Two New York Times Washington correspondents provide a detailed, ';fact-based account of what precipitated some of this administration's more brazen assaults on immigration' (The Washington Post) filled with never-before-told stories of this key issue of Donald Trump's presidency.
This volume examines the phenomenon of mass population migration from the Caribbean to North America and the United Kingdom and the social, cultural, and economic adaptation of the immigrants to their new environments.
Because the Holocaust, at its core, was an extreme expression of a devastating racism, the author contends it has special significance for African Americans.
Up-to-date devotions on getting ';smarter' for boys ages 8-12 There is something to interest every boy in this unique devotional that focuses on the 2:52 principle of ';getting smart' as it teaches boys how to use their minds to live a godly life.
This book explains how and why information literacy can help to foster critical thinking and discerning attitudes, enabling citizens to play an informed role in society and its democratic processes.
Born in Hamburg in the 1930s, Marione Ingram survived the Holocaust in Nazi Germany, only to find when she came to the United States that racism was as pervasive in the American South as anti-Semitism was in Europe.
Scientifically based strategies for enacting successful and enduring change on personal, societal, and global levels, no matter what your background *; 2016 Nautilus Silver Award *; Shares the stories of people who have changed history, such as Martin Luther King Jr.
A critical exploration of the ways public participation has transformed commemoration and civic engagement in the United StatesIn the last three decades ordinary Americans launched numerous grassroots commemorations and official historical institutions became more open to popular participation.
A vivid portrait of a Scottish religious leader and the South Carolina colony he helped shapeWhen Alexander Garden, a Scottish minister of the Church of England, arrived in South Carolina in 1720, he found a colony smoldering from the devastation of the Yamasee War and still suffering from economic upheaval, political factionalism, and rampant disease.
Entre los escombros del huracán Maria, los puertorriqueños y los “Puertopians” ultra-ricos están atrapados en una batalla campal sobre cómo reconstruir la isla.
National Book Critics Circle Award FinalistWinner of the California Book AwardA searching portrait of an iconic figure long shrouded in myth by a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of an acclaimed history of Chavez's movement.
In 1916, in front of a crowd of ten to fifteen thousand cheering spectators watched as seventeen-year-old Jesse Washington, a retarded black boy, was publicly tortured, lynched, and burned on the town square of Waco, Texas.
Through the dedicated intervention of LULAC and other Mexican American activist groups, the understanding of civil rights in America was vastly expanded in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Though Lyndon Johnson developed a reputation as a rough-hewn, arm-twisting deal-maker with a drawl, at a crucial moment in history he delivered an address to Congress that moved Martin Luther King Jr.
An inspiring memoir from a legendary activist and political prisoner that "e;reminds us of the sheer joy that comes from resisting civic wrongs"e; (Truthout).
Former congressman and conservative talk radio host Joe Walsh reveals why Donald Trump is the exact threat our Founding Fathers feared in F*ck Silence.
*THE INSTANT NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER IN CANADA*'A fascinating and compelling story peopled with strong, brave women who had me cheering them on and moved to tears' Tracy Rees, bestselling author of The Rose Garden'Just tell them you're looking for Jane.
"e;Symone's honest and profound reflection on standing up and speaking out is sure to inspire young people across the country to become the change agents the world needs.
New York Times–Bestselling Author: “Brings Dave Barry-style humor to an illuminating book on what is wrong with American democracy—and how to put it right.
The Classic Story of a Family's Pilgrimageinto the Orthodox ChurchVeiled in the smoke of incense, the Eastern Orthodox Church has long been an enigma to the Western world.
"e;A deft and unflinching expose on America's treatment of people of color"e; from the attorney who took on the George Floyd and Breonna Taylor cases (Kenya Barris, creator of Black-ish).
