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Poverty & Race (ISSN 1075-3591), Chester Hartman, Editor, our 16-28 page bi-monthly newsletter journal, is a forum for communicating news and ideas, as well as regularly reporting the results of PRRAC-sponsored research, the advocacy work that research has assisted and other relevant news. Each issue lists in the Resources Section 100-200 recent reports and studies on race / poverty issues.

Poverty & Race in America: The Emerging Agendas, PRRAC's 3rd “best of Poverty & Race" volume has been published by Lexington Books. The 456-page collection is edited by PRRAC Director of Research Chester Hartman, with a Foreword by Congressman Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. Featuring over six dozen pieces (some in symposium form) originally published in Poverty & Race between mid-2001 and 2005 -- many updated and revised for this volume -- the book's sections cover Race/Racism, Poverty, Education, Housing, Health, and Democracy. The 91 contributors to the collection represent the best of progressive thought and activism on America's two most salient, and seemingly intractable, domestic problems. The book is ideal for a range of college, graduate school and high school courses. Paperback edition is $34.95, hardback $95. Order from 800/462-6420 (if you mention code 856POVRA you can get a 20% discount). For faculty examination copies, contact textbooks@rowman.com. Read the Table of Contents.

The original "best of Poverty & Race" volume - Double Exposure: Poverty and Race in America (258 pp., M.E. Sharpe: 1997), Introductions by Julian Bond and Bill Bradley - containing the leading symposia and arricles from P & R - is available to order from us. View the Table of Contents. Order today!

The second "best of Poverty & Race" volume, Challenges to Equality: Poverty and Race in America (414 pp., M.E. Sharpe: 2001), with a Foreword by Congresman John Lewis, is also available to order from us. View the Table of Contents. Order today!

Print subscriptions to Poverty & Race are $25 per year, $45 for two years. Foreign postage $5 extra per year.

Bulk orders of Poverty & Race: Several organizations have arrangements with PRRAC to receive bulk orders (at a steep discount), which they then distribute to their affiliates, board members, staff. Contact our office by sending email to info@prrac.org or calling 202/906-8023 to discuss such an arrangement.

Articles, article suggestions and general comments are welcome, as are notices of publications, conferences, job openings, etc. for our Resources Section. Articles generally may be reprinted, providing PRRAC gives advance permission. Send suggestions and comments to Chester Hartman, chartman@prrac.org.

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To browse Poverty & Race articles and resources by subject, click a topic in the left margin.