Jacobson Lecture: Matthew Desmond and Alex Kotlowitz: Race, Poverty, and Housing in American Cities

Conversation between Harvard social sciences professor Matthew Desmond, author of the bestseller Evicted: Poverty & Profit in an American City, and veteran journalist and nonfiction writer Alex Kotlowitz, author of There Are No Children Here, an award-winning 1991 best-seller about 2 young boys growing up in Chicago’s public housing. Q&A. Reception follows.
4-6 p.m., Rackham Amphitheatre. Free. 936-3518.