Policy, Poverty, & Social Work

This is a collection of media resources focussing on policies and issues related to poverty and social inequalities.

By Travis Sky Ingersoll

Travis Sky Ingersoll
Poverty
King's dream of guaranteed income is long past overdue
thehill.com - Aja Brown, opinion contributor
In 1963’s “Strength to Love,” Dr. Martin Luther King wrote, “God never intended for one group of people to live in superfluous inordinate wealth, …
6 days ago
Travis Sky Ingersoll
Advocacy
The Time to Act is Now: The Urgency of Ending Mass Incarceration
Ms. Magazine - Emma Jewell
Here at Ms., our team is continuing to report through this global health crisis—doing what we can to keep you informed and up-to-date on some of the …
Jan 8
Travis Sky Ingersoll
Race & Ethnicity
Women accounted for 100% of the 140,000 jobs shed by the U.S. economy in December
Fortune - Maria Aspan
Women accounted for all of U.S. job losses in December, dramatically underscoring the pandemic's unrelentingly disastrous impact on working …
Jan 8
Travis Sky Ingersoll
Pandemics
When teachers brought free lunch to kids amid COVID-19, they saw poverty up close
USA TODAY - Samantha Hernandez
First-grade teacher Shiela Garland had long known that 100% of students in Arizona’s Stanfield Elementary School District, where she has taught for 16 years, ate free meals. Garland did not really know...
Jan 3
Travis Sky Ingersoll
United States
Portland constructs 'pod' villages to address homelessness as resources dwindle
Business Insider - Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — After three years on the streets, Tiecha Vannoy and her boyfriend Chris Foss plan to weather the pandemic this winter in a small white "pod" with electricity, heat and enough room...
Dec 25, 2020