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Gabor Maté: How Capitalism Makes Us Sick: An Interview on Health and Politics

By Ryan Meili — 2014

Doctor Gabor Maté is the award-winning author of the books When the Body Says No, Hold On To Your Kids, and In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts. He was recently invited to speak at a conference of the Saskatoon Tribal Council, which includes seven Saskatchewan First Nations. I took the opportunity to interview Dr. Maté about his writing and the intersection between health and politics.

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The Hope of America’s Possibility, with Rev. William J. Barber II | #Obconf2019

Rev. William J.

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William Barber
2019
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Inside Veterans Row: Homeless Vets Outside Los Angeles's VA

Most have of us have seen the unsettling images of American flags fastened to the outside of tents at a homeless encampment called "Veteran's Row" in Los Angeles. Rob Reynolds's passion is to support homeless veterans navigate services to get the help they need.

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2021
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We Need to Talk about an Injustice | Bryan Stevenson

In an engaging and personal talk—with cameo appearances from his grandmother and Rosa Parks—human rights lawyer Bryan Stevenson shares some hard truths about America’s justice system, starting with a massive imbalance along racial lines: a third of the country’s black male population has been...

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2012
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We Cry Justice: Reading the Bible with the Poor People’s Campaign

From Genesis to Revelation, the Bible proclaims justice and abundance for the poor. Yet these powerful passages about poverty are frequently overlooked and misinterpreted.

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Liz Theoharis (editor), William J. Barber II (foreword)
2021
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Nobody: Casualties of America’s War on the Vulnerable, from Ferguson to Flint and Beyond

In this “thought-provoking and important” (Library Journal) analysis of state-sanctioned violence, Marc Lamont Hill carefully considers a string of high-profile deaths in America—Sandra Bland, Freddie Gray, Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Trayvon Martin, and others—and incidents of gross negligence...

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Marc Lamont Hill
2017
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Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World

Anand Giridharadas takes us into the inner sanctums of a new gilded age, where the rich and powerful fight for equality and justice any way they can—except ways that threaten the social order and their position atop it.

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Anand Giridharadas
2019
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We Do This ’Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice

“Organizing is both science and art.

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Mariame Kaba
2021
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Riane Eisler: The Work That Has No Name

Riane Eisler, an eminent social scientist and activist, attorney, and author, explains why it's crucial to count life-sustaining labor as productive work in the economics of society.

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Riane Eisler
2016
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The Real Wealth of Nations

The great problems of our time such as poverty, inequality, war, terrorism, and environmental degradation are due in part to our flawed economic models that set the wrong priorities and misallocate resources.

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Riane Eisler
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The Impeachment Cover-Up Demands a Call to Action! | Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II

February 4th, 2020 - From the United States Capitol in Washington, DC, just hours before impeached president Donald J. Trump delivers his State of the Union address, and one day before the President’s projected acquittal in the Republican-led Senate, Rev. Dr. William J.

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William Barber
2020
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Poverty and Economic Inequality