Poor People's Campaign
Neighbors helping neighbors—to break into vacant houses
Poverty rights activists broke into at least a dozen vacant Minneapolis buildings this week and helped homeless families move in.
“This is the modern underground railroad,” said Cheri Honkala, National Organizer for the Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign, the group organizing the “takeovers.”MORE »
Homeless taking over foreclosed houses for Valentine’s Day
While delivering a where’s-the-love message on Valentine’s Day may seem like a gimmick, an action by homeless advocates to be announced this weekend is anything but a stunt, according to its organizer.MORE »
Peaceful Poor People's March ends in explosions of tear gas
The Poor People's Economic and Human Rights Campaign marched on the Republican National Convention on Tuesday, delivering an indictment of national leadership.
The first person I spoke to at Mears Park this afternoon was Alex Hux, a retired school counselor from Philadelphia who had come to Minneapolis with his daughter to protest the Republican National Convention.MORE »
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