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Matthew Desmond

The Tenants Who Evicted Their Landlord

Covid-19 has revealed the depths of the nation’s rental housing crisis—but a group of Minneapolis tenants has shown that a different future is possible.

Matthew Desmond The New York Times Magazine Oct 2020 30min Permalink

Best Article Business

Americans Want to Believe Jobs Are the Solution to Poverty. They’re Not.

“We need a new language for talking about poverty. ‘Nobody who works should be poor,’ we say. That’s not good enough. Nobody in America should be poor, period.”

Matthew Desmond New York Times Magazine Sep 2018 20min Permalink

Best Article Politics

How Homeownership Became the Engine of American Inequality

An enormous entitlement in the tax code props up home prices—and overwhelmingly benefits the wealthy and the upper middle class.

Matthew Desmond New York Times Magazine May 2017 30min Permalink