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English
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"A timely examination by a leading social scientist of the physical, psychological, and moral effects of inequality. Today's inequality is on a scale that none of us has seen in our lifetimes, yet this disparity between rich and poor has ramifications that extend far beyond mere financial means. While conservatives look at poverty and see its roots in personal failures and liberals attribute it to a lack of opportunity, what both sides miss is that...
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English
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"When Layla Saad began an Instagram challenge called #meandwhitesupremacy, she never predicted it would become a cultural movement. She encouraged people to own up and share their racist behaviors, big and small. She was looking for truth, and she got it... Thousands of people participated in the challenge, and over 80,000 people downloaded the supporting work Me and White Supremacy. Updated and expanded from the original edition, Me and White Supremacy...
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks eXplore
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (285 pages)
Language
English
Description
Provides a guide for young adults to understand the dangers of white supremacy and how to combat racism, and discusses topics like white privilege, white fragility, tone policing, color blindness, racist stereotypes, cultural appropriation, and allyship. Includes reflection questions, a glossary, and additional resources.
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Series
Lexile measure
1170L
Language
English
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"Discussions of social and economic class have taken center stage in the modern American political landscape. Activists chant about the greed of the people they describe as "the one percent." Middle-class workers face industries changing rapidly due to offshoring and automations. The poorest people struggle for survival every day. With these realities, some are questioning the truth of the conventional American dream--the belief that with hard work,...
Author
Publisher
Cherry Lake Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (48 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color).
Language
English
Description
Explores the history of immigration in North America and the United States, and examines how and why people immigrate to the United States. Examines the issue of illegal immigration. Includes color photographs, sidebars, an activity, a glossary, and additional resources.
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
Rev. and enl. ed.
Physical Desc
viii, 336 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
This book is geared to the average citizen with little or no economics background who would like the tools to think critically about economic issues. Many of today's economic issues are obscured by their inherent complexity and the often confusing and conflicting views coming from political talking heads. Sowell, a leading conservative economist and senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, seeks to alleviate this confusion. He begins by elucidating...
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Publisher
Cherry Lake Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (48 pages) : color illustrations.
Language
English
Description
Examines the debate over Dreamers or children of undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States without documentation who have the ability to become official American citizens, and discusses the history of the DREAM Act and DACA. Profiles successful Dreamers and their contributions to the United States, and explores what can be done to protect the rights of Dreamers. Includes color photographs, sidebars, an activity, a glossary, and...
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Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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A timely call to action for women's empowerment by the influential co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation identifies the link between women's equality and societal health, sharing uplifting insights by international advocates in the fight against gender bias.
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Series
Publisher
Super Sandcastle, an imprint of ABDO Publishing
Pub. Date
2015.
Lexile measure
490L
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Learn how to be respectful of the differences in others! Start by reading Everyone is Equal. This book will also teach you how to use compassion, respect, responsibility, and honesty with those around you. Check out the other books in this series too. It's never too early to learn the importance of having good values!" -- Page [4] cover.
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English
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"A groundbreaking examination of the growing inequality gap from the bestselling author of Bowling Alone: why fewer Americans today have the opportunity for upward mobility. It's the American dream: get a good education, work hard, buy a house, and achieve prosperity and success. This is the America we believe in--a nation of opportunity, constrained only by ability and effort. But during the last twenty-five years we have seen a disturbing "opportunity...
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Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
227 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
The old-fashioned struggle for fairness has finally been abandoned. It was a misguided endeavor. The world is divided into two groups, pats and quads. The pats may kill the quads as they like, and do. The quads have no recourse but to continue with their lives. The Divers' Game is a thinly veiled description of our society, an extreme case that demonstrates a truth: we must change or our world will collapse. What is the effect of constant fear on...
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Pub. Date
1983
Lexile measure
1240L
Physical Desc
xviii, 345 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
The distinguished political philosopher and author of the widely acclaimed Just and Unjust Wars analyzes how society distributes not just wealth and power but other social goods" like honor, education, work, free time-;even love. Michael Walzer is Professor of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, and the author of many widely heralded books, including Spheres of Justice, Exodus and Revolution, and The Company...
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Publisher
New York University Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
xii, 337 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Antiracism workshops and diversity policies have long been the response to racial tensions and incidents in corporations, schools, and nonprofit organizations. There is little evidence, however, that they create employment equity, reduce racial prejudice, or increase cross-cultural sensitivity. Sociologist Sarita Srivastava argues they often create more division and acrimony than progress. "Are You Calling Me a Racist?" reveals why these efforts...
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Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First Pegasus books cloth edition.
Physical Desc
xx, 507 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The Nineteenth Amendment was an incomplete victory. A century later, women are still grappling with how to use the vote and their political power to expand civil rights, confront racial violence, improve maternal health, advance educational and employment opportunities, and secure reproductive rights. Formidable chronicles the efforts of white and Black women to advance sometimes competing causes. Black women wanted the rights enjoyed by whites....
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Series
Publisher
Crabtree Publishing Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Lexile measure
950L
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Women make up about half the world's population, but women worldwide have had to fight for equal rights - to be able to vote, do the same jobs as men for the same rate of pay, own property, and have the same opportunities in education. This book looks at the campaigns fought throughout history, including suffrage movements around the world, strikes for equal pay, and International Women's Day. The struggle by activists continues today to end child...
16) Goodnight racism
Author
Publisher
Kokila
Pub. Date
[2022]
Lexile measure
AD 520L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Illustrations and text show children the language to dream of a better world.
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Publisher
Nation Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
xii, 355 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Fifty years after Michael Harrington published his groundbreaking book The Other America, in which he chronicled the lives of people excluded from the Age of Affluence, poverty in America is back with a vengeance. It is made up of both the long-term chronically poor and new working poor, the tens of millions of victims of a broken economy and an ever more dysfunctional political system. In many ways, for the majority of Americans, financial insecurity...
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Publisher
Broadside Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
ix, 354 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Rand Paul, U.S. senator for Kentucky and America's most prominent libertarian, makes a case against socialist ideology, showing the impact of its deadly legacy and the threat of its new rise in America"--
Socialism has killed millions, but its now the ideology du jour on American college campuses and among many leftists. Reintroduced by leaders such as Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the ideology manifests itself in starry-eyed calls...
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Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
940L
Physical Desc
187 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
In this accessible "keep-it-real" guide, Marley explores activism, social justice, volunteerism, equity and inclusion, and using social media for good. Drawing from her experience, Marley shows kids how they can galvanize their strengths to make positive changes in their communities, while getting support from parents, teachers, and friends to turn dreams into reality.