“We continue to hear the lies of scarcity,” said the Reverend William J. Barber II. “There’s no scarcity in a country where you have a $22 trillion gross domestic product.”
Advocates for the poor marched in the Financial District on Monday as part of a nationwide push for better wages and fairer economic policies across the United States.Advocates for the poor marched in the Financial District on Monday as part of a nationwide push for better wages and fairer economic policies across the United States.
“39 Million Workers Earned Less Than $15/Hr in 2021: We Demand a Living Wage Now,” read a sign held by a demonstrator, one of hundreds who took part in the march, which ended with an evening rally at Trinity Church. Volney Gordon, a native of the Bronx and a cancer survivor, told a rally crowd Monday in Lower Manhattan that he moved to Vermont after being priced out of the city.Volney Gordon, a native of the Bronx and a cancer survivor, told a rally crowd Monday in Lower Manhattan that he moved to Vermont after being priced out of the city.The Rev. William J.
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