Matthew Desmond is a professor of sociology at Princeton University. After receiving his Ph.D. in 2010 from the University of Wisconsin at Madison, he joined the Harvard Society of Fellows as a Junior Fellow. A contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine, Desmond was listed in 2016 among the Politico 50, as one of “fifty people across the country who are most influencing the national political debate.”
Christa Pike's survival has exposed a contradiction that capital punishment normally conceals. The state can declare a life forfeit, but when its machinery of death fails, it suddenly becomes responsible for keeping
A senior figure in Sri Lanka’s Frontline Socialist Party has claimed that two-thirds of the country’s population has fallen into poverty under the current administration, while 21% of children under the age of five are suffering from malnutrition. Pubudu Jayagoda,
Sri Lanka was represented at Moscow Fashion Week with a presentation by Sri Lankan designer Kamil Hewavitharana, whose label Limak by Kamil showcased a
Sri Lanka and Russia have concluded a bilateral military exercise in the Russian Federation, with special operations forces from the two countries conducting joint
Following excerpts adapted from the author’s most recent book, Poverty, by America, published by Crown We imagine that their sufferings are one thing and our life another.—Leo Tolstoy Why is there so
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