An insightful, personal story of growing up poor and white in the Rust Belt...
A documentary about a pastor who offers help to outsiders in his community searching for jobs...
Humans of New York has been conducting interviews further afield than the Big Apple...
The New York Times facilitated conversations between voters on each side for their podcast The Run-Up.
Van Jones journeyed into peoples' homes to talk politics across the divide...
“I grew up in the suburbs. I used to think that I could write a prescription for a poor man: ‘Get a job, save your money, pull yourself up by the bootstraps.’ I don’t believe that anymore. I was ignorant to the experiences of poor people. I’d invite anyone to come and meet the people who live in this neighborhood. Right now we are surrounded by working poor people. These are the people who sell your tools at Sears, and fix your roofs, and take care of your parents, and mow your lawns, and serve your meals. They’re not getting a living wage. There’s no money left to save. There’s nothing left if they get sick. Nothing left if their car breaks down. And God forbid they make a mistake, because there’s nothing left to pay fines or fees. When you’re down here, the system will continue to kick dirt in your face. You can’t pull yourself up when there’s nothing to grab onto. We aren’t paying our brothers and sisters enough to live. We want them to serve us, but we aren’t serving them.”
A photography book by Matt Eich that he envisions as a love song...
Van Jones journeyed into peoples' homes to talk politics across the divide...