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Jun 9, 2024 | 
portside.org | Anne Kim
The Rise of Poverty Inc. Published June 9, 2024 In 1964, president lyndon b. johnson declared “unconditional war on poverty,” and since then, federal spendingon anti-poverty initiatives has steadily ballooned. The federal government now devotes hundreds of billions of dollars a year to programs that exclusively or disproportionately benefit low-income Americans, including housing subsidies, food stamps, welfare, and tax credits for working poor families.
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Jun 1, 2024 | 
theatlantic.com | Anne Kim
In 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson declared “unconditional war on poverty,” and since then, federal spending on anti-poverty initiatives has steadily ballooned. The federal government now devotes hundreds of billions of dollars a year to programs that exclusively or disproportionately benefit low-income Americans, including housing subsidies, food stamps, welfare, and tax credits for working poor families.
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May 30, 2024 | 
publishersweekly.com | Garrett Graff |Anne Kim |Noliwe Rooks |Rachel Meredith Kousser
When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-DayPulitzer finalist Graff (Watergate) draws from more than 700 eyewitness accounts for this gripping and propulsive history of the D-Day invasion. The contributors range from teenage privates to heads of state and military commanders, from frogmen and signalmen to parachuting generals, all of whom were engaged in a “feat of unprecedented human audacity, a mission more...
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May 29, 2024 | 
publishersweekly.com | Anne Kim |Noliwe Rooks |Rachel Meredith Kousser |Peter Hessler
Chris Raymond. St. Martin’s, $32 (496p) ISBN 978-1-250-28048-0This rousing debut oral history from sports reporter Raymond traces how the Penn State Nittany Lions rebounded following former coach Jerry Sandusky’s 2011 arrest for child sex abuse.
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May 24, 2024 | 
publishersweekly.com | Anne Kim |Noliwe Rooks |Rachel Meredith Kousser |Peter Hessler
Nick Corasaniti. Harper, $32 (320p) ISBN 978-0-06-295078-9New York Times reporter Corasaniti debuts with an immersive chronicle of the music venue in Asbury Park, N.J., where Bruce Springsteen got his start. Beginning the account with the Stone Pony’s 1974 opening, Corasaniti pulls from hundreds of interviews with a diverse cast of characters, among them the bar’s original owner, Jack Roig; manager Butch Pielka; and Springsteen himself.
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May 24, 2024 | 
publishersweekly.com | Anne Kim |Noliwe Rooks |Rachel Meredith Kousser |Peter Hessler
CeCé Telfer. Grand Central, $30 (304p) ISBN 978-1-5387-5624-9In this stirring debut memoir, Telfer recounts the challenges she has faced throughout her career as a trans athlete. Growing up in Jamaica, Telfer was bullied for the feminine “way I walk and talk” but discovered that her athleticism earned the begrudging respect of her classmates.
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May 22, 2024 | 
publishersweekly.com | Anne Kim |Noliwe Rooks |Rachel Meredith Kousser |Peter Hessler
Susan Greenhalgh. Univ. of Chicago, $25 trade paper (352p) ISBN 978-0-226-83473-3In this troubling exposé, Greenhalgh (Fat-Talk Nation), an anthropology professor emerita at Harvard University, reveals how Coca-Cola waged a pseudoscience campaign throughout the aughts to deflect public concern that their high-fat, high-sugar drinks were fueling an obesity epidemic.
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May 16, 2024 | 
publishersweekly.com | Anne Kim |Noliwe Rooks |Rachel Meredith Kousser |Peter Hessler
Arik Kershenbaum. Penguin Press, $30 (288p) ISBN 978-0-593-65493-4In this rewarding study, Cambridge University zoologist Kershenbaum (The Zoologist’s Guide to the Galaxy) examines the meaning behind howls, screeches, and other calls of the wild. He explains that wolf howls can be heard over 10 kilometers away and help pack members keep in touch with one another while alerting outsiders that they’re in another pack’s territory.
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May 14, 2024 | 
publishersweekly.com | Anne Kim |Noliwe Rooks |Rachel Meredith Kousser |Peter Hessler
Anne Kim. New Press, $28.99 (352p) ISBN 978-1-62097-781-1Corporations are taking advantage of sclerotic government to skim money off anti-poverty initiatives, according to this stinging exposé. Lawyer and journalist Kim (Abandoned) probes a raft of ill-designed and poorly supervised federal and state programs that are run or mediated by private businesses that jack up prices and deliver substandard services.
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Mar 12, 2024 | 
publishersweekly.com | Anne Kim |Noliwe Rooks |Rachel Meredith Kousser |Peter Hessler
Tom McGrath. Grand Central, $32 (336p) ISBN 978-1-5387-2599-3Vaulting ambition, passionate consumerism, and a business culture that threw workers under the bus are among the achievements of the yuppie generation, according to this penetrating study. Journalist McGrath (MTV) charts the trajectory of the “young urban professional” cohort who protested in the 1960s, “found themselves” in the ’70s, and went to Wall Street in the ’80s.
