William Julius Wilson discusses his forthcoming book entitled, "More than Just Race: Being Black and Poor in the Inner City" during the keynote speech of the Interdisciplinary Group on Poverty and Inequality conference. March, 2009.
Katherine Newman talks about her book "The Missing Class: Portraits of the Near Poor in America" which discusses the 57 million Americans-including 21 percent of the nation's children-who are sandwiched between poor and middle class.
Panelists Mary Pattillo, Sandra S. Smith, David Harding and moderator Sheldon Danziger talk about jobs and housing and the trust, distrust, and social class in the black community. January, 2008.
Sheldon Danziger discusses the recently published book that he co-edited titled "Working and Poor: How Economic and Policy Changes Are Affecting Low-Wage Workers" (co-edited with Rebecca Blank and Bob Schoeni). January, 2007.
Cecilia Muñoz Vice President, Office of Research, Advocacy, and Legislation, National Council of La Raza; Harry A. and former Margaret D. Towsley Foundation Policymaker in Residence, discusses Immigration reform legislation. April, 2007.
Ron Haskins in his lecture titled, "Work Over Welfare: The Inside Story of the 1996 Welfare Reform Law" discusses the 1996 Welfare Reform Law. January, 2007.
Keynote speaker Edward Gramlich, and panelist Henry Aaron, Olivia Mitchell, Robert Willis and chair Darren Lubotsky debate Social Security reform. September, 2005.
