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Reporter’s First Novel Holds Mirror to Culture Prone to Ignoring the Obvious (2)
(Image: Simon & Schuster) So Much Pretty Cara Hoffman Simon & Schuster New York, New York, 2011 "The responsibility of every …

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And the Show Went On
And the Show Went On: Cultural Life in Nazi-Occupied Paris Alan Riding Alfred A. Knopf New York, 2010

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Black Panther’s Posthumous Writings Cover Activism’s Risks, Rewards
(Image: Feminist Press) "The War Before: The True Story of Becoming a Black Panther, Keeping the Faith in Prison & Fighting for Those Left Behind" Safiya …

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“Merchants of Doubt”: A Review
American physicist Frederick Seitz, founding chairman of the George C. Marshall Institute. (Photo: Laura Gilpin / AIP Emilio Segre Visual Archives) Merchants of Doubt is a …

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Is This the Way the World Ends?
(Photo: NASA / Flickr) The purported end of the world came and went, and, to the surprise of few, the rapture did not come to pass on …

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Toward Climate Justice: Perspectives on the Climate Crisis and Social Change by Brian Tokar, Communalism Press (2010)
Humankind stands at the cusp of its gravest challenge, and the prospective survival of the species itself hangs in the balance. While there is a clear attempt on the …

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Reckless Endangerment: Making Debt “Owe-nership” Easy
Fannie Mae headquarters in Washington, DC (Photo: assortedstuff / Flickr) In search of a new angle on the financial crisis, Gretchen Morgenson and Joshua Rosner’s (M&R) new …

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Our Forgotten Tradition
THE 'S' WORD: A SHORT HISTORY OF AN AMERICAN TRADITION… SOCIALISM by John Nichols Verso, 2011 Just when the confused and often deeply troubled relation …

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“Known and Unknown”: A Review of Donald Rumsfeld’s Memoir
On February 8, 2011, former secretary of defense Donald Rumsfeld published his highly anticipated memoir, "Known and Unknown." The title refers to the dilemma of having to act on …

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Democracy Talks – Listen Up!
(Image: The New Press) Bill Moyers has a new book out. In the interest of full disclosure, I edited the book with him and co-wrote its introduction. …