poverty

Book Review: “Poverty, by America” — Ignoring the Real Problem

June 30, 2023
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Conservatives will sneer at Poverty, by America, for all the usual reasons. But serious leftists will too — not because of the facts it presents, but because of the platitudes that accompany them.

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Theater Review: “Anything Helps God Bless” — Portland’s Lower Depths

December 23, 2016
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Anything Helps God Bless would benefit from sharpening its dramatic focus, even though that means losing some valuable material.

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Book Review: “Behind the Beautiful Forevers”

February 26, 2012
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The people of Annawadi live in conditions so bleak that “Behind the Beautiful Forevers” evoked, for one Indian reviewer, Primo Levi’s depiction of life in concentration camps.

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