The New Politics of the Poor in Joe Biden’s (and Mitch McConnell’s) USA

Today, in the early winter of a pandemic and the economic crisis that accompanies it, there are 140 million poor or low-income Americans, disproportionately people of color, but reaching into every community in this country. More than a third of the potential electorate.

In the distorted mirror of public policy, those 140 million people have remained essentially invisible.

By Liz Theoharis

http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/176775/tomgram%3A_liz_theoharis%2C_grappling_with_a_divided_nation/#more