Matthew Desmond

How to Solve the Housing Crisis

What the next president can do

A Prophet for the Poor

In order to build a mass movement for economic justice, Reverend William Barber argues, we need to let go of the idea that poverty is an exclusively Black or urban issue.

Covid and Governance: An Exchange

Tools to End the Poverty Pandemic

Why have Americans not fought to sustain the unprecedented Covid-era expansion of aid to children, renters, and gig workers?

The High Cost of Being Poor

The American government gives the most help to those who need it least. This is the true nature of our welfare state.