The Despair Epidemic

Together, journalists Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn have covered genocide, massacres, sex trafficking, and other humanitarian crises around the globe. But the most recent reporting for this husband-wife journalism team brought them closer to home. While Kristof and WuDunn live in Westchester, their latest book, Tightrope — the fifth they’ve coauthored — focuses on Yamhill, Oregon, Kristof’s hometown, and then expands to shed light on other working-class communities across the country. The authors argue that far from being immune to the strife they’ve witnessed on other continents, America is itself in the midst of a crisis, one largely ignored by the media. READ MORE