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The Criminalization and Enslavement of the Poor
By Ben Crump
Slavery was officially abolished in America more than 150 years ago, but the desire to replace its cheap labor source and funnel finances into private for-profit prisons has given rise to an immoral system that consciously and unconsciously criminalizes and imprisons Black and brown Americans.
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New Releases
Books to Watch | June 9, 2020
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Book Giveaways
Superpower Showdown: How the Battle Between Trump and XI Threatens a New Cold War
This is the inside story of the US–China trade war, how relations between these superpowers unraveled, darkening prospects for global peace and prosperity, as told by two Wall Street Journal reporters, one based in Washington, D.C., the other in Beijing, who have had more access to the decision makers
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Staff Picks
The Undocumented Americans
By Lauren Kohlenberg
Cornejo Villavicencio hands us a portrait of the continuous fight to exist in an America that thinks you are anything but American.
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ChangeThis
My Racist Introduction
By Ibram X Kendi
"After taking this grueling journey to the dirt road of antiracism, humanity can come upon the clearing of a potential future: an antiracist world in all its imperfect beauty. It can become real if we focus on power instead of people, if we focus on changing policy instead of groups of people. It’s possible
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New Releases
Books to Watch | June 2, 2020
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Book Giveaways
One by One by One: Making a Small Difference Amid a Billion Problems
In the spirit of Tracy Kidder's Mountains Beyond Mountains, and joining the ranks of works by Bryan Stevenson, Matthew Desmond, Abraham Verghese and Oliver Sacks, the inspiring story of a young American neurologist's struggle to make a difference in Haiti by treating one patient at a time--a story of
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Staff Picks
May 2020 Cookbook Roundup
By Blyth Meier
“Cooking in” is the new “going out,” so let’s take a look at the new cookbooks that were giving life to our kitchen routines in May.
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ChangeThis
7 “Primitive” Qualities for Finding Meaning in Your Work
By Marco Greenberg
This radical work-life imbalance makes it more urgent than ever that our work truly give us meaning. It should focus the mind on a critical question: is our work fulfilling?
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Excerpts
Your 168: Finding Purpose and Satisfaction in a Values-Based Life
Put your values first and focus on what matters most.
