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While the pandemic hit everyone all at once, the recovery from that jolt has taken place on two diverging tracks, with the well-off getting wealthier and the poor getting poorer.
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Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 21 Jan. 2026
Dolores Huerta Labor leader and civil rights leader Dolores Huerta, an inaugural TIME Latino Leader in 2023 whose work with migrant farmworkers birthed the United Farm Workers of America, said in her toast that crucial to King’s legacy was his work with working people and the poor.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 20 Jan. 2026
Inevitably, the people who have paid the price for that preservation have been the poor and especially poor farmers.
—Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
His government built homes for the poor and provided free and subsidized staples for those in need.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2026
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Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 21 Jan. 2026
Dolores Huerta Labor leader and civil rights leader Dolores Huerta, an inaugural TIME Latino Leader in 2023 whose work with migrant farmworkers birthed the United Farm Workers of America, said in her toast that crucial to King’s legacy was his work with working people and the poor.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 20 Jan. 2026
Inevitably, the people who have paid the price for that preservation have been the poor and especially poor farmers.
—Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
His government built homes for the poor and provided free and subsidized staples for those in need.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2026
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“The poor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20poor. Accessed 24 Jan. 2026.
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