Jacob Haas at Princeton’s Eviction Lab was the lead researcher for this book. Thank you, Jacob, for your obsession with the fine print and for your tirelessness and unflappability.

Every person, every company, every institution that has a role in perpetuating poverty also has a role in ameliorating it. The end of poverty is something to stand for, to march for, to sacrifice for. Because poverty is the dream killer, the capability destroyer, the great waster of human potential. It is a misery and a national disgrace, one that

We are not polarized from each other. We are polarized from our electeds.” The majority of Americans believe the economy is benefitting the rich and harming the poor. The majority believe the rich aren’t paying their fair share in taxes. The majority support a $15 federal minimum wage.[7] Why, then, aren’t our elected officials representing the wil

They ascribe to the old political wisdom that there are no permanent friends or enemies, only permanent issues.

People’s Action (whose tagline is “Join our joyous rebellion”) has brought rural and urban poor and working-class families together to campaign for housing justice and healthcare for all. Co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign, Reverend William Barber—who has found receptive audiences among struggling Black families in deep-blue cities and struggli

Americans organizing against exploitation are the spiritual descendants of the best of the American labor movement and the modern-day realization of King’s multiracial antipoverty crusade. In defying economic injustice and unfair taxes, they are the true heirs of 1776.[5]

“Find some way in your life to be in relationship with working class and poor people.” Deepak wasn’t speaking about charity, where a person of means serves someone in need, but about genuine connection, one built on mutual respect and understanding, where Americans across the class spectrum join low-income Americans in a political struggle for more

When Johnson uttered these words, Congress was polarized; the Democratic Party was coming apart at the seams; and the country, by denying Black citizens access to the ballot box, was undemocratic in fact. In other words, the Washington that passed transformational legislation outlawing racial discrimination, expanding access to healthcare, food, an

Most important, movements apply the heat. The American labor movement was the dominant force behind the New Deal. The tenants’ movement that rose up during the Depression provoked Congress to establish our public housing system.