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March 29, 2023
HomeMatthew Desmond

Matthew Desmond

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Sources of Poverty in the US – Matthew Desmond article – Updated

March 16, 2023
Original posting – 3.6.2023 Matthew Desmond, author of Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, has a new book Poverty, by America set to be released shortly. He has written a piece for the NYTimes, “Why Poverty Persists in America” that is worth a read. He poses this question --->> read more -->>
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Evicted – the book and the exhibition

April 3, 2019
We read Evicted – poverty and profit in the American city by Matthew Desmond last year in our local library book group. Recently on a visit to Washington DC to the National Building Museum (401 F St. NW – Judiciary Square Metro stop) we came on an exhibit based on --->> read more -->>
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