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Deep Dive Behind the Headlines

Race, Class & Gender: How identities shape citizenship.

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As vivid and fast-paced as a thriller, Wastelands takes us into the heart of a legal battle over the future of America’s farmland and into the lives of the people who found the courage to fight. With journalistic rigor and a novelist’s instinct for story, Corban Addison captures the inspiring struggle to bring a modern-day monopoly to its knees, to force a once-invincible corporation to change, preserve the rights and restore the heritage of a long-suffering community.

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An electric and unforgettable memoir about a young woman's journey from the ice rink to addiction and a prison sentence and how she emerged with a fierce determination to expose the broken system she experienced. Written with searing intensity, unflinching honesty and shocks of humor, Corrections in Ink is not just a story about getting out and getting off drugs but about the power of second chances; about who our society throws away and who we allow to reach for redemption.

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From an award-winning writer and contributor to The 1619 Project comes a landmark book that tells the full story of racial health disparities in America, revealing the toll racism takes on individuals and the health of our nation. Linda Villarosa lays bare the forces in society that cause Black people to "live sicker and die quicker" compared to their white counterparts. Anchored by unforgettable human stories, this is a dramatic, tragic and necessary read.

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