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Book 100 Reasons Why I Hate Poverty

Download or read book 100 Reasons Why I Hate Poverty written by Courage Igene and published by . This book was released on 2012-10-17 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Does America Hate the Poor

Download or read book Does America Hate the Poor written by John E. Tropman and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1998-09-30 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tropman examines American values and the two groups that threaten those values. One might wonder why, in the world's wealthiest society, do the poor seem so stigmatized. Tropman's answer is that they represent potential and actual fates that create anxiety within the dominant culture and within the actual poor themselves. The response in society is hatred of the poor, he contends, and among the poor themselves, self-hatred. Two groups of poor are analyzed. The status poor—those at the bottom of America's money, deference, power, education, or occupation (and combinations of those). The status poor embody the truth that, in the land of opportunity, not all succeed. The elderly are the life cycle poor. They are deficient of future, and in the land of opportunity, to have one's own life trajectory circumscribe hope is a condition that must be denied. Poorhate is a classic example of blame the victim. Tropman explores the process of poorhate through data from the 1960s and 1970s, and he uses the past to illuminate the probelms of the present, and, hopefully, to assist in crafting a better future. A provocative work for students and scholars of social welfare policy and policymakers themselves.

Book Hand to Mouth

Download or read book Hand to Mouth written by Linda Tirado and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The real-life Nickel and Dimed—the author of the wildly popular “Poverty Thoughts” essay tells what it’s like to be working poor in America. ONE OF THE FIVE MOST IMPORTANT BOOKS OF THE YEAR--Esquire “DEVASTATINGLY SMART AND FUNNY. I am the author of Nickel and Dimed, which tells the story of my own brief attempt, as a semi-undercover journalist, to survive on low-wage retail and service jobs. TIRADO IS THE REAL THING.”—Barbara Ehrenreich, from the Foreword As the haves and have-nots grow more separate and unequal in America, the working poor don’t get heard from much. Now they have a voice—and it’s forthright, funny, and just a little bit furious. Here, Linda Tirado tells what it’s like, day after day, to work, eat, shop, raise kids, and keep a roof over your head without enough money. She also answers questions often asked about those who live on or near minimum wage: Why don’t they get better jobs? Why don’t they make better choices? Why do they smoke cigarettes and have ugly lawns? Why don’t they borrow from their parents? Enlightening and entertaining, Hand to Mouth opens up a new and much-needed dialogue between the people who just don’t have it and the people who just don’t get it.

Book Not a Crime to Be Poor

Download or read book Not a Crime to Be Poor written by Peter Edelman and published by The New Press. This book was released on 2019-07-02 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Awarded "Special Recognition" by the 2018 Robert F. Kennedy Book & Journalism Awards Finalist for the American Bar Association's 2018 Silver Gavel Book Award Named one of the "10 books to read after you've read Evicted" by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "Essential reading for anyone trying to understand the demands of social justice in America."—Bryan Stevenson, author of Just Mercy Winner of a special Robert F. Kennedy Book Award, the book that Evicted author Matthew Desmond calls "a powerful investigation into the ways the United States has addressed poverty . . . lucid and troubling" In one of the richest countries on Earth it has effectively become a crime to be poor. For example, in Ferguson, Missouri, the U.S. Department of Justice didn't just expose racially biased policing; it also exposed exorbitant fines and fees for minor crimes that mainly hit the city's poor, African American population, resulting in jail by the thousands. As Peter Edelman explains in Not a Crime to Be Poor, in fact Ferguson is everywhere: the debtors' prisons of the twenty-first century. The anti-tax revolution that began with the Reagan era led state and local governments, starved for revenues, to squeeze ordinary people, collect fines and fees to the tune of 10 million people who now owe $50 billion. Nor is the criminalization of poverty confined to money. Schoolchildren are sent to court for playground skirmishes that previously sent them to the principal's office. Women are evicted from their homes for calling the police too often to ask for protection from domestic violence. The homeless are arrested for sleeping in the park or urinating in public. A former aide to Robert F. Kennedy and senior official in the Clinton administration, Peter Edelman has devoted his life to understanding the causes of poverty. As Harvard Law professor Randall Kennedy has said, "No one has been more committed to struggles against impoverishment and its cruel consequences than Peter Edelman." And former New York Times columnist Bob Herbert writes, "If there is one essential book on the great tragedy of poverty and inequality in America, this is it."

Book The Science of Hate

    Book Details:
  • Author : Matthew Williams
  • Publisher : Faber & Faber
  • Release : 2021-03-23
  • ISBN : 0571357083
  • Pages : 332 pages

Download or read book The Science of Hate written by Matthew Williams and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2021-03-23 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do people hate? A world-leading criminologist explores the tipping point between prejudice and hate crime, analysing human behaviour across the globe and throughout history in this vital book. 'This should be on the curriculum. A must read.' DR JULIE SMITH 'A key text for how we live now.' DAVID BADDIEL 'Wildly engrossing.' DARREN MCGARVEY 'This is a world-changing book.' ALICE ROBERTS 'Fascinating and moving.' PRAGYA AGARWAL Are our brains wired to hate? Is social media to blame for an increase in hateful abuse? With hate on the rise, what can we do to turn the tide? Drawing on twenty years of pioneering research - as well as his own experience as a hate-crime victim - world-renowned criminologist Matthew Williams explores one of the pressing issues of our age. Surveying human behaviour across the globe and reaching back through time, from our tribal ancestors in prehistory to artificial intelligence in the twenty-first century, The Science of Hate is a groundbreaking and surprising examination of the elusive 'tipping point' between prejudice and hate. 'Hate speech online has escalated to unprecedented levels. Matthew Williams, a professor of criminology, is shining a scientific light on who is behind it and why . . . a rallying cry.' OBSERVER 'Fascinating and beautifully written. I heartily recommend it.' HUGO RIFKIND, TIMES RADIO 'Fascinating . . . A harrowing but illuminating work.' EVENING STANDARD 'An indispensable guide to what's gone wrong both here at home and in much of the Western world.' THE HERALD

Book The Complete Works  100   of F  Scott Fitzgerald  Illustrated edition

Download or read book The Complete Works 100 of F Scott Fitzgerald Illustrated edition written by F. Scott Fitzgerald and published by Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing. This book was released on 2021-02-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This F. Scott Fitzgerald (フィッツジェラルド) collection compiles the works on which the fame of one of the most fascinating writers of the twentieth century was built. Francis Scott Fitzgerald became a mouthpiece for ideas and expressed the spiritual moods bubbling amongst the young people during the 1920s. Fitzgerald, in the words of Amory from This Side of Paradise (1920), wrote that a generation had “grown up to find all God’s dead, all wars fought, all faiths in man shaken”. Fitzgerald was the first to tell the world about the commencement of the “jazz age” with its carnival approach towards life- a lifestyle which he also followed. However, as a sensitive artist, he could not help but notice the dualistic nature of this philosophy. Fitzgerald's writing demonstrated that a life spent at the carnival would inevitably lead to bankruptcy. Fitzgerald often worked on multiple short stories simultaneously while writing his novels. Later, these stories were compiled. His relationship and love for his wife Zelda fueled much of his writing. Her diagnosis and hospitalization for schizophrenia in 1930 affected him greatly. In his later years, Fitzgerald worked in Hollywood on movie scripts. His last novel, The Last Tycoon, remained unfinished at the time of his death in 1940 and reflected his Hollywood experiences. THE NOVELS THIS SIDE OF PARADISE THE BEAUTIFUL AND DAMNED THE GREAT GATSBY TENDER IS THE NIGHT THE LOVE OF THE LAST TYCOON THE SHORT STORY COLLECTIONS FLAPPERS AND PHILOSOPHERS TALES FROM THE JAZZ AGE ALL THE SAD YOUNG MEN TAPS AT REVEILLE THE PAT HOBBY STORIES MISCELLANEOUS STORIES THE PLAYS AND SCREENPLAYS THE POETRY THE NON-FICTION THE LETTERS

Book Making Hate Pay

Download or read book Making Hate Pay written by Tyler O’Neil and published by Bombardier Books. This book was released on 2020-01-20 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Southern Poverty Law Center started with noble intentions and has done much good over the years, but a pernicious corruption has undermined the organization’s original mission and contributed to a climate of fear and hostility in America. Hotels, web platforms, and credit card companies have blacklisted law-abiding Americans because the SPLC disagrees with their political views. The SPLC’s false accusations have done concrete harm, costing the organization millions in lawsuits. A deranged man even attempted to commit mass murder, having been inspired by the SPLC’s rhetoric. How did a civil rights group dedicated to saving the innocent from the death penalty become a pernicious threat to America’s free speech culture? How did an organization dedicated to fighting poverty wind up with millions in the Cayman Islands? How did a civil rights stalwart find itself accused of racism and sexism? Making Hate Pay tells the inside story of how the SPLC yielded to many forms of corruption, and what it means for free speech in America today. It also explains why Corporate America, Big Tech, government, and the media are wrong to take the SPLC’s disingenuous tactics at face value, and the serious damage they cause by trusting this corrupt organization.

Book Hate Groups and Extremist Organizations in America

Download or read book Hate Groups and Extremist Organizations in America written by Barry J. Balleck and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2019-07-08 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This expansive collection of A-Z entries offers a compelling look into hate groups in America. Focusing on organizations in operation today, this resource book for student and general audiences covers numerous hot-button issues in politics and culture. The Southern Poverty Law Center lists nearly 900 hate groups active in the United States today. Some of these, such as the KKK, have deep roots in American history. Others are newer, formed in response to policies and shifts in our cultural landscape. Often these organizations imply defense of America and political ideals in their names, such as "Council of Conservative Citizens" and "American Family Association." Some, such as "White Aryan Resistance" and "Supreme White Alliance," are more direct in their associations. Nearly all posit an erosion of rights and values; a way of life that is becoming lost to immigrants; a diffusion or integration of population; and government overstep. Many of these groups preach a necessity for violence, through either outright or thinly veiled language. Membership in these organizations poses another topic for investigation, as their ranks are not just anti-government or pro-gun rights types who seek to defend the Constitution. Many are simply citizens who see their ideal for America as under threat by various groups—whether ethnic, racial, or religious. This unique reference will allow readers to explore the underlying issues central to understanding them. How do these hate groups get started, and why do people join?

Book Ismael

    Book Details:
  • Author : Mary Elizabeth Braddon
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1884
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 280 pages

Download or read book Ismael written by Mary Elizabeth Braddon and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Speaker s Garland and Literary Bouquet  Combining 100 Choice Selections  Nos  1  2  3 and 4

Download or read book The Speaker s Garland and Literary Bouquet Combining 100 Choice Selections Nos 1 2 3 and 4 written by Phineas Garrett and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-06-08 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.

Book Poor s

Download or read book Poor s written by and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 2000 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book London Labour and the London Poor

Download or read book London Labour and the London Poor written by Henry Mayhew and published by Broadview Press. This book was released on 2019-09-30 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Produced between 1850 and 1862, London Labour and the London Poor is one of the most significant examples of nineteenth-century oral history. The collection teems with the minute particulars of the everyday—bits and pieces of London lives assembled into a precarious whole by the author, editor, and principal investigator, Henry Mayhew. Mayhew was interested in the social fabric of people’s lives, their labour and earnings, but also their families, education, leisure time, and religious beliefs. What gives his “case studies” such immediacy is that they seem to flow unprompted and uninterrupted from the mouths of his subjects: street sellers, dock labourers, musicians, rat catchers, vagrants, chimney sweeps, thieves, and prostitutes. All are captured in this newly annotated and selected edition of Mayhew’s four-volume work. Historical appendices include a contemporary map of London, reviews of London Labour, and other slum journalism from the period.

Book ANTHONY TROLLOPE Ultimate Collection  100  Novels   Short Stories  Articles  Memoirs   Essays

Download or read book ANTHONY TROLLOPE Ultimate Collection 100 Novels Short Stories Articles Memoirs Essays written by Anthony Trollope and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2020-06-11 with total page 14676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This meticulously edited Anthony Trollope collection is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents:_x000D_ Chronicles of Barsetshire:_x000D_ The Warden_x000D_ Barchester Towers_x000D_ Doctor Thorne_x000D_ Framley Parsonage_x000D_ The Small House at Allington_x000D_ The Last Chronicle of Barset_x000D_ Palliser Novels:_x000D_ Can You Forgive Her?_x000D_ Phineas Finn_x000D_ The Eustace Diamonds_x000D_ Phineas Redux_x000D_ The Prime Minister_x000D_ The Duke's Children_x000D_ Irish Novels:_x000D_ The Macdermots of Ballycloran_x000D_ The Kellys and the O'Kellys_x000D_ Castle Richmond_x000D_ An Eye for an Eye_x000D_ The Landleaguers_x000D_ Other Novels:_x000D_ La Vendée_x000D_ The Three Clerks_x000D_ The Bertrams_x000D_ Orley Farm_x000D_ The Struggles of Brown, Jones & Robinson_x000D_ Rachel Ray_x000D_ Miss Mackenzie_x000D_ The Belton Estate_x000D_ The Claverings_x000D_ Nina Balatka_x000D_ Linda Tressel_x000D_ He Knew He Was Right_x000D_ The Vicar of Bullhampton_x000D_ Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite_x000D_ Ralph the Heir_x000D_ The Golden Lion of Granpère_x000D_ Harry Heathcote of Gangoil_x000D_ Lady Anna_x000D_ The Way We Live Now_x000D_ The American Senator_x000D_ Is He Popenjoy?_x000D_ John Caldigate_x000D_ Cousin Henry_x000D_ Ayala's Angel_x000D_ Doctor Wortle's School_x000D_ The Fixed Period_x000D_ Kept in the Dark_x000D_ Marion Fay_x000D_ Mr. Scarborough's Family_x000D_ An Old Man's Love_x000D_ Short Stories:_x000D_ Tales of All Countries:_x000D_ La Mère Bauche_x000D_ The O'Conors of Castle Conor_x000D_ John Bull on the Guadalquivir_x000D_ Miss Sarah Jack, of Spanish Town, Jamaica_x000D_ The Courtship of Susan Bell_x000D_ Relics of General Chassé_x000D_ An Unprotected Female At the Pyramids…_x000D_ Lotta Schmidt & Other Stories_x000D_ An Editor's Tales_x000D_ Why Frau Frohmann Raised Her Prices and other Stories_x000D_ Other Stories_x000D_ Plays:_x000D_ Did He Steal It?_x000D_ The Noble Jilt_x000D_ Travel Writings:_x000D_ The West Indies and the Spanish Main_x000D_ North America_x000D_ South Africa_x000D_ How the 'Mastiffs' Went to Iceland_x000D_ Sketches:_x000D_ Hunting Sketches_x000D_ Travelling Sketches_x000D_ Clergymen of the Church of England_x000D_ Studies & Essays:_x000D_ The Commentaries of Caesar_x000D_ Thackeray_x000D_ Life of Cicero_x000D_ Lord Palmerston_x000D_ A Walk in a Wood_x000D_ On Anonymous Literature_x000D_ On English Prose Fiction as Rational Amusement_x000D_ On the Higher Education of Women_x000D_ The Civil Service as a Profession_x000D_ The National Gallery_x000D_ Clarissa_x000D_ The Uncontrolled Ruffianism of London_x000D_ The Young Women at the London Telegraph Office_x000D_ An Autobiography of Anthony Trollope_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_

Book An Unseen Light

    Book Details:
  • Author : Aram Goudsouzian
  • Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
  • Release : 2018-04-13
  • ISBN : 0813175526
  • Pages : 377 pages

Download or read book An Unseen Light written by Aram Goudsouzian and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2018-04-13 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scholars examine the activist efforts of Black Americans in Memphis in a series of essays ranging from the Reconstruction era to the twenty-first century. In An Unseen Light: Black Struggles for Freedom in Memphis, Tennessee, eminent and rising scholars present a multidisciplinary examination of African American activism in Memphis from the dawn of emancipation to the twenty-first century. Together, they investigate episodes such as the 1940 “Reign of Terror” when Black Memphians experienced a prolonged campaign of harassment, mass arrests, and violence at the hands of police. They also examine topics including the relationship between the labor and civil rights movements, the fight for economic advancement in Black communities, and the impact of music on the city’s culture. Covering subjects as diverse as politics, sports, music, activism, and religion, An Unseen Light illuminates Memphis’s place in the long history of the struggle for African American freedom and human dignity. Praise for Unseen Light “From the aftermath of the post-Civil War race massacre to continuous violence, murder, and bitter confrontations into the twenty-first century, contributors illuminate An Unseen Light on those Black Memphians forging lives nonetheless, through negotiation, protest, music, accommodation, prayer, faith and sometimes sheer stubbornness . . . . Scholars intellectually and personally invested in the city as a site of family and community, and career, bring an unequivocal depth of understanding and richness about place and belonging that textures the pages with life, from the church pews, the music studios, or the myriad of social or political organizations, to the land itself, adding more layers to underscore how black lives have mattered in the historical grassroots building of the nation. This is thoughtful and beautiful work.” —Françoise Hamlin, author of Crossroads at Clarksdale: The Black Freedom Struggle After World War II “This rich collection covers a broad range of topics pertaining to the African American freedom struggle in Memphis, Tennessee. One of its greatest strengths is the breadth of the essays, which span a long period from the end of the Civil War to the twenty-first century. An Unseen Light is a valuable addition to civil rights scholarship.” —Cynthia Griggs Fleming, author of Yes We Did?: From King's Dream to Obama's Promise “The collection did an excellent job in explaining the inner workings of Memphis . . . . The works highlighted the past actions, organizing and insurgency which created the dynamics of racism, classism, social, and political power seen in modern Memphis. I recommend this collection to those interested in the shaping of a large southern city. I also recommend to new and lifelong Memphians to provide a blueprint of the historical legacy of Memphis and how this legacy continues to impact the lives of African Americans.” —Tennessee Libraries

Book Selected Poetry

    Book Details:
  • Author : Alexander Pope
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
  • Release : 1998
  • ISBN : 9780192834942
  • Pages : 260 pages

Download or read book Selected Poetry written by Alexander Pope and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1998 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents sixteen works by eighteenth-century English poet Alexander Pope, including "An Essay on Criticism," "The Rape of the Lock," and "The Dunciad," and includes explanatory notes and a biographical introduction.

Book American Hate

    Book Details:
  • Author : Arjun Singh Sethi
  • Publisher : The New Press
  • Release : 2018-08-07
  • ISBN : 1620973723
  • Pages : 150 pages

Download or read book American Hate written by Arjun Singh Sethi and published by The New Press. This book was released on 2018-08-07 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Amid the ugly realities of contemporary America, American Hate affirms our courage and inspiration, opening a roadmap to reconciliation by means of the victims' own words.” —NPR Books “The collection offers possible solutions for how people, on their own or working with others, can confront hate.” —San Francisco Chronicle An NPR Best Book of 2018 A San Francisco Chronicle Books Pick One of Bitch Media's “13 Books Feminists Should Read in August” One of Paste Magazine's “The 10 Best Books of August 2018” A moving and timely collection of testimonials from people impacted by hate before and after the 2016 presidential election In American Hate: Survivors Speak Out, Arjun Singh Sethi, a community activist and civil rights lawyer, chronicles the stories of individuals affected by hate. In a series of powerful, unfiltered testimonials, survivors tell their stories in their own words and describe how the bigoted rhetoric and policies of the Trump administration have intensified bullying, discrimination, and even violence toward them and their communities. We hear from the family of Khalid Jabara, who was murdered in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in August 2016 by a man who had previously harassed and threatened them because they were Arab American. Sethi brings us the story of Jeanette Vizguerra, an undocumented mother of four who took sanctuary in a Denver church in February 2017 because she feared deportation under Trump's cruel immigration enforcement regime. Sethi interviews Taylor Dumpson, a young black woman who was elected student body president at American University only to find nooses hanging across campus on her first day in office. We hear from many more people impacted by the Trump administration, including Native, black, Arab, Latinx, South Asian, Southeast Asian, Muslim, Jewish, Sikh, undocumented, refugee, transgender, queer, and people with disabilities. A necessary book for these times, American Hate explores this tragic moment in U.S. history by empowering survivors whose voices white supremacists and right-wing populist movements have tried to silence. It also provides ideas and practices for resistance that all of us can take to combat hate both now and in the future.

Book The Arena

Download or read book The Arena written by and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 806 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: