Princeton University professor and social scientist Matthew Desmond visited the University of Arkansas at Little Rock on Nov. 13 to discuss his Pulitzer Prize winning book “Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City,” which examines the impact of eviction on the lives of the urban poor and its role in perpetuating racial and economic inequality. Continue reading “Eviction is cause, not just symptom, of poverty, author says”
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Matthew Desmond will be the featured speaker this fall during the University of Arkansas at Little Rock’s Winthrop Rockefeller Distinguished Lecture Series. Continue reading “Winthrop Rockefeller Distinguished Lecture Series to feature Pulitzer Prize winner Matthew Desmond”
Pulitzer Prize-winning presidential historian and best-selling author Jon Meacham will hold a lecture on presidential politics and a book signing during a visit to the University of Arkansas at Little Rock April 5.
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