Now that the country has once again survived a trip to the brink of financial chaos in exchange for concessions related to the debt ceiling, it’s worth asking why the United States has such a large federal debt and what […]
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The Author’s Corner with Josiah Rector
Josiah Rector is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Houston. This interview is based on his new book, Toxic Debt: An Environmental Justice History of Detroit (University of North Carolina Press, 2022). JF: What led you to ​write […]