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Book SynopsisWinner of the 2022 Hillman Prize for Book Journalism
A groundbreaking, urgent report from the front lines of dirty workthe work that society considers essential but morally compromised
Drone pilots who carry out targeted assassinations. Undocumented immigrants who man the kill floors of industrial slaughterhouses. Guards who patrol the wards of the United States' most violent and abusive prisons. In Dirty Work, Eyal Press offers a paradigm-shifting view of the moral landscape of contemporary America through the stories of people who perform society's most ethically troubling jobs. As Press shows, we are increasingly shielded and distanced from an array of morally questionable activities that other, less privileged people perform in our name.
The COVID-19 pandemic has drawn unprecedented attention to essential workers, and to the health and safety risks to which workers in prisons and slaughterhouses are exposed. But Dirty Work examine
