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The Trayvon generation
Alexander, Elizabeth
Paper Book
*Named a Most Anticipated Title of 2022 by TIME magazine, New York Times, Bustle, and more* In the midst of civil unrest in the summer of 2020 and following the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery, Elizabeth Alexander-one of the...
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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...
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System error : where big tech went wrong and how we can reboot
Reich, Rob
Paper Book
"Read this if you want to understand how to shape our technological future and reinvigorate democracy along the way."--Reed Hastings, cofounder and CEO of Netflix "A triumph: an analysis of the critical challenges facing our digital society that is as accessible as it is sophisticated." --...
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100% democracy : the case for universal voting
Dionne, E. J., Jr.
Paper Book
A timely and paradigm-shifting argument that all members of a democracy must participate in elections, by a leading political expert and Washington Post journalist Americans are required to pay taxes, serve on juries, get their kids vaccinated, get driver's licenses, and sometimes go to...
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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.<...
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The greatest polar expedition of all time : the Arctic mission to the epicenter of climate change
Rex, Markus
Paper Book
For readers of Madhouse at the End of the Earth, Endurance, and other seafaring adventure stories comes a thrilling account of a 21st-century Arctic mission. " A contemporary classic!"--Ken McGoogan, author of Fatal Passage ...
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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...
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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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The worth of water : our story of chasing solutions to the world's greatest challenge
White, Gary (Founder of Water.org)
Paper Book
When Oscar-winning actor Matt Damon visited rural Zambia in 2006, the last thing he expected was to become a life-long champion for the battle to end the global water and sanitation crisis. Enter civil and environmental engineer Gary White, internationally recognised water and sanitation expert. A...
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