp, said that 345,000 people would enroll in the state’s Medicaid program, which has strict work requirements—so far just 5,118 have.