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Hunger in the United States

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By Annelise Orleck, Janet Poppendieck, Andrew Fisher, Viola Davis
| Five Books
Your book is called The Painful Truth about Hunger in America. What is the painful truth that people might not know? My book is grounded in the wisdom and expertise of people who know hunger firsthand, and I’m very committed to being in solidarity with them. The book is about the last 25 years of my work, where I was interviewing and working alongside primarily Black and brown women who were trying to break out of poverty in the city of Philadelphia and beyond.
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Orleck: From Buddhist Monks to Riot Police: A Reflection on the Last Week at Dartmouth

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By Annelise Orleck
| The Dartmouth Verified
Many of us were traumatized by the College’s decision to bring in police, including New Hampshire riot police and SWAT teams, to our quiet, rural campus on May 1. Dozens of faculty, including myself, concerned about our students’ safety, came to the Green.
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The Welfare Rights Movement Wanted Society to Value the Work of Child-Rearing

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By Annelise Orleck
| Jacobin Verified
Interview by Sasha Lilley In 1971, thousands of poor black women shut down the Las Vegas Strip and occupied Caesars Palace Hotel and Casino in protest of welfare cuts in Nevada. They were joined by left celebrities like Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland, partly to ensure that the mobsters who owned the casinos would not shoot into the crowds of protesters. These women subsequently founded Operation Life, considered one of the most successful programs of the War on Poverty era.
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