A compassionate portrait of some of the many who suffered: Review of AMERICAN CARNAGE
Posted by Kirkus Reviews on November 5, 2025
"Those featured here worked in consumer protection, public health, climate science, foreign aid, workplace safety, and tax collection, among others. Dismissed without valid cause and, in some cases, denied severance pay and pensions, Abramsky’s subjects—a racially diverse group of men, women, and nonbinary Americans—struggle to pay bills, obtain prescriptions, and get jobs in a market “saturated” with ex-colleagues axed by DOGE."