Matthew Desmond (@just_shelter) 's Twitter Profile
Matthew Desmond

@just_shelter

Sociologist @Princeton, Contributing writer @NYTmag, PI @evictionlab

Not on here very much.

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linkhttps://endpovertyusa.org/ calendar_today21-11-2015 23:28:10

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Nancy Quinn (@nancyquinn) 's Twitter Profile Photo

"Many times, we see our savings going up and up and up when someone’s pay is going down and down and down," Matthew Desmond tells Annie Lowrey. "Those two things are related." theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor (@keeangayamahtta) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Today is Brandon Johnson’s Inauguration Day in Chicago. I wrote about his unlikeliest ascent and the challenges that await… newyorker.com/news/our-colum…

Senadora Julie (@senadorajulie) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I am still processing yesterday’s conversation — it was so, so powerful. I am grateful to Community Economic Defense Project and Matthew Desmond for their work, and proud of my community for all the ways we continue to organize, build, dream, and fight. #coleg #copolitics

Darren Walker (@darrenwalker) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Register to join @Just_Shelter—Sociologist Princeton University, Contributing writer NYT Magazine, Principal Investigator @EvictionLab—for #IdeasAtFord to discuss the morally urgent problem of US poverty, which is at a greater level than any other advanced democracy.

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“It is worse than I thought — it’s worse than I think many people will have expected.” New research from Eviction Lab shows precisely how many adults and children are evicted each year. Paper coming soon... Via The New York Times The Upshot nytimes.com/2023/10/02/ups…

Matthew Desmond (@just_shelter) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We have developed comprehensive slides based on "Poverty, by America" that cover every chapter of the book. You can download the slides & a teacher's guide at endpovertyusa.org. Huge thanks to Tas Yusufali dedicating so much care to this work!