The Chronicle of Philanthropy

War on Poverty Book Misses the Program’s Overall Successes

Just one serious academic book has been published this year to mark the 50th anniversary of one of America’s most innovative and productive efforts: Lyndon Johnson’s work to eradicate poverty Legacies ...
The Christian Century

Domestic poverty and who it serves

For generations, public and private efforts have sought to eradicate poverty in America. Government spending on anti-poverty measures has gone up, and the number of charitable agencies dedicated to ...
Los Angeles Times

Matthew Desmond wants to make you uncomfortable about poverty in America

When Matthew Desmond published his first book, “Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City,” in 2016, he set out to immerse himself in the everyday lives of people facing eviction. Along with a ...
Forbes

Timely Insights on Poverty, Jobs and Race--From Four Decades Ago

(This is the second in a periodic series on employment/poverty books of the past half century that have been forgotten, but should not be.) Roger Wilkins joined the Kennedy Administration in 1962, at ...
Time

Poverty, by America

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The Conversation

Food poverty at record levels – a children’s book on food banks shows how normal it has become

Dave Beck does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...
Publishers Weekly

Putting Faith to Work: Books Address Poverty and Hunger

The New Testament parable of the loaves and fishes shows Jesus feeding the hungry, and Christians over the centuries have expressed their beliefs by following his example to serve the impoverished.
PBS

Addressing "Book Poverty" in Less Affluent Neighborhoods

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The New York Times

A BOOK ON POVERTY.; ROBERT HUNTER, THE CHARITY AND SOCIAL SETTLEMENT WORKER, DESCRIBES POVERTY AND ESTIMATES THE EXTENT OF IT IN THE UNITED STATES.*

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Time

Books: Portraits of Poverty

A WORLD I NEVER MADE—James T. Farrell—Vanguard ($2.50). In the first four novels of James Thomas Farrell, the poverty-oppressed O’Neill family emerges as part of the background of Chicago’s South Side ...
The Economist

What to read to understand how countries escape the worst poverty

Three decades ago nearly 2bn people lived in absolute poverty (ie, virtual destitution). By 2018 that figure had fallen by more than half. There has perhaps been no greater human achievement. How did ...