Reviews & Commentary
Film Review: It Ends With Us
It Ends With Us is a film adaptation of the best-selling Colleen Hoover novel of the same name. Intimate partner violence is a primary theme, and the movie has been surrounded by controversy. Did they get it right? A social worker's view. Read more
Book Review: Every 90 Seconds: Our Common Cause Ending Violence Against Women
Read The New Social Worker's book review of Every 90 Seconds: Our Common Cause Ending Violence Against Women by Anne P. DePrince. Reviewed by Shakima Tozay. Read more
Book Review: Confronting the Racist Legacy of the American Child Welfare System
Read The New Social Worker’s book review of Confronting the Racist Legacy of the American Child Welfare System: The Case for Abolition by Alan Dettlaff. Reviewed by Stephen Cummings. Read more
Film Review: The Holdovers
Nominated for five Academy Awards and with the tag line "discomfort and joy," The Holdovers is a Christmas film and a Valentine, and a promise that despite the harshness of winter, spring will be ours. Read more
Book Review: Embodied Self Awakening
Libby Trammell reviews Embodied Self Awakening: Somatic Practices for Trauma Healing and Spiritual Evolution. Read more
Film Review: A Man Called Otto
The film opens six months after Otto’s cherished wife Sonya has died. In flashbacks, we learn how Sonya and Otto met, all they loved about each other, and the crisis they faced together. Marisol and other neighbors take an interest in him. Read more
Book Review: The Way Up - Climbing the Corporate Mountain as a Professional of Color
Errol Pierre argues that achieving success in the corporate world is more akin to scaling a mountain than climbing up steps on a ladder, especially for professionals of color. Read our review. Read more
Book Review: No Longer Welcome—The Epidemic of Expulsion From Early Childhood Education
The New Social Worker reviews the book Book No Longer Welcome—The Epidemic of Expulsion From Early Childhood Education. Read more
Book Review: Unraveling Faculty Burnout
When I read Dr. Rebecca Pope-Ruark’s book, Unraveling Faculty Burnout, I felt seen. It's the rare educator who isn't acquainted with this sense of "never enough," of never feeling that there is an obtainable career stride they can reach. Read more
Ten Angry Women Change Their World: Review of “Women Talking”
Based on a true story, Women Talking offers an “imagined response” to the drugging and rape of women and girls in a cult-like religious colony. SaraKay offers commentary and questions for reflection and discussion. Read more
