‘Eva vs. Goliath’ and Other Fun Reads for Summer

by Mike Hall, Jul 22, 2007

Looking for something shorter than new Harry Potter book? Can’t even fathom reading another politician’s self-serving biography or maybe burned out on formula murder mysteries with your favorite sleuth?

Here are a few reading recommendations for your perusal, courtesy of Jordan Barab, founder of the late, great workplace safety and health blog Confined Space who now is lending his health and safety expertise to the House Education and Labor Committee.

The first is an article in the Texas Monthly, “Eva vs. Goliath,” which says:

Eva Rowe was a wild child from a mobile home in the Louisiana woods until March 23, 2005, when her parents were killed in a refinery explosion in Texas City. Then she became a wild child with a fancy house in Beaumont and a dogged crusader who forced BP to own up to the truth about what happened that day.

She also testified about the deadly blast before the Education and Labor Committe.

The Seattle Weekly looks at the current so-called “guest worker” program in “Guest Worker Program Isn’t the Labor and Immigration Panacea It’s Cracked Up to Be.” The story looks at the abuses these mostly low-skilled agricultural workers suffer at the hands of recruiters back home and employers in the states. 

Black lung has been killing coal miners since the first miner tunneled underground to dig coal. It still is in the 21st century. The Louisville Courier Journal’s in-depth series, “Black Lung: Dust Hasn’t Settled On Deadly Disease, finds:

In Eastern Kentucky the disease persists—and is far worse than federal offices expected it to be by now.

Go ahead and take a look at these pieces—they’re informative and can get your blood boiling.

And if you’re really worried about taking time from the “Deathly Hollows,” we’ll help you out. This is what you want to know anyway.

At the end, Harry….

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