A young entrepreneur makes the case that politics has no place in business, and sets out a new vision for the future of American capitalism. There's a new invisible force at work in our economic and cultural lives. It affects every...
Social justice
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Author:Ramaswamy, VivekSummary: - Author:Palmater, PamelaSummary:
In a moment where unlawful pipelines are built on Indigenous territories, the RCMP make illegal arrests of land defenders on unceded lands, and anti-Indigenous racism permeates on social media; the government lie that is reconciliation...
- Author:Palmater, Pamela D.Summary:
Warrior Life: Indigenous Resistance and Resurgence is the second book of the best blogs and articles authored by Pamela Palmater since her first book: Indigenous Nationhood: Empowering Grassroots Citizens. Like the first book, this one...
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Author:Summary:Thunder at Michigan and Thunder in the Heartland is about a chronicle of changes that took place in a small school in a major Midwestern university. The change that took place had a profound impact upon both the students and faculty...
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Author:Franklin, UrsulaSummary:Feminist, educator, Quaker, and physicist, Ursula Franklin has long been considered one of Canada's foremost advocates and practitioners of pacifism. The Ursula Franklin Reader: Pacifism as a Map is a comprehensive collection of...
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Author:Nouwen, Henri J. M.Summary:Throughout his life Henri Nouwen stressed the connection between intimacy with Christ and solidarity with a wounded world. From his early support for the civil rights movement, through his engagement in the cause of peace, to his life...
- Author:Cohen, Donald, Mikaelian, AllenSummary:
As people reach for social justice and better lives, they create public goods-- free education, public health, open parks, clean water, and many others-- that must be kept out of the market. When private interests take over, they strip...
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Dr. Saad unpacks what is really happening in progressive safe zones, and and what we must do to stop the spread of dangerous thinking.
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Author:Dorling, DannySummary:A wide-ranging exploration of why inequality persists and what can be done about it, the No-Nonsense Guide to Equality discusses the positive effects that equality can have, using examples and case studies from across the globe. It...
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In 2016, amid an epidemic of police shootings of African Americans, the celebrated NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick began a series of quiet protests on the field, refusing to stand during the US national anthem. By "taking a knee,...
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Author:Freeman, JohnSummary:Thirty-six major contemporary writers examine life in a deeply divided America-including Anthony Doerr, Ann Patchett, Roxane Gay, Rebecca Solnit, Hector Tobar, Joyce Carol Oates, Edwidge Danticat, Richard Russo, Eula Bliss, Karen...
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Subversive Action presents cases that explore the use of extralegal action undertaken in pursuit of human rights and social justice, and locate that action with reference to the boundaries of social work. Definitions of social work...
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Author:Armstrong, SallySummary:The facts are indisputable. When women get even a bit of education, the whole of society improves. When they get a bit of healthcare, everyone lives longer. In many ways, it has never been a better time to be a woman: a fundamental...
- Author:Choudry, Aziz, Hanley, Jill, Shragge, EricSummary:
How do we organize for progressive social change in an era of unprecedented economic, social, and ecological crises? How do political activists build power and critical analysis into their daily work for change? Grounded in struggles in...
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Author:Tolan, RobbieSummary:The harrowing true story of Robbie Tolan, a young black man who was shot in the chest by a white police officer ... in his own driveway. NO JUSTICE is the harrowing story of Robbie Tolan, who early on one New Year's Eve morning, found...
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Author:Ross, RupertSummary:Imagine a world in which people see themselves as embedded in the natural order, with ethical responsibilities not only toward each other, but also toward rocks, trees, water and all nature. Imagine seeing yourself not as a master of...
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Author:Mason-John, ValerieSummary:Valerie Mason-John's poetry collection, I Am Still Your Negro, blends spoken word and hashtags with villanelles, sonnets, and haiku to traverse the African Diaspora experience through place, time, and circumstance. Blak Inglis street...
- Author:Rich, KaeLynSummary:
Take on the world and make some serious change with this handbook to everything activism, social justice, and resistance. This book is an in-depth guide to everything from picking a cause, planning a protest, and raising money to...
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Author:Summary:The goal of Environmental Crisis or Crisis of Epistemology? is to challenge us to think that how we know the world and what we choose to do with what we know is fundamental to our environmental crisis. Environmental Crisis or Crisis of...
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