Recommendations
Recommendations and reviews of books, films, and other media that explore and highlight issues in global health.
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Mexico's Shared Fate in the Absence of Trees
Increased violence and illegal deforestation of Mexico's Michoacán risks environmental and human health
"On the Move": How Climate Migration Will Remake America
In a must-read, ProPublica's Abrahm Lustgarten uses the 2018 Camp Fire to show how extreme weather disrupts modern life
Diabetes, Colonialism, and Killers of the Flower Moon
How the Oscar nominee's depiction of diabetes outlines a greater problem for communities haunted by colonialism
Powerful Legacies: New Memoir Explores Racism in Health Care and Beyond
Dr. Uché Blackstock examines the systems that oppress Black Americans and urges her readers to challenge them
Best Books of 2022
The novels, nonfiction, and media our colleagues at the Council on Foreign Relations enjoyed most this year
The Life of a Foreign Aid Practitioner
A review of "Bike Riding in Kabul," Jamie Bowman's unexpectedly humorous memoir of life as a foreign aid worker
Seventeen Years Later, HBO Film "Katrina Babies" Asks Child Hurricane Survivors How They Feel
"In America, especially during disaster, Black children are not even a thought"
How to Unwind This Summer
What CFR experts, staff, and friends are reading, watching, and listening to
Our Favorite Global Health Podcasts
Six podcasts covering climate change, gender, the pandemic, health security, and more
Ukrainian Culture as Medicine
Six books and movies to soothe the heartbreak of the war in Ukraine
Amplifying Indigenous Knowledge
The podcast "Seedcast" launches its second storytelling season