The following excerpt and trailer relate to the 2009 documentary, “In the Shadow of the Raid”. To read the article in its entirety, click here. To order the complete, 30 minute documentary, contact streetdogmedia@gmail.com. On May 12, 2008, immigration officials stormed a kosher meatpacking plant in Postville, Iowa, arresting nearly 400 undocumented workers in one of the [...]
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Book Review: Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights, and the new war on the poor
Posted by Kari on April 4, 2010
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Dr. Paul Farmer has written an ambitious book in the face of the world’s most stubbornly unsolvable issue: poverty. I first picked up the book after reading the best-selling biography “Mountains Beyond Mountains” by Tracy Kidder, in which Farmer’s travels and experiences with global health are recorded. After getting to know his human side, I [...]