Daily Archives: June 27, 2016


Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City

Matthew Desmond. Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City. New York: Crown Publishers, 2016. As reviewed by Ted Odenwald Through his gripping, first-hand accounts of the heart-rending struggles of several families, sociologist Matthew Desmond exposes a monstrous process that engulfs millions of Americans in a downward spiral of poverty. […]