
Poverty, the Housing Crisis and Lobster on Food Stamps w/ Matthew Desmond
Factually! with Adam Conover
Is There a Meta Myth?
Desmond: I think that there's a story about historical reckoning. There is something special about seeing our government as not just, you know, an outside force, but something that we all contribute to. He says the American public is ready for a different kind of conversation when it comes to inequality. "I like America. I want to make America better," Desmond writes.
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