Moral Underground

Lisa Dodson worked as a union activist, an obstetrical nurse, and the director of the Division of Women's Health for the state of Massachusetts before becoming a professor of sociology at Boston College. She is the author of The Moral Underground: How Ordinary Americans Subvert an Unfair Economy (The New Press) and Don't Call Us Out of Name. She lives in Auburndale, Massachusetts.

Praise for The Moral Underground:“Lisa Dodson tracks a new civil disobedience [with]… fascinating… wrenching stories.”—The Boston Globe “If only this book had been published in 2007.Then the hundreds of people interviewed by Lisa Dodson would have been able to pass along an important piece of advice: What's good for business is not necessarily good for America.”—Time “Important, encouraging reporting.”—Kirkus “[A]n intriguing record of the economic crisis and how some are choosing to survive it.”—Booklist “Highly recommended.”—Choice “The documentary tradition at its very best.”—Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Coles