Why Nonprofits Serving Poor, Homeless Should Stop Taking Government Money

After spending years serving the needs of the poor and homeless through nonprofit ministry, James Whitford says he learned that “it’s good for nonprofits … to stay away from government funding.” Whitford, the co-founder and CEO of True Charity, a national initiative to reform charity work, started serving the poor through a ministry called Watered … Read more

“People Are Nearing Rock Bottom”: Fed’s COVID Response Rewards Wealthy While Brutalizing Nation’s Poorest

Newsflash: Federal Reserve policy is making the rich much richer. Certainly that’s not something we need to harp upon for most of our readers, who understand exactly how the Fed printing trillions of dollars over the course of months has further bifurcated the wealth gap in the United States. But, what is worthy to point … Read more

Where did all the poor people go?

“We normally see 30 to 40 clients a day,” said the manager of a Joplin, Missouri, food pantry. “Since the pandemic, we’ve seen a sharp decrease in number of clients, sometimes as few as four a day.” This is not what I expected to hear when I visited this food pantry to learn about their … Read more