Cristina Beltran, The Trouble with Unity: Latino Politics and the Creation of Identity; Mark Rank, Poorly Understood: What America Gets Wrong About Poverty

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Produced by: 
Sonali Kolhatkar
Air date: 
Tue, 08/23/2022 - 7:00pm to 8:00pm

 

This week, we'll speak with author Cristina Beltran, associate professor at New York University's Department of Social and Cultural Analysis. She is author of The Trouble with Unity: Latino Politics and the Creation of Identity, and she'll join us to discuss her latest book, Cruelty as Citizenship: How Migrant Suffering Sustains White Democracy. Then, we'll turn to Mark Rank, a Professor of Social Welfare at Washington University in St. Louis who is an expert on issues of inequality, poverty, and social justice. He'll tell us about his newest book, co-authored with Lawrence Eppard, and Heather Bullock called Poorly Understood: What America Gets Wrong About Poverty. 

Released on 08/10/2021

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