{"id":14008,"date":"2020-06-09T09:22:27","date_gmt":"2020-06-09T07:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.humanrightscareers.com\/?p=14008"},"modified":"2020-06-09T09:34:54","modified_gmt":"2020-06-09T07:34:54","slug":"essays-about-poverty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.humanrightscareers.com\/issues\/essays-about-poverty\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Essays About Poverty Everyone Should Know"},"content":{"rendered":"

Poverty is one of the driving forces of inequality<\/a> in the world. Between 1990-2015, much progress was made. The number of people living on less than $1.90 went from 36% to 10%. However, according to the World Bank<\/a>, the COVID-19 pandemic represents a serious problem that disproportionately impacts the poor. Research<\/a> released in February of 2020 shows that by 2030, up to \u2154 of the \u201cglobal extreme poor\u201d will be living in conflict-affected and fragile economies. Poverty will remain a major human rights issue for decades to come. Here are five essays about the issue that everyone should know:<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need an economic bill of rights\u201d – \u00a0Martin Luther King Jr.<\/a><\/h2>\n

The Guardian published an abridged version of this essay in 2018, which was originally released in Look magazine just after Dr. King was killed. In this piece, Dr. King explains why an economic bill of rights is necessary. He points out that while mass unemployment within the black community is a \u201csocial problem,\u201d it\u2019s a \u201cdepression\u201d in the white community. An economic bill of rights would give a job to everyone who wants one and who can work. It would also give an income to those who can\u2019t work. Dr. King affirms his commitment to non-violence. He\u2019s fully aware that tensions are high. He quotes a spiritual, writing \u201ctiming is winding up.\u201d Even while the nation progresses, poverty is getting worse.<\/p>\n

This essay was reprinted and abridged in The Guardian in an arrangement with The Heirs to the Estate of Martin Luther King. Jr. The most visible representative of the Civil Rights Movement beginning in 1955, Dr. King was assassinated in 1968. His essays and speeches remain timely.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow Poverty Can Follow Children Into Adulthood\u201d – Priyanka Boghani<\/a><\/h2>\n

This article is from 2017, but it\u2019s more relevant than ever because it was written when 2012 was the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. That\u2019s no longer the case. In 2012, around \u00bc American children were in poverty. Five years later, children were still more likely than adults to be poor. This is especially true for children of colour. Consequences of poverty include anxiety, hunger, and homelessness. This essay also looks at the long-term consequences that come from growing up in poverty. A child can develop health problems that affect them in adulthood. Poverty can also harm a child\u2019s brain development. Being aware of how poverty affects children and follows them into adulthood is essential as the world deals with the economic fallout from the pandemic.<\/p>\n

Priyanka Boghani is a journalist at PBS Frontline. She focuses on U.S. foreign policy, humanitarian crises, and conflicts in the Middle East. She also assists in managing Frontline\u2019s social accounts.<\/p>\n

\u201c5 Reasons COVID-19 Will Impact the Fight to End Extreme Poverty\u201d – Leah Rodriguez<\/a><\/h2>\n

For decades, the UN has attempted to end extreme poverty. In the face of the novel coronavirus outbreak, new challenges threaten the fight against poverty. In this essay, Dr. Natalie Linos, a Harvard social epidemiologist, urges the world to have a \u201csocial conversation\u201d about how the disease impacts poverty and inequality. If nothing is done, it\u2019s unlikely that the UN will meet its Global Goals by 2030. Poverty and COVID-19 intersect in five key ways. For one, low-income people are more vulnerable to disease. They also don\u2019t have equal access to healthcare or job stability. This piece provides a clear, concise summary of why this outbreak is especially concerning for the global poor.<\/p>\n

Leah Rodriguez\u2019s writing at Global Citizen focuses on women, girls, water, and sanitation. She\u2019s also worked as a web producer and homepage editor for New York Magazine\u2019s The Cut.<\/p>\n

\u201cClimate apartheid\u201d: World\u2019s poor to suffer most from disasters\u201d – Al Jazeera and news Agencies<\/a><\/h2>\n

The consequences of climate change are well-known to experts like Philip Alston, the special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights. In 2019, he submitted a report<\/a> to the UN Human Rights Council sounding the alarm on how climate change will devastate the poor. While the wealthy will be able to pay their way out of devastation, the poor will not. This will end up creating a \u201cclimate apartheid.\u201d Alston states that if climate change isn\u2019t addressed, it will undo the last five decades of progress in poverty education, as well as global health and development<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cNickel and Dimed: On (not) getting by in America\u201d – Barbara Ehrenreich<\/a><\/h2>\n

In this excerpt from her book Nickel and Dimed, Ehrenreich describes her experience choosing to live undercover as an \u201cunskilled worker\u201d in the US. She wanted to investigate the impact the 1996 welfare reform act had on the working poor. Released in 2001, the events take place between the spring of 1998 and the summer of 2000. Ehrenreich decided to live in a town close to her \u201creal life\u201d and finds a place to live and a job. She has her eyes opened to the challenges and \u201cspecial costs\u201d of being poor. In 2019, The Guardian ranked the book 13th on their list of 100 best books of the 21st century.<\/p>\n

Barbara Ehrenreich is the author of 21 books and an activist. She\u2019s worked as an award-winning columnist and essayist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":14154,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8805],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-issues","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-50"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n5 Essays About Poverty Everyone Should Know | Human Rights Careers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanrightscareers.com\/issues\/essays-about-poverty\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta 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