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Reading Lifton: Catastrophe, Cults, and Climate

By Shalra Azeem, Spring 2025 Intern
 
King of the North

Remembering Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr. worked to transform American society. The impact of his legacy reverberates today, posing fundamental questions about the unresolved problems he confronted.

Born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Martin Luther King, Jr.’s leadership in the Civil Right Movement spanned from age twenty-six until his assassination at age thirty-nine on April 4, 1968 when he was fatally shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis.

70 Years On: How We’ve Thought About the Unions

American Hate

The Story of Immigrant Rights Activist Jeanette Vizguerra

By Arjun Singh Sethi

The Prison Industry Discussion Guide

Based on years of research by the criminal justice organization Worth Rises, The Prison Industry: How It Works and Who Profits by Bianca Tylek and Worth Rises is a meticulous exposé of the ways in which private corporations, often with their government partners, make money off incarceration.

Lies My Teacher Told Me

Read an excerpt from Lies My Teacher Told Me: A Graphic Adaptation

Read the first chapter from the graphic adaptation of Lies My teacher Told Me by James W. Loewen, adapted and illustrated by Nate Powell. Since its first publication in the 1990s, Lies My Teacher Told Me has become one of the most important and successful—and beloved—history books of our time.

24 Must-Read Books: A Women’s History Month Reading List

By Shalra Azeem, Spring 2025 Intern
 

Q&A with Vijay Kolinjivadi and Aaron Vansintjan, authors of The Sustainability Class

King of the North by Jeanne Theoharis

Read an Excerpt from King of the North

In the powerful, myth-shattering book King of the North, award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Jeanne Theoharis argues that Martin Luther King Jr.'s time outside of the South was at the heart of his campaign for racial justice. In this bold retelling, King emerges as a figure who not only led a revolutionary movement, but engaged in nationwide struggles to fight against racism, poverty, and war alongside his intellectual and political guide, Coretta Scott King.

Read an Excerpt from Bad Law

In Bad Law, Elie Mystal, the New York Times bestselling author of Allow Me To Retort: A Black Guy’s Guide to the Constitution, brings his trademark legal acumen and passionate snark to a brilliant takedown of ten of the worst laws shaping American life and causing misery to millions—from gun manufacturer immunity to attacks on reproductive rights.

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