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As more people are becoming politically engaged, the concept of social justice is rapidly becoming a hot topic. Help students learn about the concept of justice and how it relates to their lives. This book highlights not only the importance of justice but also the ways the criminal justice system can be unfair to minority groups. Students will learn about how unconscious biases affect the justice system and how they can combat them. With simple, accessible...
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In The New Geography of Jobs, award-winning Berkeley economist Enrico Moretti looks at the major shifts taking place in the US economy and reveals the surprising winners and losers - specifically, which kinds of jobs will drive economic growth and where they'll be located - while exploring how communities can transform themselves into dynamic innovation hubs.
"A timely and smart discussion of how different cities and regions...
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"From gender expert and professional facilitator Kate Mangino comes Equal Partners, an informed guide about how we can all collectively work to undo harmful gender norms and create greater household equity. As American society shut down due to Covid, millions of women had to leave their jobs to take on full-time childcare. As the country opens back up, women continue to struggle to balance the demands of work and home life. Kate Mangino, a professional...
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American communities are facing chronic problems: fiscal stress, urban decline, environmental sprawl, mass incarceration, political isolation, disproportionate foreclosures and severe public health risks. In The Price of Paradise, David Troutt argues that it is a lack of mutuality in our local decision making that has led to this looming crisis facing cities and local governments.
Arguing that there are structural flaws in the American dream, Troutt...
27) Defining us
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Defining Us tells the up close and personal stories of children of color who are now the majority of America's youth.
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A growing number of today's kids have two moms or two dads. The bullying of LGBT youth is an issue that has become a fixture in the news. This book uses age-appropriate text to describe the struggles faced by the LGBT community in America, to introduce people from all walks of life that belong to the LGBT community, and to describe important events that affect all Americans, such as the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell.
29) Goodnight racism
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Illustrations and text show children the language to dream of a better world.
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As inequality and social justice become larger parts of the daily news cycle, it's more important than ever for students to learn about inequality. With this book, students will learn how to spot inequality in their communities and discover what exactly to do when they see it. Readers are provided with real-life examples of people who noticed inequality in their communities and decided to set things right. With accessible, easy-to-grasp language,...
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"Life throws us many challenges, often without warning. Learn ways to recognize, reflect on, and communicate your feelings, ask for help, and lend help to friends and family members with this thoughtful series."--Page [4] of cover.
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The age of human rights has been kindest to the rich. As state violations of political rights garnered attention, a commitment to material equality disappeared and market fundamentalism emerged as the dominant economic force. Samuel Moyn asks why we chose not to challenge wealth and neglected the demands of a broader social and economic justice.--
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The term gentrification has become a buzzword to describe the changes in urban neighborhoods across the country, but we don't realize just how threatening it is. It means more than the arrival of trendy shops, much-maligned hipsters, and expensive lattes. The very future of American cities as vibrant, equitable spaces hangs in the balance. Peter Moskowitz's How to Kill a City takes readers from the kitchen tables of hurting families who can no longer...
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Equality is having the same rights, opportunities, and status as everyone else. Diversity is about recognizing the importance of different cultures in society, while still protecting their equality. This timely book discusses why the acceptance of diversity is important in society to prevent discrimination based on race, religion, and sex. Case studies of real-world events help readers understand the consequences of inequality.
35) Pangu's shadow
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When Ver and Aryl, rival apprentices at the biology lab in the Pangu Star System, become the prime suspects in their teacher's murder, they reluctantly team up to find the real culprit, running up against system-wide inequalities and conspiracies along the way.
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"COVID-19 is speeding up history, but how? What is the shape of the world to come? Lenin once said, "There are decades when nothing happens and weeks when decades happen." This is one of those times when history has sped up. CNN host and best-selling author Fareed Zakaria helps readers to understand the nature of a post-pandemic world: the political, social, technological, and economic consequences that may take years to unfold. Written in the form...
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"Confronted by the terrifying trends of the early twenty-first century - widening inequality, environmental destruction, and the immiseration of millions of workers around the world - many economists and business leaders still preach dogmas that lack evidence and create political catastrophe: Private markets are always more efficient than public ones; investment capital flows efficiently to necessary projects; massive inequality is the unavoidable...
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"This insightful book examines ways to reduce the global inequality of people--one of the United Nation's sustainable development goals. From tackling gender inequality to fighting for the right to a good education, readers will gain an understanding of how all the UN goals work together, and learn concrete strategies to inspire change. Profiles of youth-led movements and other collaborative efforts to fight inequality will empower readers to get...
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"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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"A meditation on how America protects and overinvests in "white space" and disinvests, surveils, and stereotypes in "the Hood;" Cashin calls for abolition of these anti-Black processes and bold new investment to repair poor Black neighborhoods and our broken race relations"--