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Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, death, and hope in a Mumbai undercity

Katherine Boo

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$2.00 A Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America

Kathryn J. Edin

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Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City

Matthew Desmond

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Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty

Esther Duflo

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The Aquariums of Pyongyang

Pierre Rigoulot

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Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption

Bryan Stevenson

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In America, losing a job means making a hundred phone calls to a state unemployment-insurance system. Getting hit by a car means becoming your own hospital-billing expert. Having a disability means launching into a Jarndyce v. Jarndyce–type legal battle. Needing help to feed a toddler means filling out a novel-length application for aid.

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Chasing the Scream

Johann Hari

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The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap

Matt Taibbi

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