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How to Become a Poverty Abolitionist

The statistics on poverty in the U.S. are shocking and shameful: one in nine Americans lives in poverty and one in 18 lives in “deep” poverty, defined in 2020 as annual income below roughly $13,000 for a family of four. More than a million public schoolchildren are homeless; more than 2 million Americans live in homes without running water or toilets. In his new book "Poverty, by America,” Matthew Desmond, who won a Pulitzer for his searing book on eviction, strives to figure out why there is so much poverty in the richest nation in the world — and what can be done to eliminate it. The responsibility, he writes, is all of ours: beyond policies and political movements, “it will also require that each of us, in our own way, become poverty abolitionists, unwinding ourselves from our neighbors’ deprivation and refusing to live as unwitting enemies of the poor.” Desmond joins Forum to tell us how. see more
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Is Discrimination Prevalent Against Older Tech Employees?

Michael Krasny
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Many of the Bay Area's tech companies are populated by young employees in their 20s and 30s. "Young people are just smarter," Mark Zuckerberg said back in 2007, noting they have "simpler lives," without having to spend time on partners or kids. Now job applicants in their 50s and 60s are reporting that they color gray hairs, wear Converse sneakers, and get cosmetic surgery to compete with a younger work force. Is age discrimination a real problem in the Bay Area tech world?

Guests:

Norman Matloff, professor of computer science at UC Davis

Connie Brock, career advisor and facilitator at ProMatch, a networking program for job-seeking professionals

Suzie Wong, analytics talent acquisition sourcer for eBay; and former marketing manager at HP

Cliff Palefsky, attorney at McGuinn, Hillsman & Palefsky, who represents workers who have been terminated or passed over for promotions in age discrimination cases

Maggie Popplewell, project manager and electronic data interchange expert

David Burstein, author of "Fast Future: How the Millennial Generation is Shaping Our World"

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