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Book Review
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Abolishing the Broken US Juvenile Justice System
In her second book, “Burning Down the House,” Nell Bernstein shows that the fight to abolish juvenile detention facilities and decarcerate youth is far from over.
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Truths and Falsehoods About Ralph Nader’s New Book
Readers of Ralph Nader's new book may not conclude that liberal-libertarian alliances are inevitable, but will come to see how they can be profoundly productive.
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Twenty Lessons From Couples Trying to Create a More Equitable Relationship Balance
If educators really want an informed student body, they will make ‘Sex from Scratch’ an integral part of the sex ed curriculum, says Eleanor J. Bader.
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How Mischief-Makers Built Australia Through Pranks and Protests
In his new book How to Make Trouble and Influence People, Iain McIntyre offers readers an alternative to Australian history.
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Thirty-Five Years of Bashing Stereotypes, Tearing Down Walls, Smashing Icons and Visionary Cartooning
The beautifully designed, full-color anthology, “World War 3 Illustrated 1979-2014,” is an antidote to mindless punditry.
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A Failed Critique of Piketty
Inequality deniers will pick up on the bad critique from the Financial Times, and it will become part of what they “know” to be true.
Summer Reading Suggestions for People of Good Will
Who are the agents of inspirational social change originating from outside political office? Would their narratives make for more interesting summer reading than those of presidential candidates?
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Piketty’s Exploration of Modern Capital
Despite some predictable griping from the Right, Thomas Piketty's “Capital in the 21st Century” has reinforced the case that Western societies u2013 and especially America u2013 are concentrating wealth …
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Challenging Christian Hegemony in the United States
By insisting on the importance of understanding Christian hegemony in all of our work, Kivel adds a layer of complexity to our thinking about movement work, particularly the Palestine …
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C.L.R. James: Back in Style, Black in Style – a Review and a Comic!
The comic book “C.L.R. James in Imperial Britain” opens up the issue of the Third World struggle in an elegant and memorable way.