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Editor's Choice
Ghosting the News: Local Journalism and the Crisis of American Democracy
By Dylan Schleicher
A free press is foundational to a free society. We have gone too far in trading ours for the Silicon Valley notion that information wants to be free, even as Silicon Valley has built some of the world’s largest, most monopolistic corporations monetizing that supposedly “free” information.
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American Aristocracy
By Nicholas D Kristof, Sheryl Wudunn
Researchers have found that … in countries around the world, the accumulation of wealth also often leads to accumulation of political power that is then harnessed to multiply that wealth. Indeed, that’s what we’re seeing in America.
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New Releases
Books to Watch | July 7, 2020
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Book Giveaways
The Future Earth: A Radical Vision for What's Possible in the Age of Warming
The first hopeful book about climate change, THE FUTURE EARTH shows readers how to reverse the short- and long-term effects of climate change over the next three decades.
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The Declaration of Independence
The primary author of the Declaration of Independence was Thomas Jefferson. For all the high ideals he provided the document and our country, he was also, like the majority of signatories to the Declaration, a slave owner. There were also ardent abolitionists in the group that signed the document, but
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New Releases
Books to Watch | June 30, 2020
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Book Giveaways
Don't Take Yes for an Answer: Using Authority, Warmth, and Energy to Get Exceptional Results
One of the nation's premier talent agents and career advisors shows you how to catapult your career and your life forward with three key communication strategies—Authority, Warmth, and Energy.
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Staff Picks
Cookbook Roundup: Bread
By Blyth Meier
Ten of the best recent-ish bread cookbooks feature choices for every level of baker, from the very new to the most experienced.
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Staff Picks
This Town Sleeps
By Roy Normington
Dennis E. Staples blends history, native culture, family secrets, and personal identity seamlessly while keeping readers guessing in this new novel.
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Mockingbird Players: An Excerpt from Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
By Bryan Stevenson
I was in my late twenties and about to start my fourth year at the SPDC when I met Walter McMillian. His case was one of the flood of cases I’d found myself frantically working on after learning of a growing crisis in Alabama. The state had nearly a hundred people on death row as well as the fastest-growing
