We are pleased to share a new resource for Pulitzer Prize–winning sociologist Matthew Desmond’s Poverty, by America, out in paperback on March 26, 2024.
Click here to access and download an extensive PowerPoint presentation, created to aid and enhance the teaching of the book and easily adaptable to meet educators’ classroom needs.
In this landmark book, acclaimed sociologist Matthew Desmond draws on history, research, and original reporting to show how affluent Americans knowingly and unknowingly keep poor people poor. He presents a “provocative and compelling” (NPR) theory of poverty that reframes the issue, contextualizes the social and historical forces behind it, and presents evidence-based policy solutions to reveal the way forward.
Other resources for Poverty, by America:
- View and download a teacher’s guide, including discussion questions, classroom activities, and more.
- Watch author Matthew Desmond address educators as part of the unCommon Authors video series.
- Visit endpovertyusa.org to learn about antipoverty organizations in your community and poverty facts about your state.
