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Here are a few suggested books, videos, podcasts and interactive tools that will introduce you to the dimensions of poverty in American. Check back often as we are updating with new resources regularly.
Books
Poverty in America
A Handbook, Third Edition
Author John Iceland provides a fresh look at patterns and trends in poverty and helps contextualize them.
Poorly Understood
What America Gets Wrong About Poverty
Authors Mark Robert Rank, Lawrence M. Eppard and Heather E. Bullock address and confront many of the most widespread myths pertaining to poverty.
Evicted
Author Matthew Desmond follows eight families in Milwaukee as they each struggle to keep a roof over their heads.
Nickel and Dimed:
Poverty, by America
Author Matthew Desmond examines why the U.S. has more poverty than other rich nations.
The Queen
The Forgotten Life Behind
an American Myth
Author Josh Levin exposes and reports on how the 1974 story of Linda Taylor, that once shaped the nation's conscience,
was clouded by racism and lies.
The Sum of Us
What Racism Costs Everyone and
How We Can Prosper Together.
Author Heather McGhee offers a powerful exploration of inequality and the lesson that generations of Americans have failed to learn: Racism has a cost for everyone—not just for people of color.
On (Not) Getting By In America
Author Barbara Ehrenreich sets out to document the daily struggles of America’s working poor. Having trained as a biologist, she decides to do fieldwork: in three different U.S. cities, she takes minimum-wage jobs and looks for affordable places to live.
Videos
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Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan
PBS reporter Kelly Corrigan in Season 6, Episode 3, interviews Evicted Author Matthew Desmond.
Podcasts & Radio
Podcasts
Radio
Interactive Tools
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A poverty simulation