Joanne Samuel Goldblum, Colleen Shaddox

Broke in America

Seeing, Understanding, and Ending Us Poverty

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Joanne Samuel Goldblum, CEO and founder of the National Diaper Bank Network, and Colleen Shaddox, a journalist and activist, give a book shedding light on the realities faced by those living in poverty across the United States and provide a road map for eradicating poverty via policy changes.

---

Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Benbella Books
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Februar 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9781950665464
• ISBN-10: 1950665461
• Artikelnr.: 58774086

Autorenporträt

Joanne Samuel Goldblum and Colleen Shaddox; Foreword by Bomani Jones

Inhaltsangabe

  Contents
Foreword [TK] Introduction Chapter 1 Seeing US Poverty Throwing Out the
Caricature
Part I Basic Needs Chapter 2 Water Running Dry Chapter 3 Food Hungry in
America Chapter 4 Housing No Place to Be Poor Chapter 5 Power Shut Off
Chapter 6 Transportation Access Denied Chapter 7 Hygiene A Problem Swept
Under the Rug Chapter 8 Health Health ≠ Health Care
Part II Forms of Oppression Chapter 9 Racism Stealing Homes Chapter 10
Sexism Women's Work Chapter 11 Denial of Political Power Government Not of,
by, or for Poor People Chapter 12 Mental Health Discrimination Poverty Is
Trauma Chapter 13 High-Poverty Schools Class Matters
Part III Solutions Chapter 14 Possibilities The Poor Don't Need to Be with
You Always Chapter 15 Advocacy Making Change
Acknowledgments Notes Index About the Authors