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A Country Called Prison: Mass Incarceration and the Making of a New Nation
Mary D. Looman · Oxford University Press, USA
Pages: 264
Format: Hardcover |
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The United States is the world leader in incarcerating citizens. 707 people out of every 100,000 are imprisoned. If those currently incarcerated in the US prison system were a country, it would be the 102nd most populated nation in the world. Aside from looking at the numbers, if we could... |
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Pro: Reclaiming Abortion Rights
Katha Pollitt · Picador
Format: Hardcover |
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A POWERFUL ARGUMENT FOR ABORTION AS A MORAL RIGHT AND SOCIAL GOOD BY A NOTED FEMINIST AND LONGTIME COLUMNIST FOR THE NATIONForty years after the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling, "abortion" is still a word that is said with outright hostility by many, despite the fact that one in three... |
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How to STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Education in Libraries
Carol Smallwood · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Paperback |
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In How to STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Education in Libraries, the contributors have provided a cornucopia of ideas on how libraries can engage youth in the crucial subjects of science, technology, engineering and math. The twenty-five chapters cover exciting ideas for this... |
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Steering Clear: How to Avoid a Debt Crisis and Secure Our Economic Future
Peter G. Peterson · Portfolio
Format: Hardcover |
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"Despite clear danger and explicit warnings, the United States of America - distracted by short-term challenges and its own political dysfunction - is steaming toward its own collision, one with long-term debt."Philanthropist, businessman, and former secretary of commerce Peter... |
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Ferguson's Fault Lines: The Race Quake That Rocked a Nation
Kimberly Jade Norwood · American Bar Association
Pages: 276
Format: Print book |
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In almost every highly publicized case of police using deadly force and killing unarmed individuals, the person killed was an African American male. These incidents have caused dramatic erosion in public confidence in the justice system and America's promise of equal treatment under... |
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Iran and the United States: An Insider's View on the Failed Past and the Road to Peace
Shahir Shahidsaless · Bloomsbury Academic
Format: Hardcover |
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Scores of books have been written by Western experts, mainly American, looking at the root causes of the conflict between Iran and the US. However, none of them have presented an inside look at this complex relationship from within the Iranian culture, society, and most importantly, the Iranian... |
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The Last Mile in Ending Extreme Poverty
Laurence Chandy · Brookings Institution Press
Pages: 415
Format: Paperback |
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The past quarter century has witnessed a stunning reduction in the number of people around the world living on less than $1.25 a day, the marker for extreme poverty. This has led to a new sense of hope that extreme poverty can be eradicated within a generation. Yet optimism is tempered... |
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The United States Constitution: Questions and Answers
John R. Vile · ABC-CLIO
Pages: 308
Format: Hardcover - Revised Ed. |
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Readers will easily grasp the foundations and purposes of the U.S. Constitution - and the critical importance and implications of its amendments - through a series of questions and answers about constitutional topics. The work proceeds logically, covering each article, section, and amendment,... |
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Political Advertising in the United States
Erika Franklin Fowler · Westview Press
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback |
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Political advertising is as important as everad spending records are broken each election cycle, and the volume of ads aired continues to increase. "Political Advertising in the United States" is a comprehensive survey of the political advertising landscape and its influence on voters.... |
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