“The other America, the America of poverty, is hidden today in a way that it never was before. Its millions are socially invisible to the rest of us.”

About Michael Harrington

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Michael Harrington was an influential American democratic socialist, author, and political activist. He is most famous for his groundbreaking book, "The Other America," which exposed the widespread poverty in the United...

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