Cold Anger: A Story of Faith and Power Politics

Cold Anger: A Story of Faith and Power Politics chronicles Ernesto Cortés Jr. and the Industrial Areas Foundation's broader network of church-based organizing — from San Antonio to the Rio Grande Valley, Los Angeles, and beyond. Mary Beth Rogers, former campaign manager and chief of staff to Texas Governor Ann Richards, describes the establishment of the Southwest IAF as "the story of a new kind of intervention in politics, in which poor people incorporate their religious values into a struggle for power and visibility." Cold Anger is a page-turner about transforming the slow burn of injustice into a disciplined, relational form of political power that working-class communities can wield.