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Shelf Life: Surviving America’s Depression Epidemic

{Levine: “You’re not crazy, society is crazy!”}
An interesting opinion piece in this morning’s edition of the Los Angeles Times discussed the Great Recession’s psychological fallout. Doyle MacManus, in his article, examined the mental/behavioral ramifications of our current economic downturn. In a confused piece, he nevertheless catches a key point; that in financially hard times, people [...]

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Shelf Life: Tattoos on the Heart by Gregory Boyle

Gangs are a mental health problem. Now ask yourself, when have you heard the social phenomenon described in such a manner? Gangs are usually solely depicted as a ‘menace’ that only the Prison-Industrial Complex is fit to address. However, for twenty-years, Father Gregory Boyle has guided Homeboy Industries as an alternative model under the banner [...]

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Shelf Life: “Murder City” by Charles Bowden

“Shelf Life” is a new feature of this blog that will focus on brief and incredibly informal book reviews! I usually thumb through a number of books a year, mostly as research for upcoming author interviews at my Uprising Radio jale. I can think of no better book to start “Shelf Life” off with than [...]

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