Poor By Law: How Poverty Became a Crime in America  
By Dorothy Hil | Published by New Nubian
 
A searing indictment of the American legal system’s treatment of poverty, Poor By Law exposes how fines, fees, bail, and vagrancy laws have turned economic hardship into criminality. From Ferguson to Georgia, colonial poorhouses to modern courtrooms, Dorothy Hil traces the historical and ongoing machinery that punishes the poor while protecting power. Urgent, unflinching, and deeply researched, this book is essential reading for anyone seeking justice reform rooted in truth.