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Through Stories, Rebecca Solnit’s New Book Guides Us to Reveal Hidden Selves
To be without a story is to be lost in the vastness of a world that spreads in all directions.
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Maya Angelou Writes of Mothers and Daughters: Reconciliation and Unconditional Love
Maya Angelou writes of her mother, Vivian Baxter in her latest autobiography, “Mom & Me & Mom.”
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An Excerpt From Lightweb Darkweb: Three Reasons to Reform Social Media Before It Re-Forms Us
In this preface to his new book, ecology and children's champion Raffi Cavoukian considers some of the downsides of social media for youth.
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Jeremy Scahill Recounts How the US Dirty Wars Killed Women and Children in a Yemeni Village
In his acclaimed book Dirty Wars, Jeremy Scahill details the extrajudicial killings carried out by US forces.
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Everyday Socialism, American-Style, Is Happening Now
An excerpt from Gar Alperovitz's new book, What Then Must We Do.
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Angela Davis | Recognizing Racism in the Era of Neoliberalism
The legacy of structural racism is part of Angela Davis' latest book, The Meaning of Freedom. Here's an excerpt.
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“Declaration”: An Excerpt
The authors of Declaration examine injustices that democracy has wrought and share an excerpt.
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The Life and Death of Words, People, and Even Nature: From Walking Libraries and a God Named “Word” to What Sherlock Holmes Never Said
An excerpt from, Children of the Days: A Calendar of Human History by Eduardo Galeano, one of Latin Americau2019s most distinguished writers.
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Ronald Reagan Made the War on Drugs a Race to Incarcerate
Sabrina Jones illustrates Marc Mauer's seminal new book, Race to Incarcerate.
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We Are All Ideological Now (and Always Have Been)
Media expert Robert Jensen: None of us can entirely escape ideology, so it's up to us to acknowledge and challenge our own ideological biases.