New York Times bestselling author Caroline Leavitt’s new book, Cruel Beautiful World, shows a family of Jewish women living through the cruelty and beauty of the world in 1969-1970. 

On September 2, the government issued citations to Birdsboro Kosher Farms for two willful and eight serious safety and health violations.

As soon as I’m on my bike, however, the tension begins to dissolve. My surroundings dissolve too, in cinematic fashion.

Through diaries, dollhouses and letters, Dr. Ruth and the children she knew dealt with their trauma in every way they could.

Should we celebrate this important turn of events in the struggle against the Dakota Access Pipeline at the Standing Rock Sioux reservation in North Dakota and simply go home? Not so fast!