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Poverty, by America
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Poverty, by America

By Matthew Desmond ,

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Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals
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Undrowned

By Alexis Pauline Gumbs ,

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The Wake Up: Closing the Gap Between Good Intentions and Real Change
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The Wake Up

By Michelle MiJung Kim ,

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Dinosaurs
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Dinosaurs

By Lydia Millet ,

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The Identity Trap: A Story of Ideas and Power in Our Time
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The Identity Trap

By Yascha Mounk ,

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Angels on the Clothesline: A Memoir
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Angels on the Clothesline

By Ani Tuzman ,

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Jews Don't Count
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Jews Don't Count

By David Baddiel ,

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Black Software: The Internet & Racial Justice, from the Afronet to Black Lives Matter
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Black Software

By Charlton D. McIlwain ,

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Has It Come to This?: The Promises and Perils of Geoengineering on the Brink
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Has It Come to This?

By J.P. Sapinski (editor) , Holly Buck (editor) , Andreas Malm (editor)

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No Voice Too Small: Fourteen Young Americans Making History
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No Voice Too Small

By Lindsay H. Metcalf , Keila V. Dawson , Jeanette Bradley

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Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next)
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Mutual Aid

By Dean Spade ,

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Embrace Yoga's Roots: Courageous Ways to Deepen Your Yoga Practice
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Embrace Yoga's Roots

By Susanna Barkataki ,

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The Struggle for Social Sustainability: Moral Conflicts in Global Social Policy
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The Struggle for Social Sustainability

By Christopher Deeming (editor) ,

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Resistance: Righteous Rage in the Age of #Metoo
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Resistance

By Sue Goyette (editor) ,

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Just Care: Messy Entanglements of Disability, Dependency, and Desire
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Just Care

By Akemi Nishida ,

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What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat
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What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat

By Aubrey Gordon ,

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Nasty, Brutish, and Short: Adventures in Philosophy with My Kids
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Nasty, Brutish, and Short

By Scott Hershovitz ,

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Unsustainable Inequalities: Social Justice and the Environment
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Unsustainable Inequalities

By Lucas Chancel , Malcolm DeBevoise (translator) ,

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My N.C. from A-Z
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My N.C. from A-Z

By Michelle Lanier , Dare Coulter (illustrator) ,

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Beyond Survival: Strategies and Stories from the Transformative Justice Movement
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Beyond Survival

By Ejeris Dixon , Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha ,

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Organizing Occupy Wall Street: This is Just Practice
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Organizing Occupy Wall Street

By Marisa Holmes ,

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The Good Turn
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The Good Turn

By Sharna Jackson ,

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Dear White Peacemakers: Dismantling Racism with Grit and Grace
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Dear White Peacemakers

By Osheta Moore ,

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Micro Activism: How You Can Make a Difference in the World (without a Bullhorn)
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Micro Activism

By Omkari L. Williams ,

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The Light We Give: How Sikh Wisdom Can Transform Your Life
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The Light We Give

By Simran Jeet Singh ,

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Promoting Justice Across Borders: The Ethics of Reform Intervention
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Promoting Justice Across Borders

By Lucia M. Rafanelli ,

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The Social Justice Investor: Advance Your Values While Building Wealth, Whether a Few Dollars or Millions
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The Social Justice Investor

By Andrea Longton ,

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Radical Humility: Be a Badass Leader and a Good Human
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Radical Humility

By Urs Koenig ,

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Food Power Politics: The Food Story of the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement
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Food Power Politics

By Bobby J. Smith II ,

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Barrio Rising: The Protest that Built Chicano Park
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Barrio Rising

By Maria Dolores Aguila , Magdalena Mora (illustrator) ,

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No Country for Eight-Spot Butterflies: A Lyric Essay
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No Country for Eight-Spot Butterflies

By Julian Aguon ,

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Beyond Charity
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Beyond Charity

By DeBorah Gilbert White ,

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