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Living in the Shadows
Jun 30, 2017 A new book by writer, photographer and union organizer David Bacon is a bilingual fusion of journalism and documentary photography that reveals the humanity and suffering of marginalized Latino workers.
Teeth
Jun 17, 2017 A muckraking new book exposes the hidden reality of oral disease -- a stepchild in the health care debate and likely the largest pre-existing condition of all -- in the United States.
Make Art, Not War
Feb 3, 2017 Political posters can contribute enormously to street demonstrations that will inevitably increase in both number and intensity.
Arnold Mesches’ Death Closes a Chapter on Socially Conscious Art in American History
Nov 24, 2016 Throughout his long and distinguished career, the artist used his talent to provide incisive visual commentary about the major social and political issues of his time.
Invisible Nation
Oct 28, 2016 Families represent 37 percent of today's homeless population. Entire families live in the streets, in cars, in temporary shelters and in single motel rooms. A new book examines family homelessness in five American cities.
The Hundred-Year Walk
Apr 22, 2016 April 24 is Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day. The 1.5 million Armenians who perished in the genocide are often an abstract statistic, but a powerful new book, based on the journals of the author's grandfather who lived through the atrocity, may help change that.
The Restoration of a Mural Is the Resurrection of Lost History
Jan 21, 2016 Noni Olabisi’s painting "To Protect and Serve"—perhaps the most controversial mural in Los Angeles in the past 80 years—features a positive depiction of the Black Panther Party and its contributions to the African-American community. Such information about the party's constructive role is nowhere to be found in school textbooks.
American Artists Against War
Jan 8, 2016 Artists of conscience have always responded angrily and passionately to war, genocide and torture. This book examines the work of American visual artists from 1935 to 2010 who believed that governments and humanity must be held to higher moral standards.
House Keys, Not Handcuffs
Jul 11, 2015 A new book asks its readers to understand that the homeless in America need homes and serious social and public health services, not arrests, prosecution, police harassment and the continuing criminalization of the poor.