Classroom Changemakers
Homeroom, the final documentary film chapter of the Oakland trilogy, features Oakland (Calif.) High School’s class of 2020 as they organize to remove police officers from their school and navigate remote learning amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Concordia Studio/Open’hood.
Getting to the Roots
In Abolition. Feminism. Now., Angela Y. Davis, Gina Dent, Erica R. Meiners, and Beth E. Richie trace the feminist roots of prison abolition and show the connections between state and interpersonal gender-based and sexual violence. Together, they invite us to cultivate collective change. Haymarket Books.
The Cost of Care
Faced with overwhelming medical debt after an attempted suicide, Emily Maloney took a job as an emergency room technician and saw the other side of the American medical system. Her essays, Cost of Living, unpack and indict our greed-driven care industry. Henry Holt & Co.
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