Healing Politics: A Doctor's Journey into the Heart of Our Political Epidemic

A child of immigrants, Abdul El-Sayed grew up feeling a responsibility to help others. He threw himself into the study of medicine and excelled-winning a Rhodes Scholarship, earning two advanced degrees, and landing a tenure-track position at Columbia University. At age thirty, he became the youngest city health official in America, tasked with rebuilding Detroit's health department after years of austerity policies.

But El-Sayed found himself disillusioned. He could heal the sick-even build...