By about and for poor white people: about unlearning the American dream, untangling from white supremacy, and working for liberation alongside other poor folks. Introduces people who are poor and unhoused and watches a community grapple with desperation, government neglect, and its own racism. From visits to jails, flophouses, tent cities, and trips to hospitals and funeral homes, readers learn about leaders forging connections between their people and the global movement to end poverty. With insights born of liberation theology and radical politics, the book highlights individuals hammering out survival strategies and hope in the abandoned zones of empire. Holds that capitalism and colonialism have stolen land from Indigenous people, forced workers into dangerous jobs, and then left them to die when their labor was no longer needed. Asks what would happen if poor white folks rejected the empty promises of white supremacy and embraced solidarity with other poor people? What if they joined the resistance to the system that is, slowly or quickly, killing us all? Read more.