We bear the weight of history, of a system that has failed. Steve BogiraThe Hustle of Kim Foxx I may earn money or credit when readers purchase items through links on my site. Visit my Affiliate FAQ for more information. Format:audiobook – currently audio included on Kindle Unlimited Publisher’s Synopsis:After the fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald byContinue reading “The Hustle of Kim Foxx”
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Cellmates
His friendliness, his strong desire to help people—qualities that in most situations had served Lee well, seemed to have worked against him with devastating consequences. Tori MarlanCellmates I may earn money or credit when readers purchase items through links on my site. Visit my Affiliate FAQ for more information. Format:audiobook – currently free & audio included forContinue reading “Cellmates”
The Waiting Room
Enough time here and you begin to understand that a jail like this in a city like Chicago was never designed to spare those whose only offense is living next door. Nicole Gonzalez Van CleveThe Waiting Room I may earn money or credit when readers purchase items through links on my site. Visit my Affiliate FAQ forContinue reading “The Waiting Room”
The Gun King
Looking at crime through the eyes of the authorities is like diagnosing an illness by asking the doctor how he feels. You might learn enough to treat the obvious symptoms, but you’ll never understand the underlying disease. John H. RichardsonThe Gun King I may earn money or credit when readers purchase items through links onContinue reading “The Gun King”
Hometown Victory: A Coach’s Story of Football, Fate, and Coming Home
Format:Audiobook Publisher’s Synopsis:The Blindside meets Friday Night Lights in Keanon Lowe’s Hometown Victory when an NFL coach returns home after losing a friend to opioids to coach a team of struggling high school kids on a 23-game losing streak. Keanon Lowe was working as an offensive analyst for the San Francisco 49ers when his childhood friend and former high schoolContinue reading “Hometown Victory: A Coach’s Story of Football, Fate, and Coming Home”
We Should All Be Feminists
Culture does not make people. People make culture. If it is true that the full humanity of women is not our culture, then we can and must make it our culture. Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieWe Should All Be Feminists Format:audiobook Publisher’s Synopsis:In this personal, eloquently-argued essay—adapted from the much-admired TEDx talk of the same name—Chimamanda NgoziContinue reading “We Should All Be Feminists”
Stride Toward Freedom
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. Martin Luther KinG, Jr.Stride Toward Freedom Format:ebook & audiobook Publisher’s Synopsis:MLK’s classic account of the first successful large-scale act of nonviolent resistance in America: the Montgomery bus boycott. A young Dr. King wrote Stride Toward Freedom just 2 years after the successful completion of the boycott. In his memoirContinue reading “Stride Toward Freedom”
Payback
I may earn money or credit when readers purchase items through links on my site. Visit my Affiliate FAQ for more information. Format:audiobook Currently audio included on Kindle Unlimited Publisher’s Synopsis:More than two decades after Darrell Cannon was tortured into a false confession of murder, he was finally released from prison with hardly an apology. He wasn’tContinue reading “Payback”
Childhood, Interrupted
Format:Audiobook Publisher’s Synopsis:In this evocative, personal piece, Dr. Sanjay Gupta reflects on his life as a parent during this unprecedented time. He shares his fears and questions about raising his three young daughters amid our current public health crisis—and gives listeners a candid glimpse into how he’s navigating the pandemic at home. The neurosurgeon andContinue reading “Childhood, Interrupted”
Coffin Corner Boys
It’s funny how much more appealing the sky appears when you are a prisoner of war. Carole Engle AvriettCoffin Corner Boys Format:Audiobook Publisher’s Synopsis:During WWII, a B-17 crew of ten men was shot down over German-occupied France in an area known as Coffin Corner. Their pilot, George Wiley Starks, spent six weeks walking through FranceContinue reading “Coffin Corner Boys”
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