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  • Jonathan Kozol

    Jonathan Kozol reads from and discusses his book "Rachel and Her Children: Homeless Families in America"

    Jan. 16, 1989

    The people living at the Martinique feel as though they are a toxic waste substance being compressed in the density living quarters, explains Jonathan Kozol. Rachel of Kozol's book, "Rachel and Her Children: Homeless Families in America" said people don't want to see them. Refering to the song, "We are the World, " Rachel also asks how come people care so much for people they can't see? "We are the world, " says Rachel. "We live here, too".

  • John Kenneth Galbraith in conversation with Studs Terkel

    Apr. 1, 1992

    Discussing the book "The Culture of Contentment" (published by Houghton Mifflin) with the author, economist John Kenneth Galbraith. This program is a dub from a master cassette.

  • Discussing the book "The New American Poverty," with the author Michael Harrington

    May. 1, 1984
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