Press Play with Madeleine Brand
US is world’s richest country. Why does it have so much poverty?
The book “Poverty, By America” argues that we can end poverty in this country – if those who are better off would be willing to do with a little less.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readThe book “Poverty, By America” argues that we can end poverty in this country – if those who are better off would be willing to do with a little less.
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Madeleine Brand
Host, 'Press Play'
Sarah Sweeney
Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW
Angie Perrin
Producer, Press Play
Michell Eloy
Former Producer/Line Editor, Press Play
Matthew Desmond
professor of sociology at Princeton University, founding director of the Eviction Lab, author of “Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City”
The full episode
3 of 4Income-based electricity bills, abortion access a year after Dobbs decision- 0:00The state of abortion access 1 year after SCOTUS gutted Roe
- 10:26What could income-based electricity bills mean for CA’s power grid?
- 18:02US is world’s richest country. Why does it have so much poverty?You’re reading this
- 41:19US is favored to win Women’s World Cup, but not easily