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Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
Mikki Kendall · Viking
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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A potent and electrifying critique of today's feminist movement announcing a fresh new voice in black feminismToday's feminist movement has a glaring blind spot, and paradoxically, it is women. Mainstream feminists rarely talk about meeting basic needs as a feminist issue, argues... |
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Parable of the Brown Girl: The Sacred Lives of Girls of Color
Khristi Adams · Fortress Press
Pages: 200
Format: Paperback
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The stories of girls of color are often overlooked, unseen, and ignored rather than valued and heard. In Parable of the Brown Girl, minister and youth advocate Khristi Lauren Adams introduces readers to the resilience, struggle, and hope held within these stories. Instead of relegating... |
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Making Our Way Home: The Great Migration and the Black American Dream
Blair Imani · Ten Speed Press
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover
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A powerful illustrated history of the Great Migration and its sweeping impact on Black and American culture, from Reconstruction to the rise of hip hop.Over the course of six decades, an unprecedented wave of Black Americans left the South and spread across the nation in search of a better... |
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Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Patrick Radden Keefe · Anchor
Pages: 560
Format: Paperback
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A NEW YORK TIMES TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEARFINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDLONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZEBEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR - TIME MAGAZINEA WASHINGTON POST TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEARNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERNamed a best book... |
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Every Drop of Blood: The Momentous Second Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln
Edward Achorn · Atlantic Monthly Press
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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A brilliantly conceived and vividly drawn story -- Washington, D.C. on the eve of Abraham Lincoln's historic second inaugural address as the lens through which to understand all the complexities of the Civil War By March 4, 1865, the Civil War had slaughtered more than 700,000 Americans... |
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Revolution: Trump, Washington and "We the People"
KT McFarland · Post Hill Press
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover
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When Trump's first Deputy National Security Advisor left Washington, she disappeared from sight. Now former government official and political commentator KT McFarland returns with tenacity, resolve, and the truth about the Trump Administration and those seeking to destroy it.For decades,... |
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Let the People Pick the President: The Case for Abolishing the Electoral College
Jesse Wegman · All Points Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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A radical spirit of change has overtaken American politics, making once-unthinkable reforms -- like abolishing the Electoral College -- seem possible.Two of the last five elections were won by candidates who lost the popular vote, calling the integrity of the entire electoral system into... |
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Why We're Polarized
Ezra Klein · Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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Discover how American politics became a toxic system, why we participate in it, and what it means for our future - from journalist, political commentator, and cofounder of Vox, Ezra Klein. After Election Day 2016, both supporters and opponents of the soon-to-be president hailed his victory... |
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A Map Is Only One Story: Twenty Writers on Immigration, Family, and the Meaning of Home
Nicole Chung · Catapult
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
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From rediscovering an ancestral village in China to experiencing the realities of American life as a Nigerian, the search for belonging crosses borders and generations. Selected from the archives of Catapult magazine, the essays in A Map Is Only One Story highlight the human side of immigration... |
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