I only made it about 1/2 way through the story, it's so awful I had to just close it and look away... I can't believe this is really happening right now in Amer

I only made it about 1/2 way through the story, it's so awful I had to just close it and look away... I can't believe this is really happening right now in America, what can possibly be done to help people, that for the most part, don't want to be helped?