1.0èßäÉçÇø! MagazineBreanna Draxler/author/bdraxlerAssessing the True Extent of Poverty in the Richest Nation on Earthrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="RhPEAuTLan"><a href="/opinion/2022/11/04/elections-midterm-poverty">Assessing the True Extent of Poverty in the Richest Nation on Earth</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="/opinion/2022/11/04/elections-midterm-poverty/embed#?secret=RhPEAuTLan" width="600" height="338" title="“Assessing the True Extent of Poverty in the Richest Nation on Earth” — èßäÉçÇø! Magazine" data-secret="RhPEAuTLan" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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https://i0.wp.com/www.yesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Liz-Theoharis_1400x840.jpg?fit=1400%2C840&quality=90&ssl=11400840To address the problems of our “surprisingly impoverished democracy” in the midterm elections, Liz Theoharis argues that policymakers would have to take seriously the realities of tens of millions of poor and low-income people.