Dirty Work

Gulliver Dowd, a private investigator, takes on a missing persons case when he learns that the runaway girl is his own c... (more)

Gulliver Dowd, a private investigator, takes on a missing persons case when he learns that the runaway girl is his own child--the product of a high school romance. (less)

Kip is always focused on the next heist. When Egyptian kingpin Maserati Meek provides an assignment, he jumps at the cha... (more)

Kip is always focused on the next heist. When Egyptian kingpin Maserati Meek provides an assignment, he jumps at the chance to gain bigger scores. Meanwhile, his wheelchair-bound brother Kid is busy winning chess tournaments. (less)

After his brother is murdered, Kip plots his revenge. Meanwhile, Jessica has a falling out with two friends, Eshon and B... (more)

After his brother is murdered, Kip plots his revenge. Meanwhile, Jessica has a falling out with two friends, Eshon and Brandy, and must rely on her street smarts. And Maserati Meek calls in skilled reinforcements to help him execute a grand plan. (less)

A groundbreaking, urgent report from the front lines of "dirty work"{u2015}the work that society considers essential but... (more)

A groundbreaking, urgent report from the front lines of "dirty work"{u2015}the work that society considers essential but morally compromised Drone pilots who carry out targeted assassinations. Undocumented immigrants who man the g2skill floorsg3s of industrial slaughterhouses. Guards who patrol the wards of the United States{u2019} 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{u2019}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 examines a less familiar set of occupational hazards: psychological and emotional hardships such as stigma, shame, PTSD, and moral injury. These burdens fall disproportionately on low-income workers, undocumented immigrants, women, and people of color. Illuminating the moving, sometimes harrowing stories of the people doing society{u2019}s dirty work, and incisively examining the structures of power and complicity that shape their lives, Press reveals fundamental truths about the moral dimensions of work and the hidden costs of inequality in America. (less)

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Back in New York City after the London adventures of The Short Forever, cop-turned-lawyer Stone Barrington is approached... (more)

Back in New York City after the London adventures of The Short Forever, cop-turned-lawyer Stone Barrington is approached by a colleague at the firm of Woodman & Weld who needs help with a celebrity divorce case. Heiress Elena Marks needs proof of her layabout husband's infidelity before she can begin divorce proceedings ... (less)

"An urgent report from the front lines of "dirty work"-the work that society considers essential but morally compromised... (more)

"An urgent report from the front lines of "dirty work"-the work that society considers essential but morally compromised"-- (less)

In order to come up with $50,000 to pay for a heart transplant for a friend's father, Mitch Weaver and his pals become "... (more)

In order to come up with $50,000 to pay for a heart transplant for a friend's father, Mitch Weaver and his pals become "revenge specialists for hire." (less)

Mitch Weaver (Norm Macdonald) has just lost his girlfriend, his job and now his buddy's dad (Jack Warden) needs a new he... (more)

Mitch Weaver (Norm Macdonald) has just lost his girlfriend, his job and now his buddy's dad (Jack Warden) needs a new heart. Out of work and out of options, the only way to arrange the transplant is to cut a deal with a surgeon (Chevy Chase) with gambling debts. To raise the cash, Mitch and his friend must use their only natural talent - revenge - and become "Revenge Specialists for Hire." But when a rich client refuses to pay up after a job, they remind him that getting even is their business! (less)