Monographs & Edited Collections (5,093 posts)

Jonathan Friedman, Sy Syms managing director of U.S. Free Expression Programs at PEN America, said: “This action out of the NSF is ideological censorship, at its most ruthless and destructive. We now live in a country where scientists have to watch what they write or say, for fear the government will retaliate against them. The impact will obviously range way beyond a policy discussion about DEI.”

A compulsively readable hybrid of true crime and investigative journalism, The Killing Fields of East New York reveals how white-collar crime reduced a prospering neighborhood to abandoned buildings and empty lots. Following the dual threads of the hunt for the network of criminals behind the first subprime mortgage scandal and the ensuing downfall of East New York, Stacy Horn weaves a compelling narrative of government failure, a desperate community, and ultimately the largest series of mortgage fraud prosecutions in American history. The Killing Fields of East New York deftly demonstrates how different types of crime are profoundly entangled, and how the crimes committed in nice suits and corner offices are just as destructive as those committed on the street.