Working and Homeless in America — A Book Talk with Brian Goldstone — Resources
Books
Goldstone, Brian. “There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America.” Penguin Random House. March 25, 2025.
Desmond, Matthew. “Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City.” Crown Publishing Group. 2016.
Ehrenreich, Barbara. “Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America.” Picador Paper. June 1, 2021.
Rossi, Peter H. “Down and Out in America: The Origins of Homelessness.” The University of Chicago Press. 1990.
Articles and Publications
Goldstone, Brian. “America Is Pushing Its Workers Into Homelessness.” The New York Times. March 1, 2025.
Goldstone, Brian. “The New American Homeless.” The New Republic. August 21, 2019.
Goldstone, Brian. “3 kids. 2 paychecks. No home.” The California Sunday Magazine. November 26, 2019.
Mari, Francesca. “Lessons From a Renters’ Utopia.” The New York Times. May 26, 2023.
“Phase One Study Findings – Supporting Partnerships for Anti-Racist Communities.” Center for Social Innovation. March 2018.
Shefsky, Jay. “Chicago Photographer Captures Toll of Opioids, Homelessness” WTTW News. December 28, 2017.
Websites and Additional Resources
Homelessness Data – HUD Exchange
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