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“Poverty, By America”: Desmond Dissects Increasing Financial Problems in the U.S.
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“Poverty, By America”: Desmond Dissects Increasing Financial Problems in the U.S.

Matthew Desmond’s experiences growing up in poverty prompted him to take a stand as a poverty abolitionist. The Lowell Humanity Series hosted a lecture on Wednesday titled, “Poverty, By America.” Desmond, a Pulitzer Prize–winning author, said watching his family get evicted from their home motivated him to ask why the United States deals with poverty in the way it does.

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