The Best of the Week’s News

• Esther Kaplan probes the bitter truth behind the gospel of prosperity for the Virginia Quarterly Review.

• Hillman Prize-winner Shane Bauer investigates the wild world of bail bondsmen.

• Texas is the only state where workers’ comp is optional, and the consequences are devastating.

• Haunting photographs of Flint, Michigan, & the Bronx.

[Photo credit: Wander Mule, Creative Commons.]