
You can also become an Uncommontary patron at Patreon for as little as $4 a month or make a single support contribution through PayPal. And in 2016 he was awarded the Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism by the University of Missouri School of Journalism.ĭon’t forget to order books through our sponsor, Hearts and Minds Books. His work has been recognized by the Society of Professional Journalists, the American Society of New Editors, and the Scripps Howard Foundation. He’s the author of Profit and Punishment: How American Criminalized the Poor in the Name of Justice. In this excellent book, Tony Messenger explains how these modern debtors prisons work to keep poor people poor and use their money as a resource to be. Louis Post-Dispatch where he won a Pulitzer Prize for Commentary. Tony Messenger is the Metro columnist for the St. Tony Messenger (Author), Karen Chilton (Narrator), & 1 more.


Journalist and author Tony Messenger joins host Marty Duren for a troubling look at how poverty is criminalized and exploited for municipal gain. Profit and Punishment: How America Criminalizes the Poor in the Name of Justice Audible Audiobook Unabridged.
