Jelani Cobb

Discover an alarming tale of how the right of Americans to say "no" to medical research is eroding, particularly during the race to produce a vaccine and treatments for Covid-19. The book exposes the medical rights that were sacrificed on the altar of military expediency, leading to the forced experimentation of an anthrax vaccine on ground troops. The military then proceeded to impose nonconsensual testing of PolyHeme in civilian urbanities, enrolling over 20,000 non-consenting subjects since 2005. Learn how modifications to the Code of Federal Regulations have permitted investigators to conduct research without patients' consent or knowledge, making it more important than ever to question the U.S. medical-research system.

This book explores why political conservatives view immigrants from Mexico and Latin America as an emotionally charged population. The author connects the modern immigration debate to America's history of indigenous dispossession, chattel slavery, the Mexican-American War, and Jim Crow. Cristina Beltrán explains how white supremacy was a participatory practice of racial violence, domination, and exclusion that allowed white citizens to exceed the law. However, she also discusses growing movements for migrant and racial justice that offer hope. This thought-provoking work is part of the Forerunners series, which features gray literature publishing and draws on scholarly work from a variety of sources.