Do’s and Don’ts for Do Gooders

Hang Up Your Cape

It may happen when a passerby with skeptical eyes asks you to explain your simulation of poverty. It may happen...

Eroding Agency

When I open my door to a knocking Jehova’s Witness, does she see me as someone in need of “service”?...

What Will We do When there are No More Poor People?

A world without poverty has been predicted to arrive by 2035. This is a cause for celebration. However, is it also...

The Do-Gooder Industrial Complex

I was in eighth grade. It was a cold spring morning in Ohio. And, I was holding my mom’s hand...

Taking Pictures with Poor Kids

I am kneeling down beside her. My tattooed forearm is turned towards the camera. Her drawing of my snake tattoo...