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Unnatural causes [videorecording] : is inequality making us sick? / by Adelman, Larry.(CARDINAL)178165; Smith, Llewellyn.(CARDINAL)270323; California Newsreel (Firm)(CARDINAL)156332; National Minority Consortia (U.S.); Vital Pictures (Firm);
Introduction (5 min.) -- In sickness and in wealth (56 min.) / produced by Christine Herbes-Sommers, Llewellyn M. Smith ; directed by Llewellyn M. Smith ; editors, Chuck Scott, Andrea Williams, William A. Anderson ; composer, Claudio Ragazzi ; directors of photography, Stephen McCarthy, Richard Chisolm -- When the bough breaks (29 min.) / produced by Tracy Heather Strain, Randall MacLowry, Eric Stange ; directed by Tracy Heather Strain; editors, Randall MacLowry, Chuck Scott, James Rutenbeck ; composer, Tom Phillips ; directors of photography, Jonathan Weaver, Keith Walker -- Becoming American (29 min.) / produced and directed by Patricia Garcia Rios, Maria Teresa Rodriguez ; editor, Andrea Williams ; composer, Claudio Ragazzi ; director of photography, Richard Chisolm -- Bad sugar (29 min.) / produced and directed by James M. Fortier ; editor, Chuck Scott ; composer, Claudio Ragazzi ; directors of photography, Dan Krause, James M. Fortier -- Place matters (29 min.) / produced and directed by Ellie Lee ; editor, Andrea Williams ; composer, Tom Phillips ; directors of photography, John Baynard ... [et al.] -- Collateral damage (29 min.) / directed and produced by Eric Stange ; editors, Chuck Scott, James Rutenbeck ; composer, Claudio Ragazzi ; director of photography, Stephen McCarthy -- Not just a paycheck (30 min.) / directed and produced by James Rutenbeck ; editors, Andrea Williams, James Rutenbeck, Chuck Scott ; composer, Claudio Ragazzi ; director of photography, Richard Chisolm.Narrator, Llewellyn M. Smith.A four-hour documentary series arguing that "health and longevity are correlated with socioeconomic status, people of color face an additional health burden, and our health and well-being are tied to policies that promote economic and social justice. Each of the half-hour program segments, set in different racial/ethnic communities, provides a deeper exploration of the ways in which social conditions affect population health and how some communities are extending their lives be improving them" -- Container insert.Bad sugar: "O'odham Indians, living on reservations in southern Arizona, have perhaps the highest rate of Type 2 diabetes in the world. Some researchers see this as the literal 'embodiment' of decades of poverty, oppression, and loss. A new approach suggests that communities may regain control over their health if they can regain control over their futures" -- Container insert.Becoming American: "Recent Mexican immigrants tend to be healthier than the average American. But those health advantages erode the longer they've been here. What causes health to worsen as immigrants become American? What can we all learn about improved well-being from new immigrant communities?" -- Container insert.Collateral damage: "In the Marshall Islands, local populations have been displaced from their traditional way of life by the American military presence and globalization. Now they must contend with the worst of the 'developing' and industrialized worlds: infectious diseases such as tuberculosis due to crowded living conditions, and extreme poverty and chronic disease, stemming in part from the stress of dislocation and loss" -- Container insert.In sickness and in wealth: "What connections exist between healthy bodies, healthy bank accounts and skin color? Follow four individuals from different walks of life to see how their position in society, shaped by social policies and public priorities, affects their health" -- Container insert.Not just a paycheck: "Residents of Western Michigan struggle against depression, domestic violence and higher rates of heart disease and diabetes after the largest refrigerator factory in the country shuts down. Ironically, the plant is owned by a company in Sweden, where mass layoffs, far from devastating lives, are relatively benign because of government policies that protect and retrain workers" -- Container insert.Place matters: "Increasingly, recent Southeast Asian immigrants, along with Latinos, are moving into long-neglected African American urban neighborhoods, and now their health is being eroded as a result. What policies and investment decisions create living environments that harm, or enhance, the health of residents? What actions can make a difference?" -- Container insert.When the bough breaks: "African American infant mortality rates remain twice as high as for white Americans. African American mothers with college degrees or higher face the same risk of having low birth-weight babies as white women who haven't finished high school. How might the chronic stress of racism over the life course become embedded in our bodies and increase risks?" -- Container insert.DVD.
Subjects: Documentary television programs.; Nonfiction television programs.; African Americans; Discrimination in medical care; Health and race; Hispanic Americans; Immigrants; Marshallese; Mexicans; Minorities; Social status; Southeast Asians; Tohono O'odham Indians; Unemployed;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Missile paradise : a novel / by Tanner, Ron,1953-author.(CARDINAL)459456;
In the Marshall Islands, an island-nation in the middle of the Pacific Ocean that was once a testing ground for nuclear bombs, American engineers and programmers are making and testing missiles while their "hosts," the indigenous Marshallese, sweep their streets and clean their houses. It's 2004, the Iraq war is heating up, and 9/11 is fresh in everyone's minds. Following four interconnected story lines, the meltdown of a burned-out cultural liaison who has "gone native" and bitterly resents his role in keeping the Marshallese down; a young programmer who has lost his leg in a reckless solo sailing journey; the struggles of a young widow with two children whose husband drowned in a mysterious diving accident; and the destructive spiral of a Marshallese teenager whose American girlfriend rejects him when she returns to the States-Missile. Paradise is an epic, heartbreaking, and satirical novel about the clash of cultures between the Americans trying to realize their American Dream in this seeming paradise, and the Marshallese who are both angered and bedazzled by that dream.
Subjects: Satirical literature.; Novels.; Culture conflict; Americans; Interpersonal relations; American Dream; Self-realization;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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We have a dream : meet 30 young indigenous people and people of color protecting the planet / by Craig, Mya-Rose,author.; Khadija, Sabrena,illustrator.;
"Black, indigenous, and people ofcColor (BIPOC) communities are disproportionately affected by climate change. And yet they are under-represented within the environmental movement. But not anymore. Written by the extraordinary environmental and race activist Mya-Rose Craig - aka Birdgirl - this book profiles thirty young BIPOC environmental activists from communities on the frontline of global climate change. Each speaks to the diverse set of issues they are fighting for, from water conservation, to deforestation, to indigenous rights, and shares their dream... A dream for climate justice. A dream for a healthy planet. A dream for a fairer world, for all. This is the first book from Craig, who shared a stage with Greta Thunberg in 2019's climate strikes. US-based activists profiled include: Marshallese ocean activist Litokne Kabua; Zanagee Artis, founder @ThisIsZeroHour (40k followers); indigenous rights activists Thomas Tonatiuh Lopez Jr. and Caitlyn Baikie; climate justice activist Rebeca Sabnam and clean water activist Autumn Peltier (120k followers)"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Black people; Environmental protection; Environmentalists; Indigenous peoples;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 5
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No world too big : young people fighting for global climate change / by Bradley, Jeanette,editor of compilation,author,illustrator.(CARDINAL)677245; Dawson, Keila V.,editor of compilation,author.(CARDINAL)838754; Metcalf, Lindsay H.,editor of compilation,author.(CARDINAL)837281;
Xiuhtezcaltl Martinez: a turquoise mirror of the Earth, "David Bowles, Traci Sorell, and others present poems about young activists who speak up to fight global climate change... Additional text goes into detail about each activist's life and how readers can get involved."-- from publisher.Ages 6 to 9.990990L
Subjects: Acrostics (Poetry); Dramatic monologues (Poetry); Found poetry.; Free verse.; Nature poetry.; Poetry.; Political poetry.; Renga.; Sea shanties.; Climatic changes; Political activists; Social action;
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Sleepwalking to Armageddon : the threat of nuclear annihilation / by Caldicott, Helen,editor.(CARDINAL)144513;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-226).Twenty-first-century nuclear weaponry -- Assessing global catastrophic risk / Seth D. Baum -- Modernization of nuclear weaponry / Hans Kristensen -- Nuclear smoke and the climatic effects of nuclear war / Alan Robock -- Addicted to weapons / Bruce Gagnon -- The plutonium problem / Bob Alvarez -- Nuclear weapons and artificial intelligence / Max Tegmark -- Weapons scientists up close / Hugh Gusterson -- Twenty-first-century nuclear politics -- National politics versus national security / Noam Chomsky -- Escalation watch : four looming flashpoints facing President Trump / Michael Klare -- Nuclear politics / William Hartung -- Ignition points for global catastrophe / Richard Broinowski -- Nuclear weapons : how foreign hotspots could test Trump's finger on the trigger / Julian Borger -- The existential madness of Putin-bashing / Robert Parry -- The sudden German nuke flirtation / Ulrich Kühn -- Solutions -- Law and morality at the Vienna Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons / Ray Acheson -- A new movement to ban nuclear weapons / Tim Wright -- Don't bank on the bomb / Susi Snyder -- Nuclear weapons and possible human extinction : the heroic Marshall Islanders / David Krieger -- Persistent violence and silent suffering: Marshallese migrants in Washington State / Holly Barker -- Adding democracy to nuclear policy / Kennette Benedict.With the worlds attention focused on climate change and terrorism, we are in danger of taking our eyes off the nuclear threat. But rising tensions between Russia and NATO, proxy wars erupting in Syria and Ukraine, a nuclear-armed Pakistan, and stockpiles of aging weapons unsecured around the globe make a nuclear attack or a terrorist attack on a nuclear facility arguably the biggest threat facing humanity. Sleepwalking to Armageddon, pioneering antinuclear activist Helen Caldicott assembles the worlds leading nuclear scientists and thought leaders to assess the political and scientific dimensions of the threat of nuclear war today. Chapters address the size and distribution of the current global nuclear arsenal, the history and politics of nuclear weapons, the culture of modern-day weapons labs, the militarization of space, and the dangers of combining artificial intelligence with nuclear weaponry, as well as a status report on enriched uranium and a shocking analysis of spending on nuclear weapons over the years.
Subjects: Nuclear warfare.; Nuclear weapons.; Nuclear disarmament.; Nuclear warfare; World politics;
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