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I adore anytime I can pick up a well-written, commercial book that teaches me something new about history. I had no idea that EMS services started with a handful of committed Black paramedics and their story was by turns inspiring, shocking, upsetting, and also deeply emotional. As with many parts of history, the real foundations of paramedic services have been erased. What an incredible gift this book was for me to get a much clearer picture of a slice of US history.
Until the 1970s, if you suffered a medical crisis, your chances of survival were minimal. A 9-1-1 call might bring police or even the local funeral home. But that all changed with Freedom House EMS in Pittsburgh, a group of Black men who became America's first paramedics and set the gold standard for emergency medicine around the world, only to have their story and their legacy erased-until now.
In American Sirens, acclaimed journalist and paramedic Kevin Hazzard tells the dramatic story of how a group of young, undereducated Black men forged a new frontier of healthcare. He follows a rich…
Magical realism meets the magic of Christmas in this mix of Jewish, New Testament, and Santa stories–all reenacted in an urban psychiatric hospital!
On locked ward 5C4, Josh, a patient with many similarities to Jesus, is hospitalized concurrently with Nick, a patient with many similarities to Santa. The two argue…
This a deeply important and difficult book. I have a special place in my heart for the history of the Congo, which was colonized brutally by Belgium and then exploited further by both Belgium and other western powers even once they "granted" independence. But I was not informed about the current realities of cobalt mining in Congo today - the very same cobalt that powers our batteries and is enabling me to write this review. If you want to know what's happening and what we can do to help the (largely children) in Congo who are being harmed by mining practices and the tech industry that turns a blind eye, this is a great place to start.
Cobalt Red is the searing, first-ever expose of the immense toll taken on the people and environment of the Democratic Republic of the Congo by cobalt mining, as told through the testimonies of the Congolese people themselves. Activist and researcher Siddharth Kara has traveled deep into cobalt territory to document the testimonies of the people living, working, and dying for cobalt. To uncover the truth about brutal mining practices, Kara investigated militia-controlled mining areas, traced the supply chain of child-mined cobalt from toxic pit to consumer-facing tech giants, and gathered shocking testimonies of people who endure immense suffering and even…
