Kendall Worth: How a bus pass improves life for people living in the middle of nowhere
Kendall Worth catches up with a young woman who lives in Beaver Bank and finds out how the bus pass has improved her life.
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Anti–Black racism in Nova Scotia is white people’s problem
It may not look that way, but poor Nova Scotia is just so very very racist.
Danny Cavanagh: What did corporate tax cuts really deliver?
Danny Cavanagh tackles the myth that tax cuts for big corporations somehow benefit society. “Enough of the one-liners and quotations, and people buying into the agenda that taxes are too high. The fact is, the big business elite isn’t taxed enough. It’s time they ante up, stop tax avoidance in tax havens, and start to pay their fair share, both personally and for their big businesses. Just like the rest of us.”
Kendall Worth: What people tell me about being grateful despite their poverty and social isolation
Poverty advocate Kendall Worth asks his friends and acquaintances about being grateful despite all the problems poverty brings. He gets some amazing responses, and learns how people are teaming up to support one another.
Kendall Worth: Double stigma, when you’re poor and have mental health concerns
Poverty activist Kendall Worth met up with a young woman o social assistance who lives with invisible disabilities. Family and co-workers don’t understand what that means, and that makes for a hard life.
Halifax Council ban on outside tobacco smoking disproportionately affects poor and marginalized
The City bylaw that makes tobacco smoking in most public spaces illegal hits poor people and people with mental health issues harder than any other group.
Kendall Worth: In case of emergency – Nothing is ever easy when you’re poor
Kendall Worth, on what to do when you don’t have anybody who cares enough to want to be your emergency contact. Nothing is ever easy when you’re poor.
Brenda Thompson: How to get into a Poor House
Picture yourself as a poor person, 125 years ago in Nova Scotia. Brenda Thompson, author of a wonderful book on poor houses in Nova Scotia, on what it would take to be accepted in a poor house, a place so horrible it would always be your last resort.
Book review: A wholesome horror. Poor houses in Nova Scotia.
There’s a wonderful new book on the history or poor houses and poor farms in Nova Scotia, written by poverty activist and frequent NS Advocate contributor Brenda Thompson. Things are better now, of course, but in a way not much has changed for people who are very poor.
Halifax’s free bus passes for people on social assistance, it’s a bit of a mess
Don’t get me wrong, free bus passes for all Halifax residents on social assistance is a good thing. But what about the people in rural NS? And what about the people who will lose their transportation special needs subsidy? Always constructive, I also offer a solution: Raise the rates!