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‘Unacceptable’: AOC Speaks After Congress Adjourns, 6 Million Face Eviction As Moratorium Ends

‘Unacceptable’: AOC Speaks After Congress Adjourns, 6 Million Face Eviction As Moratorium Ends

6 million renters face eviction in 8 days when a Trump-era ban expires. Biden is poised to let it happen.

6 million renters face eviction in 8 days when a Trump-era ban expires. Biden is poised to let it happen.

President Joe Biden spoke on the economy at Cuyahoga Community College Manufacturing Technology Center in Cleveland on May 27.  Both a federal eviction ban and a moratorium on foreclosures expire…

US homelessness crisis: In Los Angeles, ‘tiny homes’ spring up for homeless people

US homelessness crisis: In Los Angeles, ‘tiny homes’ spring up for homeless people

Homeless Americans set up tarps and tents in downtown Los Angeles. (Via Los Angeles Times) In a parking lot in Los Angeles, a village of miniature prefab houses has sprung…

Food price hikes help fuel 40% jump in global hunger: United Nations World Food Programme(Program)

Food price hikes help fuel 40% jump in global hunger: United Nations World Food Programme(Program)

In this file photograph taken on April 12, 2015, an Indian farmer show his damaged wheat crops due to recent heavy rains, in Imamipur village on the outskirts of Allahabad,…

Inflation hurts American working class as Fed prints money like it’s going out of style – RT’s Keiser Report

Inflation hurts American working class as Fed prints money like it’s going out of style – RT’s Keiser Report

Inflation hurts American working class as Fed prints money like it’s going out of style – RT’s Keiser Report  RT’s Keiser Report looks at the US’ quantitative easing measures, which…

RT’s Keiser Report examines how money-printing is causing growing wealth disparity in the US

RT’s Keiser Report examines how money-printing is causing growing wealth disparity in the US

Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert look into the US’ quantitative easing program, which was meant to be temporary but has now become permanent. According to the hosts of RT’s Keiser…

Rich get richer, poor get poorer | Inequality grows due to pandemic

Rich get richer, poor get poorer | Inequality grows due to pandemic

Blaming China For US Poverty And The Broken American Dream

Blaming China For US Poverty And The Broken American Dream

New York grapples with growing presence of homeless in midtown Manhattan

New York grapples with growing presence of homeless in midtown Manhattan

by Reuters Share: Trending The race to save African-American cemeteries from being ‘erased’Fossil fuel firms face new challenge over ‘greenwashing’ adsAs seas rise, coastal communities face hard choices over ‘managed…

Millions of Americans Are About to Lose Their Homes

Millions of Americans Are About to Lose Their Homes

When the CDC’s eviction moratorium ends on June 30, what will still-struggling renters do? BY MARY HARRISJUNE 16, 20211:46 PM Members of the Los Angeles Tenants Union protest against evictions and…

Poverty Is A Weapon Of The Powerful: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix

Poverty Is A Weapon Of The Powerful: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix

Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix By Caitlin Johnstone June 10, 2021 “Information Clearing House” -Learn enough about what’s happening in the world and you realize that most…

Millions of Americans could face eviction as housing protection expires in June

Millions of Americans could face eviction as housing protection expires in June

Annie Nova@ANNIEREPORTER KEY POINTS More than 11 million Americans are behind on their rent and many could face eviction when the national housing protection expires in June.Housing advocates say the…

3.7 million Americans set to lose unemployment benefits early as 25 states exit federal programs

3.7 million Americans set to lose unemployment benefits early as 25 states exit federal programs

Greg Iacurci@GREGIACURCI KEY POINTS Twenty-five states are ending their participation in federal unemployment programs before their expiration Sept. 6. Maryland’s announcement Tuesday was the most recent.All but two Republican-led states…

(Just like in the US) Charity warns of widespread homelessness as coronavirus eviction band ends

(Just like in the US) Charity warns of widespread homelessness as coronavirus eviction band ends

Up to a million renters in England are at risk of losing their homes as eviction safeguards imposed during the pandemic are relaxed A leading anti-poverty charity has warned that…

Inflation will hit poor and middle class harder than the pandemic

Inflation will hit poor and middle class harder than the pandemic

Call for homeless people to camp on beaches, parks sparks fury in LA

Call for homeless people to camp on beaches, parks sparks fury in LA

“It’s a Nightmare”: Inside America’s Rural Housing Crisis

Across Wisconsin, low-income people are struggling to find quality, affordable housing. JACK KELLY  Kim Slater sits in front of the apartment she is leasing—which has broken pipes and lacks heating—March…

Gap between rich & poor growing ‘spectacularly’ as central banks continue to print – Max Keiser

Gap between rich & poor growing ‘spectacularly’ as central banks continue to print – Max Keiser

Keiser Report hosts Max and Stacy look at how companies are starting to protect their balance sheets from the melting ice cube of excessive money printing. As central banks continue…

MORE UPDATES PLUS: The Middle Class Is Being Wiped Out, And The MSM Is Loving It. Mannarino

MORE UPDATES PLUS: The Middle Class Is Being Wiped Out, And The MSM Is Loving It. Mannarino

Tens Of Millions Of “Working Poor” Americans Are Suffering Very Deeply Due To Biden’s Economic Policies

Tens Of Millions Of “Working Poor” Americans Are Suffering Very Deeply Due To Biden’s Economic Policies

by Michael Snyder The Biden administration and the corporate media insist that we are witnessing an “economic recovery”, but it sure doesn’t feel like any sort of a “recovery” for America’s…

FREEFALL: The US Economy Is MELTING DOWN, And Poverty Is Skyrocketing. Mannarino

FREEFALL: The US Economy Is MELTING DOWN, And Poverty Is Skyrocketing. Mannarino

Vast Stretches Of America Have Now Descended Into A State Of Deep Economic Hopelessness

Vast Stretches Of America Have Now Descended Into A State Of Deep Economic Hopelessness

by Michael Snyder Even though the stock market has been booming and the corporate media is full of talk about “recovery”, there are many communities in the United States where a…

VIDEO: Eviction moratorium seems to be creating a crisis for both tenants and landlords

VIDEO: Eviction moratorium seems to be creating a crisis for both tenants and landlords

Amid housing crisis, the federal govt. banned evictions. Landlords are finding loopholes.

Amid housing crisis, the federal govt. banned evictions. Landlords are finding loopholes.

Rosa Jackson and her son, Dylan Bolden, 13, were able to move most of their belongings to Horn Lake Self Storage after being evicted from their home at the Gramercy…

US child hunger up 50% amid soaring consumer prices

US child hunger up 50% amid soaring consumer prices

Ramin MazaheriPress TV, Chicago Data from the United States census has found that child hunger has soared 50% since the pandemic hit one year ago.  Some of the biggest increases…

Report shows US homelessness rising even before pandemic

Report shows US homelessness rising even before pandemic

By Ashraf Khalil The Associated Press WASHINGTON – Homelessness in America was on the rise even before the coronavirus pandemic dramatically dragged down the economy, according to a government report. The…

Rising Food Prices Are Triggering A Dangerous Hunger Crisis In America: Be Ready For Starvation!

Rising Food Prices Are Triggering A Dangerous Hunger Crisis In America: Be Ready For Starvation!

Just like in America Food bank use surged during the pandemic – but they can rarely provide all the help people need

Just like in America Food bank use surged during the pandemic – but they can rarely provide all the help people need

Many families have faced a number of new economic challenges since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Although some incomes have been bolstered through a £20 weekly universal credit uplift or protected through the job retention scheme (furlough),…

More than 100 million EU citizens living in poverty

More than 100 million EU citizens living in poverty

Social Rights Commissioner Nicolas Schmit has presented plans in the European Parliament to lift 15 million people, living in the 27-nation EU, out of poverty by 2030. Lawmakers, though, seem…

One in three Americans on unemployment benefits struggle to pay for food, housing – survey

One in three Americans on unemployment benefits struggle to pay for food, housing – survey

FILE PHOTO: A couple with six children waiting for unemployment WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Nearly a third of U.S. households receiving unemployment benefits are struggling to cover routine expenses such as…