EVERGREEN RACISM
The link between school voucher programs and resistance to integration has never been subtle. Now this taxpayer-supported racism is again on the rise.
Kathryn J. Edin is the William Church Osborne Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs at Princeton University. The author of nine books, Edin is widely recognized for using both quantitative research and direct, in-depth observation to illuminate key mysteries about poverty.
H. Luke Shaefer is the Hermann and Amalie Kohn Professor at the University of Michigan. There he directs Poverty Solutions, a presidential initiative that partners with communities to prevent and alleviate poverty.
Timothy J. Nelson is the director of undergraduate studies in sociology and lecturer of public affairs at the School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. He is the author of numerous articles on low-income fathers and is the co-author, with Edin, of the award-winning Doing the Best I Can: Fatherhood in the Inner City.