New & Noteworthy: Youth v Gov, Celebrity Worship, and More

Three culture recommendations from our editors.
From Youth v Gov

The Future Fight

Youth v Gov, currently streaming on Netflix, follows the 21 American young people suing the U.S. government for creating the climate crisis and failing to act to protect their constitutional right to life, liberty, personal safety, and property. Barrelmaker Productions

A Dairy Alliance

Approximately 80 percent of employees on western Wisconsin dairy farms are undocumented. In Milked, Ruth Conniff explores how these migrants and their white employers, some of whom helped elect Donald Trump in 2016, have come together over the global economic forces that impact them all. The New Press

Celebrity Worship

Journalist Katelyn Beaty explores how evangelical culture has propped up celebrity gurus over institutions in Celebrities for Jesus: How Personas, Platforms, and Profits Are Hurting the Church. Beaty points a way toward a new faithfulness of accountability and humility. Brazos Press

 

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This appears in the August 2022 issue of Sojourners