Democrats are pushing a massive spending deal through Congress under the guise of fixing America's infrastructure and helping the working poor, but most of this spending doesn't actually do any of that. Big government continues its spending binge in order to build the socialist utopia of Nancy Pelosi and Bernie Sanders – where new entitlement programs, employer mandates, and the policies of the green new deal take precedent over American families. The last thing that America's poor need is a slowed-down, sluggish economy, larded down by massive new government.

September 14th's California recall election has top Democrats such as Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren, and Amy Klobuchar scrambling to campaign for Gavin Newsom as the polls are within the margin of error. Has the emergence of Larry Elder, a black conservative candidate running to replace Newsom, woken California voters up to the idea that freedom and competition are the recipes for opportunity? Newsom's policies have led California to the second-highest unemployment rate in the country, and voters will have the opportunity to reject the status-quo on Tuesday.

In May, the Supreme Court put abortion on the docket. By agreeing to hear arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, Roe v. Wade, which has defined the abortion reality in America since 1973, is up for review and has a chance of being overturned. Star Parker explains how this could help restore our American culture and protect the unborn.

In this episode of Power, Poverty & Politics, Star Parker explores the statistical truths on poverty, income, and how black households fair in modern America and our economy. While the narrative is often that most black families are in poverty, the percentage of high-income black households now exceeds the percentage of low-income black families.

Since the new wave of race consciousness that has been sweeping our country, precipitated by the graphic video of the killing of George Floyd by police officer Derek Chauvin, something very strange has happened. Somehow, what is perceived as a problem has become widely understood to be the solution. And it is endangering our country.

Ninety percent of the nation's K-12 students attend public schools. Over the last year, as parents became more aware of what was being taught to their children, a new movement has been awakened and parents are not only challenging what is being taught to their children but are looking for policy solutions that would allow money to follow children to the school's parents want. Is it time for educational choice?

The new Poor People's Campaign has announced a "season of nonviolent, moral direct action," directed toward the U.S. Senate. This episode of Power, Poverty & Politics takes a look behind the scenes at the goals of this campaign and if it matches up with the founding principles on which it was begun by Rev. Martin Luther King. Dr. King was looking for a middle ground that was non-violent with an "ultimate goal of freedom, independence, and self-determination."