Exposing Injustice
Reporter Seth Freed Wessler utilizes video call footage to expose the horrific conditions of a detention center used by ICE to detain immigrants amid the COVID-19 pandemic. His documentary, The Facility, follows those inside as they protest for better protections and for their release. Field of Vision.
Failed Policy
In Left Behind: The Democrats’ Failed Attempt to Solve Inequality, political historian Lily Geismer reveals how Clinton-era Democratic policy championing privatization fueled current inequalities. Geismer shows why anti-poverty initiatives fall short when the rich don’t pay their fair share.
Public Affairs.
Awe for Bodies
Through her dignity-affirming spiritual lens, Cole Arthur Riley of @BlackLiturgies explores three generations of family stories and faith with honest complexity in This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us. Convergent Books.
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