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The Digital Divide: Data Storytelling and the Voices of People Living in Poverty
By Calum Webb There is a concept in data science called ‘data storytelling’. Google’s chief economist described it as ‘the (…) Read more
Lowborn – by Kerry Hudson
Above: Kerry Hudson (left) with Amanda Button of ATD Fourth World and Abigail Scott Paul at the 2019 York Festival (…) Read more
Poetry: ‘Dark Truths and Flights of Fancy’
On 10 July 2020, fifty people gathered virtually and in person to celebrate the launch of The World Behind My (…) Read more
Words That Hurt, Discrimination, and Stigmatisation: A Conversation About Black Lives Matter
As the Black Lives Matter protests continue, the ATD Fourth World community keeps engaging in conversations about racism, extremism, vandalism, (…) Read more
A Poem: Basic Human Rights
By Moraene Roberts We may be poor, but we have the right to know our date of birth and name, (…) Read more
Racism, Poverty and Human Rights
Above, Amina D. Weston (left) and Amina M. Weston (right) display their posters: “Black Lives Matter”, “We Are Human”, “End (…) Read more
A Poem: “Not Second Best in Our Story”
By Amina M. Weston You have taken our beauty and stripped it. You hide our bare bones in the depths (…) Read more
Remembering Barry and Emma Jacobs
Janet Jacobs and her extended family are part of the ATD Fourth World community. We wish to especially recognise that they (…) Read more
In Times of Anxiety, the Importance of the Human Touch
(photo by Corrinna Bain) 9 April 2020 Dear friends, Three people from the ATD Fourth World community are now in (…) Read more
How the Pandemic Is Impacting People in Poverty
(Photo by Chantal Levesque) 2 April 2020 Dear friends, In response to our letter of 23 March, several friends of (…) Read more