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How to Be a Poverty Abolitionist: On Matthew Desmond’s “Poverty, by America”
Paul W. Gleason reviews Matthew Desmond’s “Poverty, by America.”...
Paul W. Gleason
Paul W. Gleason’s essays and reviews have appeared in The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The Point, and many other publications. He also writes the substack Unfamiliar Letters about his old scholarly interests: American religion, literature, and higher education. More of his writing is available at www.paulwgleason.com.
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