Rank is the Herbert S. Hadley Professor of Social Welfare at Washington University in St. Louis. He is the author of the forthcoming book, The Random Factor: How Chance and Luck Profoundly Shape Our ...

The New York Times recently published an article by Matthew Desmond, Why Poverty Persists in America, adapted from his new book, Poverty, by America. I spent a decade as a lawyer for poor people – as ...

Princeton sociologist Matthew Desmond’s disquieting new book, “Poverty, by America,” succinctly makes the case that poverty persists in the world’s rich county not because we are spending less and ...

Princeton University sociologist Matthew Desmond explores why poverty persists in America — and how to end it — in his new book, "Poverty, By America." Why does poverty persist in America, the richest ...

Matthew Desmond wants all of us to become “poverty abolitionists.” It’s a brilliant term because of the associations it carries throughout Desmond’s lively “Poverty, By America”: There’s the ...

Poverty, by America is Princeton sociology professor Matthew Desmond’s follow-up to his Pulitzer Prize–winning 2016 book, Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City. Where Evicted combined ...

After Matthew Desmond won the Pulitzer for Evicted, about families struggling to stay housed, the Princeton sociologist realized he still didn't understand why the U.S. has more poverty than any other ...

Two newly released books tell the same story of poverty: one, a novel. The other, a meticulously researched treatise on factors that create poverty and the steps that could be — but are not — taken to ...

The United States is one of the wealthiest countries in the world, yet over 10 percent of people – nearly 40 million – live in poverty. It's... The Roots of Poverty in America The United States is one ...

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