Pro Bono Summer Reading

Interested in a good read for the upcoming long weekend? Check out Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Harvard University Associate Professor and Co-Director of the Justice and Poverty Project, Matthew Desmond.

It’s been described by The New York Times as “an astonishing book,” and we agree. Desmond takes readers into the heart and homes of eight families in Milwaukee, America’s fourth poorest city, as they struggle to maintain their housing. Using on-the-ground research and data, Desmond explores poverty, economic exploitation, income inequality, housing, and race at a time when 1 in 8 tenants have faced involuntary dislocation. Evicted reads like a novel and helps you realize that you cannot have a meaningful conversation about social justice without talking about housing. This pick is essential to better understand and serve our pro bono clients.

If you would like to learn more about the Pulitzer Prize-winning, Evicted, tune in to our guest spot on The New York Public Library’s podcast, The Librarian Is In, and check out our discussion with Milwaukee’s Dawn Caldart of Quarles & Brady*† on the Law Firm Project’s podcast, the Pro Bono Happy Hour.

 

* denotes a Law Firm Pro Bono Challenge® Signatory
† denotes a Law Firm Pro Bono Project® Member

 

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