January 6th and Threats to Democracy
Reflecting on last year's January 6 attack on the US Capitol, we look back at 9 volumes that consider threats to American democracy.
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Pearl Harbor and Japanese Internment
9 reviews on the December 7th, 1941 surprise attack.
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The Super Rich
Tracing the impact of the one percent on politics, the economy, and culture.
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Halloween Horrors
A look at monsters and myths that inform modern-day understandings of gender, power, and other social relations, in time for Halloween.
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The Evolving Tree of Life
A look at how the principles of evolution have progressed
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Indigenous Boarding Schools
These titles focus on the establishment, starting in the early 19th century, of Native American boarding school initiatives, which entailed removing Native American children from their families and placing them in schools intended to assimilate them into white American culture.
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Genetics
10 reviews on how understanding grew...
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Juneteenth
To commemorate Juneteenth, which Congress recently voted to make a federal holiday, these books explore the legacy of emancipation.
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Police Violence & Racial Justice
One year after the death of George Floyd, we feature six titles on race and police violence.
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Policing since Ferguson
Examining law enforcement since the death of Michael Brown.
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Mathematics
10 reviews on the universal language.
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Migrants make their way
More than just a current event, the story of migration has been the human story.
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