Tom Dispatch
By Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis
May 2, 2023
“In order to fully recover, we must first recover the society that has made us sick.”
I can still hear those prophetic words, now a quarter-century old, echoing through the Church Center of the United Nations. At the podium was David, a leader with New Jerusalem Laura, a residential drug recovery program in North Philadelphia that was free and accessible to people, no matter their insurance and income status.