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After the Ivory Tower Falls

  • Making Worlds Bookstore & Social Center 210 South 45th Street Philadelphia, PA, 19104 United States (map)

Making Worlds Cooperative Bookstore & Social Center Book Launch and Discussion: Join us for a discussion with Will Bunch about his newest book, After the Ivory Tower Falls: How College Broke the American Dream and Blew Up Our Politics, And How to Fix It, which showcases the history of the student debt crisis. Currently this $1.7 Trillion student debt crisis is acutely felt on Black and Brown borrowers. Together, we'll dig into the history of this crisis and higher education.

Will Bunch is the national opinion columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer. He is the recipient of numerous journalism awards, including sharing a Pulitzer Prize for his reporting for New York Newsday on a deadly subway crash at Union Square. Bunch is the author of Tear Down This Myth: The Right-Wing Distortion of the Reagan Legacy; The Backlash: Right-Wing Radicals, High-Def Hucksters and Paranoid Politics in the Age of Obama; and After the Ivory Tower Falls: How College Broke the American Dream and Blew Up Our Politics—and How to Fix It.

Advance registration required. RSVP here!

Stay Tuned for Other Events in the Series:

Chenjerai Kumanyika "How to tell your debt story workshop": 11/30 7pm Online zoom

Freedom Dreaming Short Film Screening/Debtors Assembly: 12/2 7pm Making Worlds in-person

Andrew Ross book event: "Cars and Jails: Dreams of Freedom, Realities of Debt and Prison." 1/27 7pm Making Worlds in person