Book Review: Bootstraps Need Boots
By Chloe Halpenny
July 20, 2020The book isn’t merely a rallying call for basic income, but also one against the hyper-partisan politics that impede change.
The book isn’t merely a rallying call for basic income, but also one against the hyper-partisan politics that impede change.
The book shows how storytelling is key to formal recognition as a refugee and an important step to social inclusion and acceptance in the receiving country.
Boss aims spark in us the wild hope that drives the passion of those humans who take on the seemingly impossible tasks of saving animals from the brink of extinction.
In this collection of a decade’s worth of essays and presentations, Klein expresses grief, fear, and a deep well of hopefulness as she reflects on pivotal moments in the push for climate justice.
Through her lived struggles with Asperger’s syndrome, obsessive compulsive disorder, and autism, Greta shares how her disabilities have gifted her the unique ability to see the climate crisis as a “black and white” issue.
For anyone interested in a window into the messy, complex, beautiful, and hope-filled world of refugee sponsorship in action in church halls and living rooms, this book is for you.
Catherine Baillie Abidi and Shiva Nourpanah have masterfully woven together the key terminologies and concepts that relate to refugees and forced migration.
The authors invite us to abandon the false sense of wellbeing generated by materialism and replace it with a way of life that is more fundamentally consistent with our human need and responsibility for healthy community.
Kendall turns the gaze of those in positions of privilege who self-identify as “feminist” to frequent blind spots that compromise equity for all who present as feminine and their communities.
From the Ashes helps us understand the work needed—both systemic and within each of us—to break the patterns of homelessness, discrimination and addictions—and to light the darkness of love gone bad.