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Just Another Meat-Eating Dirtbag – A Memoir

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by Kevin Wolf Content advisory: Graphic depictions of animal slaughterhouse, human amputation, war surgery Let’s get this out of the way: I’m a vegetarian. I’ve been one since August 1980. I’m not vegan; I still eat eggs and dairy products. I do my best to not hurt animals, down to the insect level. I grew up in a meat-and-potato family. My mom did most of the cooking; and her most common meals were roast, pork chops (though Jewish, we were obviously not Kosher) with lunches including bologna, tuna fish, sardines (around age 7 I badly cut myself trying to recover… Read More

The Incredible Hulk #420 – AIDS issue

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by Matt Peters   With his work on a long list of titles at Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, and First Comics, the late Peter David (died May 24, 2025) had many claims to fame as a comics writer. Perhaps foremost among them was his 12-year run writing The Incredible Hulk. He took over its writing in 1987, when sales of the long-running series (published from 1962 to 1999) were so low that other writers didn’t want the assignment. David’s storytelling approach soon turned things around, making the series a commercial success. Much of that success was due to David’s ability… Read More

We Live Here – Detroit Eviction Defense and the Battle for Housing Justice

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by Matt Peters   In We Live Here: Detroit Eviction Defense and the Battle for Housing Justice, writer Jeffrey Wilson and illustrator Bambi Kramer have composed a collective biography of grassroots activists fighting an unfair economy. Those activists, all based in the Detroit metropolitan area, were brought together by a debt crisis that shook the nation and threatened the loss of their homes. Using graphic journalism to tell their stories, Wilson and Kramer have created an engrossing movement history. In telling that history, they often illuminate the critical links between health and housing security. We Live Here focuses on a… Read More

Three Nines Fine – A journey with brain health

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by Liz Argall Summary   Three Nines Fine tells the story of Asabi Olayemi, a brilliant African entrepreneur with moves to the UK, in part so that she can get treatment for her early onset Parkinson’s disease (PD). Once she gets to the UK, however, it’s a very different story for her to get treatment, be seen and heard as an African woman. None of the Parkinson’s research brochures represent anyone like her, and she can’t find anyone like her with PD. Through the support of a wonderful spouse, friends and family Asabi challenges biases within herself (it’s not a… Read More