After Bench Ansfield

When Crack Was King: A People's History of a Misunderstood Era by Donovan X. Ramsey

Born in Flames proved urban catastrophe is never about individual failure but systemic machinery grinding communities to ash. If you're ready for the next unflinching dive into how poverty was engineered into profit and policy failures sold as moral panic, this recommendation dissects the crack epidemic with the same gritty honesty—no redemption arcs, just the uncomfortable truth about America's complicity in its own crises.