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Updated July 21, 2023
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The Trayvon generation
Alexander, Elizabeth
Paper Book
From a Pulitzer Prize finalist and New York Times bestselling author and poet comes a galvanizing meditation on the power of art and culture to illuminate America's unresolved problem with race. *Named a Most Anticipated Title of 2022 by TIME <...
The fight to vote
Waldman, Michael
Paper Book
"Important and engaging" --The Washington Post From the president of NYU's Brennan Center for Justice and the author of The Second Amendment, the history of the long struggle to win voting rights for all citizens. In The Second Amendment, Michael...
Somewhere we are human : authentic voices on migration, survival, and new beginnings
Grande, Reyna
Audiobook
A collection of 35 bold, important, and groundbreaking essays and poems by migrants, refugees and Dreamers--including award-winning writers, artists, and activists--that illuminate what it is like living undocumented today. In the overheated debate about immigration, we...
The bitcoin standard : the decentralized alternative to central banking
Ammous, Saifedean
Paper Book
A comprehensive and authoritative exploration of Bitcoin and its place in monetary history When a pseudonymous programmer introduced "a new electronic cash system that's fully peer-to-peer, with no trusted third party" to a small online mailing list in 2008, very few people paid...
The worth of water : our story of chasing solutions to the world's greatest challenge
White, Gary (Founder of Water.org)
Paper Book
From the founders of nonprofits Water.org & WaterEquity Gary White and Matt Damon, the incredible true story of two unlikely allies on a mission to end the global water crisis for good On any given morning, you might wake up and shower with water, make your coffee with water,...
System error : where big tech went wrong and how we can reboot
Reich, Rob
Paper Book
"System Error is a triumph: an analysis of the critical challenges facing our digital society that is as accessible as it is sophisticated." -- Anne-Marie Slaughter, CEO of New America A forward-thinking manifesto from three Stanford professors--experts who have worked at ground...
Pandemic, Inc. : chasing the capitalists and thieves who got rich while we got sick
McSwane, J. David
Paper Book
"This startling, vital book deserves our attention." --San Francisco Chronicle For readers of War Dogs and Bad Blood, an explosive look inside the rush to profit from the COVID-19 pandemic, from the award-winning ProPublica reporter who saw it firsthand.<...
The forever prisoner : the full and searing account of the CIA's most controversial covert program
Scott-Clark, Cathy
Paper Book
Some argued it would save the U.S. after 9/11. Instead, the CIA's enhanced interrogation program came to be defined as American torture. The Forever Prisoner, a primary source for the recent HBO Max film directed by Academy Award winner Alex...
Speaking of race : why everybody needs to talk about racism--and how to do it
Headlee, Celeste Anne
Paper Book
"Simply the best book I've read on how to have those conversations. Unflinchingly honest, exceptionally well-reasoned and researched, there is so much to admire about Speaking of Race."--Angela Duckworth, founder and CEO of Character Lab and New York Times bestselling author of Grit A...

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