The Poverty Trap

Welcome to The Poverty Trap , a Newsletter and Podcast About the Politics And Policy Choices That Create a Cycle of Economic, Racial and Environmental Inequality...and What We Can Do To Change It. Thinking about subscribing? Here’s what one paid subscriber recently had to say about The Poverty Trap: “ You do great work, Joan. I don’t always get to read your newsletter, but when I do, I leave more...

Welcome to The Poverty Trap , a Newsletter and Podcast About the Politics And Policy Choices That Create a Cycle of Economic, Racial and Environmental Inequality...and What We Can Do To Change It. Thinking about subscribing? Here’s what one paid subscriber recently had to say about The Poverty Trap: “ You do great work, Joan. I don’t always get to read your newsletter, but when I do, I leave more...

Welcome to The Poverty Trap , a Newsletter and Podcast About the Politics And Policy Choices That Create a Cycle of Economic, Racial and Environmental Inequality...and What We Can Do To Change It. Thinking about subscribing? Here’s what one paid subscriber recently had to say about The Poverty Trap: “ You do great work, Joan. I don’t always get to read your newsletter, but when I do, I leave more...

Welcome to The Poverty Trap , a Newsletter and Podcast About the Politics And Policy Choices That Create a Cycle of Economic, Racial and Environmental Inequality...and What We Can Do To Change It. Thinking about subscribing? Here’s what one paid subscriber recently had to say about The Poverty Trap: “You do great work, Joan. I don’t always get to read your newsletter, but when I do, I leave more i...

Welcome to The Poverty Trap , a Newsletter and Podcast About the Politics And Policy Choices That Create a Cycle of Economic, Racial and Environmental Inequality...and What We Can Do To Change It. I originally published this post a few months after I started The Poverty Trap , way back on September 15, 2021. I’m re-posting it today with a few tweaks and an updated preface because it remains a majo...

Welcome to The Poverty Trap , a Newsletter and Podcast About the Politics And Policy Choices That Create a Cycle of Economic, Racial and Environmental Inequality...and What We Can Do To Change It. Thinking about subscribing? Here’s what one paid subscriber recently had to say about The Poverty Trap: “You do great work, Joan. I don’t always get to read your newsletter, but when I do, I leave more i...

Welcome to The Poverty Trap , a Newsletter and Podcast About the Politics And Policy Choices That Create a Cycle of Economic, Racial and Environmental Inequality...and What We Can Do To Change It. Thinking about subscribing? Here’s what one paid subscriber recently had to say about The Poverty Trap: “You do great work, Joan. I don’t always get to read your newsletter, but when I do, I leave more i...

Welcome to The Poverty Trap , a newsletter and podcast for people who are fed up with the inequality baked into America’s system and want to individually and collectively make change. Thinking about subscribing? Here’s what one paid subscriber recently had to say about The Poverty Trap: “You do great work, Joan. I don’t always get to read your newsletter, but when I do, I leave more informed and m...

Welcome to The Poverty Trap , a newsletter and podcast for people who are fed up with the inequality baked into America’s system and want to individually and collectively make change. Thinking about subscribing? Here’s what one paid subscriber recently had to say about The Poverty Trap: “You do great work, Joan. I don’t always get to read your newsletter, but when I do, I leave more informed and m...

Welcome to The Poverty Trap , a newsletter and podcast for people who are fed up with the inequality baked into America’s system and want to individually and collectively make change. Thinking about subscribing? Here’s what one “founding member” subscriber recently had to say about The Poverty Trap: “You do great work, Joan. I don’t always get to read your newsletter, but when I do, I leave more i...

Welcome to The Poverty Trap , a newsletter and podcast for people who are fed up with the inequality baked into America’s system and want to individually and collectively make change. Thinking about subscribing? Here’s what one “founding member” subscriber recently had to say about The Poverty Trap: “You do great work, Joan. I don’t always get to read your newsletter, but when I do, I leave more i...

Welcome to The Poverty Trap , a newsletter and podcast for people who are fed up with the inequality baked into America’s system and want to individually and collectively make change. Thinking about subscribing? Here’s what one “founding member” subscriber recently had to say about The Poverty Trap: “You do great work, Joan. I don’t always get to read your newsletter, but when I do, I leave more i...

Welcome to The Poverty Trap , a newsletter and podcast for people who are fed up with the inequality baked into America’s system and want to individually and collectively make change. Thinking about subscribing? Here’s what one “founding member” subscriber recently had to say about The Poverty Trap: “You do great work, Joan. I don’t always get to read your newsletter, but when I do, I leave more i...

Welcome to The Poverty Trap , a newsletter and podcast for people who are fed up with the inequality baked into America’s system and want to individually and collectively make change. Thinking about subscribing? Here’s what one “founding member” subscriber recently had to say about The Poverty Trap: “You do great work, Joan. I don’t always get to read your newsletter, but when I do, I leave more i...

Welcome to The Poverty Trap , a newsletter and podcast for people who are fed up with the inequality baked into America’s system and want to individually and collectively make change. Thinking about subscribing? Here’s what one “founding member” subscriber recently had to say about The Poverty Trap: “You do great work, Joan. I don’t always get to read your newsletter, but when I do, I leave more i...

Welcome to The Poverty Trap , a newsletter and podcast for people who are fed up with the inequality baked into America’s system and want to individually and collectively make change. Thinking about subscribing? Here’s what one “founding member” subscriber recently had to say about The Poverty Trap: “You do great work, Joan. I don’t always get to read your newsletter, but when I do, I leave more i...

Welcome to The Poverty Trap , a newsletter and podcast for people who are fed up with the inequality baked into America’s system and want to individually and collectively make change. Thinking about subscribing? Here’s what one “founding member” subscriber recently had to say about The Poverty Trap: “You do great work, Joan. I don’t always get to read your newsletter, but when I do, I leave more i...

Welcome to The Poverty Trap , a newsletter and podcast for people who are fed up with the inequality baked into America’s system and want to individually and collectively make change. Thinking about subscribing? Here’s what one “founding member” subscriber recently had to say about The Poverty Trap: “You do great work, Joan. I don’t always get to read your newsletter, but when I do, I leave more i...

This post goes out to both free and paid subscribers, but if you are not already a paid subscriber and value this effort and our growing community, please consider upgrading to a paid membership. Thank you! And a hearty “thank you” to my latest free and paid subscribers—I appreciate your support! I’m reposting below, The Poverty Trap’s Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. tribute from last year that includ...

Welcome to The Poverty Trap , a newsletter and podcast for people who are fed up with the inequality baked into America’s system and want to individually and collectively make change. Thinking about subscribing? Here’s what one “founding member” subscriber recently had to say about The Poverty Trap: “You do great work, Joan. I don’t always get to read your newsletter, but when I do, I leave more i...

Welcome to The Poverty Trap , a newsletter and podcast for people who are fed up with the inequality baked into America’s system and want to individually and collectively make change. Thinking about subscribing? Here’s what one “founding member” subscriber recently had to say about The Poverty Trap: “You do great work, Joan. I don’t always get to read your newsletter, but when I do, I leave more i...

Welcome to The Poverty Trap , a newsletter and podcast for people who are fed up with the inequality baked into America’s system and want to individually and collectively make change. Thinking about subscribing? Here’s what one “founding member” subscriber recently had to say about The Poverty Trap: “You do great work, Joan. I don’t always get to read your newsletter, but when I do, I leave more i...

Welcome to The Poverty Trap , a newsletter and podcast for people who are fed up with the inequality baked into America’s system and want to individually and collectively make change. Thinking about subscribing? Here’s what one, kind “founding member” subscriber recently had to say about The Poverty Trap: “You do great work, Joan. I don’t always get to read your newsletter, but when I do, I leave...

Welcome to The Poverty Trap , a newsletter and podcast for people who are fed up with the inequality baked into America’s system and want to individually and collectively make change. Thinking about subscribing? Here’s what one, kind “founding member” subscriber recently had to say about The Poverty Trap: “You do great work, Joan. I don’t always get to read your newsletter, but when I do, I leave...

Welcome to The Poverty Trap , a newsletter and podcast for people who are fed up with the inequality baked into America’s system and want to individually and collectively make change. Why You Might Want To Subscribe: Here’s what a new, “founding member” subscriber had to say about The Poverty Trap: “You do great work, Joan. I don’t always get to read your newsletter, but when I do, I leave more in...