Poverty 4th Leading Cause of Death in U.S. as Calls Grow for Third Reconstruction: Bishop Barber
June 28, 2023
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as posted by the channelBishop William Barber, co-chair of the Poor People's Campaign, says it's "grotesque and immoral" that poverty is the fourth leading cause of death in the United States, higher than homicide and respiratory illness, citing recent findings published in the _Journal of the American Medical Association_. "Why do we hear so much about crime rates and opioids and gun violence in America, but poverty kills more people than all of those things?" asks Barber. He joins us to talk about the intensifying efforts of the Poor People's Campaign to end poverty and empower poor and low-wage workers and support "The Third Reconstruction" resolution in Congress. This weekend, the Poor People's Campaign led a Moral Poverty Action Congress in Washington, D.C., focused on ending poverty in the United States.
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