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Book Review
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A Tougher Time for Homosexuals: Review of “Robert Duncan in San Francisco“
Michael Rumacker's new memoir, Robert Duncan in San Francisco, provides a harrowing picture of what life was like for a homosexual man in that city before the Castro became …
“German Autumn” Reveals Similarities Between Postwar Germany and Our World Today
Although Stig Dagerman's book about postwar Germany was written over 60 years ago, his masterful telling of the citizens' circumstances evoke a feeling of similarity to the problems we …
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Learning Solidarity on the Blue Planet: A Fable for the Ages
A children's story with a provocative message for all.
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“I Still Believe Anita Hill”: Unafraid to Declare Side Over Persistent Problem
Eleanor J. Bader reviews I Still Believe Anita Hill: Three Generations Discuss the Legacies of Speaking Truth to Power, highlighting the continuing challenge of confronting sexual harrassment despite the …
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Does Preaching Apocalypse Work?
Catastrophic rhetoric does not a revolution make.
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Coming Home: The Complexities of the Immigrant Experience
The book provides a diverse group of refugees with a platform to speak about their lives.
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Reading for a New Economy: Two New Books Tackle Cures for Global Crisis
Richard Wolff and Robin Hahnel promote a democratic path forward to healing the economy.
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How America Became an Empire
Stone and Kuznick suggest that an alternative future was available to the United States, but that political, economic and ideological pressures sent the nation down a path that transformed …
Can’t Bear to Read: “Our Harsh Logic“
Ira Chernus can't bring himself to open Our Harsh Logic, a collection of testimonies by Israeli soldiers who have served in the occupation army in the West Bank and …
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Don’t Leave Your Friends Behind: A Guide to Including Children, Elders, Everyone in Activism
A new book by two longtime activists promotes the inclusion of everyone, without regard for ability or age, in social and political movements.