Matthew Desmond is a Princeton University professor and the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, a Pulitzer Prize, a PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award, and a National Book Critics Circle award. His ...
Eviction for lack of ability to pay rent is a symptom of pernicious poverty; the best way to fix eviction is to help people pay their rent. Poverty causes eviction. It’s pretty simple. When people are ...
Your cover story (August 21) on venture philanthropy (“A Revolution Was Ventured, but What Did It Gain?”) covered many of the issues that have faced this field. It is sad and disappointing that no new ...
Bishop William Barber, co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign, says it’s “grotesque and immoral” that poverty is the fourth leading cause of death in the United States, higher than homicide and ...
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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Council leader Kerrie Carmichael said the cash would be spent over three years [BBC] An extra £27m is going to be spent in part of ...
Poverty is a policy choice – not a personal failure. The author of “Hillbilly Elegy” says otherwise. This is not a commentary on the candidacy of author J.D. Vance, but on that flawed book and the ...
ALBANY — Whenever I write about New York’s population outflow, I hear from readers who suggest fewer people might be a good thing. “Why does it matter?” they ask. “Who cares?” Advertisement Article ...