People's ScienceStem cell research has sparked controversy and heated debate since the first human stem cell line was derived in 1998. Too frequently these debates devolve to simple judgmentsgood or bad, life saving medicine or bioethical nightmare, symbol of human ingenuity or our fall from graceignoring the people affected. With this book, Ruha Benjamin moves the terms of debate to focus on the shifting relationship between science and society, on the people who