Rufus Griskam: I've never fully understood the mechanics of poverty in America. He says a new book by Pulitzer Prize-winning sociologist Matthew Desmond has opened his eyes to why it is that so many people get left behind and who benefits. "The story he tells is heartbreaking, inspiring, and in the end infuriating," writes Griskam.
RUFUS GRISCOM: Could you share with us your broader mission and how your new book, “Poverty, by America,” supports that mission?
MATTHEW DESMOND: I want to end poverty. I want to be part of the movement that’s growing around the country not to treat it but to cure it, not to reduce it but to abolish it. And I say that because we can. We can, as a country, put an end to all this scarcity and deprivation in our midst.