Professor Matthew Desmond from Princeton University will visit Colgate to deliver a lecture and discuss his most recent book, Poverty, by America, which was selected as the 2024 Colgate Community Read. Desmond was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for his previous book, Evicted, and he is the receipient of a MacArthur "Genius" Fellowship.

Poverty, by America has been a NYT #1 Bestseller and has been tipped for multiple "Best Book of the Year" lists.

From the author's website: "The United States, the richest country on earth, has more poverty than any other advanced democracy. Why? Why does this land of plenty allow one in every eight of its children to go without basic necessities, permit scores of its citizens to live and die on the streets, and authorize its corporations to pay poverty wages?"

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The lecture can also be viewed via livestream.