On this edition of Your Call, Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove discusses his new book, co-authored with the Reverend William Barber, "White Poverty: How Exposing Myths About Race and Class Can Reconstruct American Democracy."
They write that there are 40 million more poor white people than Black people. Until we face the reality of white poverty in the US, we can't comprehend what is exceptional about inequality in the richest country in the world.
The election is in just 41 days and the Poor People’s Campaign is working tirelessly to organize poor and low-income people. This country's 135 million poor and low-wage people represent the largest swing vote in this year’s election.
Guest:
Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, founder of the School for Conversion and assistant director of the Center for Public Theology and Public Policy at Yale Divinity School
