Mike talks with Michelle Wilde Anderson, professor of property, local government, and environmental justice at Stanford Law School, about her recently released book, The Fight to Save the Town: Reimagining Discarded America.
Topics Mike & Michelle Cover Include:
the problem of citywide poverty
poor cities and gateway cities
ineffective “solutions” to citywide poverty
how pathologizing poor cities as failed and corrupt makes things worse
the importance of rebuilding trust in tackling citywide poverty
poverty & hope in Stockton California; Josephine County, Oregon; Lawrence, Massachusetts; and Detroit Michigan
Michelle Wilde Anderson on Twitter
Mike on Instagram (lots of dog pictures 🐶)
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