Supplemental Readings.These reading can be used to further highlight different aspects of the book.
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California's Poverty Rate Remains Nations Highest
This Sacramento Bee article covers the findings of a recent census showing that California has the highest poverty rate in the nation.
Poor in Miami: Hoping to Ride out Irma on Bread and Tuna
This NPR article highlights the particular problem of poor living in places that are affected by nation disaster. In particular, it talks about the difficulty of preparing for a natural disaster when you do not have the money to buy supplies.
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Elon Musk: Living on $2 a Day
In this article, Elon Musk discusses why he challenged himself to live on $2 a day while he was a college student.
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CSU Study on Students and Food Insecurity
This is a PDF of the findings from a recent study which sought to see how the CSU was helping students who were displaced and affected by poverty.
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CSUB opens Food Pantry
If you would like to cover a more local version of this, this Bakersfield Californian article talks about the food pantry that was recently opened at CSUB.
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It's Expensive to be Poor
This Atlantic article explores the complexities of having to work low paying, physically demanding jobs.
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What Instagrams Look Like in a Food Desert
Our students are all familiar with the barrage of food pictures available on social media; this article explores what those pictures look like when food is not as available.
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How to Fix Poverty: Why not just Give People Money?
This NPR article explores what can happen when in kind donations of food and supplies are replace with donations of cash.
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Is it Crazy to Think that We can Eradicate Poverty?
This New York Times article explores the complexities of creating a deadline to end poverty.
1.5 Million Americans are Living on Less than $2 a Day
This is a youtube video of an interview with one of the books authors and it highlights many of the main points of the book.
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