May 2022

Sheilah Garland-Olaniran and Alicia Swords from the University of the Poor Journal interviewed Olga Bautista, the Executive Director of Southeast Environmental Task

This is a moment in which the old order is showing serious signs of decay. The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed what the

by Emiliano Vera & Natalia Fajardo

The most visible aspect used to divide the poor and dispossessed is race. An interconnected dimension of

The University of the Poor Journal’s Tim W. Shenk sat down virtually with Dr. Colleen Wessel-McCoy, longtime poverty scholar, member of the

by John Keller

This article is Part 1 of 2 and describes the economic stages in US history as seen from a “Historical

by Bruce E. Parry

You should read this book. Ray Dalio is a capitalist, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR),

Since 2005, Abahlali baseMjondolo (AbM) has led a national movement of people living in informal settlements to advance the needs, interests, and

In the winter of 2021, the University of the Poor released its second issue, “Making the Struggle a School.” Below are two

by Jamie Blair, Joyce Brody, Lenny Brody, and Dan Jones

As we discussed in the December 2021 Political Report, we are living in

by Dan Jones

Reading the Bible with the Poor

The whole Bible should be read as a collection of stories from poor people building