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Open Borders
Open Borders

Bryan Caplan

Economist Bryan Caplan makes a bold case for unrestricted immigration in this fact-filled graphic nonfiction. American policy-makers have long been locked in a heated battle over whether, how many, and what kind of immigrants to allow to live and work in the country. Those in favor of welcoming...
 
 
They/Them/Their
They/Them/Their

Eris Young

Chosen as one of The List's Hot 100 in 2019.In this insightful and long-overdue book, Eris Young explores what it's like to live outside of the gender binary and how it can impact on one's relationships, sense of identity, use of language and more. Drawing on the author's own experiences...
 
 
How to Be an Antiracist
How to Be an Antiracist

Ibram X. Kendi

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom the National Book Award–winning author of Stamped from the Beginning comes a "groundbreaking" (Time) approach to understanding and uprooting racism and inequality in our society—and in ourselves."The most courageous book to date on the problem of race in the Western...
 
 
This Land Is Our Land
This Land Is Our Land

Mehta, Suketu

A timely argument for why the United States and the West would benefit from accepting more immigrants.

There are few subjects in American life that prompt more discussion and controversy than immigration. But do we really understand it? In This Land Is Our Land, the renowned...

 
 
Women Rowing North
Women Rowing North

Mary Pipher

New York Times Bestseller * USA Today Bestseller* Los Angeles Times Bestseller * Publishers Weekly BestsellerA guide to wisdom, authenticity, and bliss for women as they age by the author of Reviving Ophelia.Women growing older contend with ageism, misogyny, and loss. Yet as Mary Pipher...
 
 
Thick
Thick

Tressie McMillan Cottom

FINALIST FOR THE 2019 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD Named a Best Book of the Year by Time and Chicago Tribune As featured by The Daily Show, NPR, PBS, CBC, Time, VIBE, Entertainment Weekly, Well-Read Black Girl, and Chris Hayes, "incisive, witty, and provocative essays" (Publishers Weekly) by one of the "most...
 
 
The Pearl
The Pearl

Josephine F. Pacheco

In the spring of 1848 seventy-six slaves from the nation's capital hid aboard a schooner called the Pearl in an attempt to sail down the Potomac River and up the Chesapeake Bay to freedom in Pennsylvania. When inclement weather forced them to anchor for the night, the fugitive slaves and the ship's...