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Discover this week’s Foreword Reviews favorite indie reads with our Book of the Day Roundup! Whether you’re searching for the latest releases or seeking hidden gems in indie publishing, our curated selection promises to enhance your reading list with exceptional titles. #BOTD #BookOfTheDay #IndieBooks #ForewordReviews #ReadingList

Today’s interview with Shad White tells the tale of a shameless scandal in Mississippi’s welfare program. Shocking stuff to be sure, but it also serves as a reminder that when fraud happens in government entitlement programs, most often the “cheaters” are executives and managers, not undeserving poor families gaming the system, according to the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. Statistics are hard to find, but if you’re looking for a real culprit in welfare waste, check out good ol’ bureaucratic incompetence. Audits and lots of inspector general reports by the Health and Human Services find “improper payment” levels from 20 to 40 percent in state welfare (TANF) programs. And while they specify that those improprieties mean “errors, abuse, and fraud,” a careful study of the reports reveals “eligibility, payment calculation, or documentation errors” not intentional fraud by beneficiaries. So, all that scaremongering about “welfare queens” and the like is just that: racist and mean spirited. Read the full interview here: https://lnkd.in/eDBeKyEC

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Here's the roundup of all our favorite indie book picks from the past week. Check out the Book of the Day Roundup here: https://lnkd.in/dGbDH_bF #BOTD #BookOfTheDay #IndieBooks #ForewordReviews #ReadingList

Former President Barack Obama has shared his summer reading list, featuring a mix of influential titles, including the indie standout "Of Boys and Men" by Brookings Institution Press. This inclusion highlights the variety and depth of independent publishing, showing Obama’s commitment to diverse and meaningful reads. Explore our reviews of titles from Brookings Institution Press: https://lnkd.in/gp4D-MWH

Like the Big Five book publishers, the motion picture industry also has a fivesome of megapowerful companies—Universal, Paramount, Warner Bros., Disney, and Sony—controlling up to 85 percent of box office revenue. And like book publishing, those movie studios have always been very, very careful to protect their market share and project a noncontroversial, upstanding public image. In other words, they have done just about whatever it takes to stay in public favor, ethics and fair play be damned. Take today’s topic: the whitewashing of cinema, whereby actors of color are forgotten in the annals of film history, never listed in credits in the first place, suffered from blatant racial bias that kept them from major roles, or subject to other forms of erasure. Loo Hui Phang is with us to talk about her newly released Erased: An Actor of Color’s Journey through the Heyday of Hollywood, which earned a marquee-worthy review from Peter Dabbene in the July/August issue of Foreword. Read the full interview here: https://lnkd.in/gYsf7xkx

Our founder, Victoria Sutherland, delves into the process behind selecting our magazine covers over the past 26 years. Victoria discusses the elements that make a cover stand out and the themes that resonate with our readers. Whether it's bold imagery, timely and important topics, or just beautiful artwork, this behind-the-scenes look provides a fascinating glimpse into how we bring Foreword Reviews to the forefront with each issue. Let us know which cover is your favorite!

On the ground in the UK, one of Foreword’s most talented and polymathic writers, Rebecca Foster, reached out recently to rave about her favorite band. Cool, we thought, but we’re a magazine about books, why should we care? She was three steps ahead of us, as usual. Check out this report from the live performance of The Bookshop Band’s latest album, as well as a review of their latest album release. Read the full blog post here: https://lnkd.in/d32Rg9yE