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15 Essential Reads for Black History Month

15 Essential Reads for Black History Month

By Keshav Bansal and Shalra Azeem
 
 
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Read the introduction to Labor's Partisans

Read the introduction to Labor’s Partisans: Essential Writings on the Union Movement from the 1950s to Today, edited by top American labor historians Nelson Lichtenstein and Samir Sonti.
 
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Read an Excerpt from The Price They Paid

Read an excerpt from The Price They Paid: Slavery, Shipwrecks, and Reparations Before the Civil War by Jeff Forret, recipient of the Frederick Douglass Prize.

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2024 Among the Stars: A Year-End Gift Guide to Starred Reads

By Sade Collier, Fall 2024 intern
 
‘Tis the season for gifting books. To close out the year, we’re highlighting eleven books published in 2024 that received starred reviews. Find below a progressive gift guide or reading list for you and your loved ones, ranging from titles on how Appalachia became a hotbed for right-wing politics to sustainability apartheid and more.
 
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Human Rights Reading List for International Human Solidarity Day!

In recognition of International Human Solidarity Day, and as part of Universal Human Rights Month, The New Press has prepared a Human Rights Reading list!

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The New Press Wrapped: 12 Books That Shaped Our 2024

By Naomi Tomlin, Fall 2024 Iintern
 
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Highlights from "What's Next, America?" salon on Nov 21

By Sade Collier (blog post) & Naomi Tomlin (video), Fall 2024 interns

 

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A Noam Chomsky Reading List

A Noam Chomsky Reading List

By Sade Collier, Fall 2024 intern
 
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When Private Companies Profit from Public Dollars

By Anne Kim, author of Poverty for Profit: How Corporations Get Off America's Poor

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5 Landmark Books by Studs Terkel

By Naomi Tomlin, Fall 2024 intern
 
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