Researcher Kathryn Edin left the ivory tower for the streets of Camden—and turned sociology upside down.
Researcher Kathryn Edin left the ivory tower for the streets of Camden—and turned sociology upside down.
Single moms and absentee dads are not the problem. And going to college does not mean you'll escape the poverty trap.
Researcher Kathryn Edin left the ivory tower for the streets of Camden—and turned sociology upside down.
Why everything you thought you knew about poverty and its causes was wrong
Forbes writer Gene Marks today tells us what he'd do if he were destitute and black. Here's what a poor minority kid I knew did.
"I saw that the camera could be a weapon against poverty, against racism, against all sorts of social wrongs. I knew at that point I had to have a camera."
Researcher Kathryn Edin left the ivory tower for the streets of Camden—and turned sociology upside down.
Gentle, persuasive acts of protest: Gordon Parks used his camera as a ‘weapon’ for empathy with America’s poor and powerless
Young campaigners in north Bangladesh are working to end the cycle of poverty and powerlessness caused by child marriage, writes Syed Zain Al-Mahmood
"I saw that the camera could be a weapon against poverty, against racism, against all sorts of social wrongs. I knew at that point I had to have a camera."
Gordon Parks (1912-2006) was an American photographer, film director, writer and composer. He directed “Shaft” (1971) and co-founded Essence magazine. He was the first black photographe…
