Politics & Social Sciences
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While the City Slept: A Love Lost to Violence and a Young Man’s Descent Into Madness
Interesting book about how we treat our mentally ill citizens. Isaiah Kalebu on a summer’s night in 2009 brutally raped two women, then murdered one of them. Isaiah Kalebu had mental health issues and there was nothing that either family members, mental health workers, lawyers or judges could do to stop the trajectory that Kalebu… Continue reading
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Manifest Justice
The first book I read by Barry Siegel was Claim of Privilege , I was absolutely mesmerized by the book. Amazed that the government could withhold information from family members on the loss of their loved ones. Manifest Injustice, like Just Mercy tells the story of a man caught in grips of a legal system… Continue reading
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Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
The rental market is rigged, it is especially so for the poor. I don’t know how one of the most basic of necessities has become so abused. Are there any reputable landlords out there, I think not, especially in poor communities. The book follows eight families and two landlords experience with renting and renters in… Continue reading