5/11/2023 0 Comments Matthew desmond poverty by america![]() ![]() ![]() The authorities didn’t think the father could care for his three children alone, and their mother, who had a serious mental illness and was using PCP, wasn’t an option either. Its ugly recipe was laid bare in the authorities’ toxicology reports, making him look like a career junkie and not what he was: an exhausted member of America’s working poor. Sometimes when pulling a double shift, he would snort a speedball-cocaine mixed with benzodiazepine and morphine, sometimes heroin-to stay awake or dull his pain. ![]() There I met a fifty-five-year-old father who had stayed up all night working at his warehouse job by the port. I recently spent a day on the tenth floor of Newark’s courthouse, the floor where the state decides child welfare cases. It aims to foster the fruitful exchange of expertise and perspectives across fields, and opinions expressed do not necessarily represent the views of the OECD. The Forum Network is a space for experts and thought leaders-from around the world and all parts of society- to discuss and develop solutions now and for the future. Published by Crown, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC. From the book POVERTY, BY AMERICA by Matthew Desmond. ![]()
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