内容简介
Withourcountryworriedaboutwar,changingpolitics,andarecession-orevenanothergreatdepression-PeabodyandEmmyaward-winningjournalistGeraldoRiveradeliverskeeninsightandhopeinTheGreatProgression,apropheticbookonhowHispanicswillhelprevitalizeourdecliningeconomy,energizeourdistressedtroops,andinvigorateourtransitioningnationalgovernment.FeaturingcandidandrevealinginterviewswithprominentHispanics-suchasJusticeSoniaSotomayor,SecretaryoftheInteriorKenSalazar,LosAngelesmayorAntonioVillaraigosa,JenniferLopez,andGeorgeLopez.TheGreatProgressionpresentsafascinatinglookattheimpactHispanicsaremakingonthesocial,economic,andpoliticalhistoryoftheUnitedStates.Fromthosebreakingboundariesinpoliticstovisionaryleadersinthebusinessworldtoeverydaypeoplewillingtoserve,Hispanics'involvementinsocietyisatanall-timehigh-andgrowingexponentially.Geraldo'sfearlessandjudiciousreportingaddressesthenation'smostcriticalissuesundertheObamaadministration,andenlightensthosewhoseekrealchangeandanew,moreprogressiveAmericanera.
作者简介
StephenKendrickistheministerofFirstandSecondChurch,Boston,andhaspreviouslyservedchurchesinConnecticut,Maryland,andPennsylvania,aswellasUnitarianchapelsintheWestMidlandsofEngland.HehaswrittenforTheChristianCentury,TheHartfordCourant,andtheNewYorkTimes.HeistheauthorofHolyClues:TheGospelAccordingtoSherlockHolmes.