New and Noteworthy: ‘Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight,’ Pregnant in Prison, and More

Three culture recommendations from our editors.
From Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight

When a Child Sees War

Adapted from Alexandra Fuller’s memoir, Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight centers 8-year-old Bobo’s life on her white family’s farm in what is now Zimbabwe at the end of the wars for independence and racial equality. We see both sides of the war through Bobo’s eyes. Sony Pictures Classic

Pregnant in Prison

Sociologist Rebecca M. Rodriguez Carey spotlights formerly incarcerated pregnant women in Birth Behind Bars. She examines how prisons, health care, and child welfare institutions intertwine to control women, fracture families, and perpetuate racial and gender injustice. NYU Press

Change Is Possible

In Ordinary Heroes of Racial Justice, historian Karen J. Johnson introduces readers to Catherine De Hueck, John Perkins, and Clarence Jordan — Christian activists whose lives testify to how regular people, grounded in faith, can challenge racial injustice and ignite lasting change. IVP Academic

This appears in the July 2025 issue of Sojourners