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Broke, USA
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Gary Rivlin |
For most people, the Great Crash of 2008 has meant troubling times. Not so for those in the flourishing poverty industry, for whom the economic woes spell an opportunity to expand and grow. These mer… |
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Everything will be all right
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Douglas Wallace |
In this raw testimony of a heart-breaking, hardscrabble childhood, Doug Wallace paints an unforgettable portrait of a child determined to free himself from the cycle of poverty that strangled his fam… |
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Faces of Poverty
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Jill Duerr Berrick |
Over the course of a year, Berrick spent numerous hours as a participant-observer with five women and their families, documenting their daily activities, thoughts, and fears as they managed the strai… |
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Automating Inequality
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Eubanks,Virginia Eubanks |
A powerful investigative look at data-based discrimination—and how technology affects civil and human rights and economic equity
The State of Indiana denies one million applications for healthcare… |
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Imprisoning communities
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Todd R. Clear |
This volume maintains that current incarceration policy in urban America does more harm than good, from increasing crime to widening racial disparities and diminished life chances for youths. The aut… |
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Hand to Mouth
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Linda Tirado |
"I've been waiting for this book for a long time. Well, not this book, because I never imagined that the book I was waiting for would be so devastatingly smart and funny, so consistently entertaining… |
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Bastards
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Mary Anna King |
"'A stirring, vividly told story of a young woman's quest to find the family she lost...an impressive debut'-Peter Balakian; Born into poverty in southern New Jersey and raised in a commune of single… |
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Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt
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Chris Hedges,Joe Sacco |
"In the vein of Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author Chris Hedges and American Book Award winning cartoonist Joe Sacco bring us a searing on-the-ground report on… |
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Traveling light
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Kath Weston |
What happens when you’re broke and you need to get to a new job, an ailing parent, a powwow, or a funeral on the other side of the country? After decades of globalization, what kind of America will y… |
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Flammable
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Javier Auyero |
"Surrounded by a large petrochemical compound, a polluted river, a hazardous waste incinerator, and an unmonitored landfill, Flammable suffers from rampant contamination of its soil, air, and water. … |
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The president builds a house
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Tom Shachtman |
A photo essay depicts the non-profit organization of volunteers that renovate or build houses for needy families as, with former President and Mrs. Jimmy Carter's participation as volunteers, they bu… |
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Under attack, fighting back
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Mimi Abramovitz |
In this short, eye-opening book, Mimi Abramovitz describes the heartless assault on impoverished single mothers in the name of "ending welfare dependency." Outlining the history of Aid to Families wi… |
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Henry B. Gonzalez
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Brenda Haugen |
A biography profiling the life of Henry B. Gonzalez, the Texas and United States politician who became a voice for the poor and downtrodden. Includes source notes and timeline. |
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