By Sharon Broughton (September 12, 2020) Soul Full of Coal Dust – A Fight for breath and justice in Appalachia, Chris Hamby, Little, Brown and Company, August 18, 2020, 448 pp., $32.32 Soul Full of Coal Dust is a riveting account that is part memoir, part medical and legal thriller, part underdog takes on the Goliath of systemic injustice. With devastating … [Read more...] about Soul Full of Coal Dust: A battle for miners’ lives
Literary Circle
Proust Questionnaire: Anne Morriss
(September 9, 2020) Anne Morriss is co-author, with Frances Frei, of Unleashed: The unapologetic leader’s guide to empowering everyone around you, which The Charity Report Literary Circle reviewed on September 2, 2020. To help us—and you—get to know our authors in a fun way, we’ve developed our own Proust Questionnaire, and are debuting it today. Anne Morriss is Executive … [Read more...] about Proust Questionnaire: Anne Morriss
Diversity Inc: How the diversity industry is thriving, even if diversity itself is not
by Roger Ali (September 7, 2020) Diversity Inc: The Failed Promise of a Billion-Dollar Business, Pamela Newkirk, Bold Type Books, October 22, 2019, 272 pp., $33.59 Diversity Inc. by award-winning journalist Pamela Newkirk shines a bright light on the diversity industry, gives examples of successes and asks tough questions about what has been effective and why … [Read more...] about Diversity Inc: How the diversity industry is thriving, even if diversity itself is not
No Justice in the Shadows: The Crime-based Deportation Machine
by Evan Adamson (September 3, 2020) No Justice in the Shadows: How America Criminalizes Immigrants, Alina Das, Bold Type Books, April 14, 2020, 272 pp., $33.12 A hard but necessary read, No Justice in the Shadows by NYU law professor, Alina Das, encourages empathy while stressing fundamental rights for immigrants under American law. When reading … [Read more...] about No Justice in the Shadows: The Crime-based Deportation Machine
Unleashed: The true challenge of leadership
By Sharon Broughton (September 2, 2020) Unleashed: The unapologetic leader’s guide to empowering everyone around you, Frances Frei and Anne Morriss, Harvard Business Review Press, June 2, 2020 Hardcover, 240 pp., $37.01 It’s not about you. That’s the one thing to know about being a leader, say Frances Frei and Anne Morriss, authors … [Read more...] about Unleashed: The true challenge of leadership