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What Is Policing For? What Is Policing For?
Sociologist Michael Sierra-Arévalo’s recent book explains how an obsession with violence has defined the police’s purpose and worldview.
Aug 12, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Michael Friedrich
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The Power of the Word The Power of the Word
Scientology’s unique manipulations of language seduced the novelist Sands Hall and kept her bound to the church.
Apr 12, 2018 / Michael Friedrich