Conscience of Congress John Lewis Hopes You’ll ‘Get in the Way’ of Things
Lewis’s lifelong philosophy on civil disobedience is admirable and urgent. Interview with Get in the Way Director, Kathleen Dowdey.
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‘City of Thorns’ Is a Clear, Painful Look Inside the World’s Largest Refugee Camp
City of Thorns is a stunning and welcome antidote to simplistic treatments of refugee crises and the equally simplistic solutions sometimes offered for them.
The Real Walking Dead: Joshua M. Price’s ‘Prison and Social Death’
This book is about society. Shifting the focus from the individual (crime) to the social (punishment) is not so much a political choice as it is an ethical imperative.
Jehane Noujaim’s Oscar-Nominated Documentary ‘The Square’
Filmed over two years, The Square is an exquisitely composed, impeccably edited evocation of a quickly shifting world suffused with ambitions and compromises.