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1 2 3 4 5 6 >>>     sort list by title | author United States of Distraction Media Manipulation in Post-Truth America (And What We Can Do About It) Mickey Huff, Nolan Higdon A powerful critique of how manipulation of media gives rise to disinformation, intolerance, and divisiveness, and how we can fight back. Troublemaker for Justice The Story of Bayard Rustin, the Man Behind the March on Washington Jacqueline Houtman, Michael G. Long, Walter Naegle This biography of Bayard Rustin for young readers depicts his life of nonviolent activism and resistance. We the Resistance Documenting a History of Nonviolent Protest in the United States Michael G. Long A first-person history of nonviolent resistance in the U.S., from pre-Revolutionary America to the Trump years. Violence Humans in Dark Times Natasha Lennard, Brad Evans Interviews with leading thinkers on the crisis of violence in contemporary politics, history, media, and culture. Impeaching the President Past, Present, and Future Alan Hirsch NOW AVAILABLE: An historical look at the practice of impeachment, how it impacted the terms of Presidents Johnson, Nixon, and Clinton, and how it may affect Donald Trump. "Lucid, balanced, and deeply informed. Anyone in search of a reasoned guide to the unreason of our current situation should read it."--Elizabeth Kolbert Torn from the World A Guerrilla's Escape from a Secret Prison in Mexico John Gibler The real-life story of a political insurgent who was disappeared and tortured by the Mexican Army and miraculously escaped to tell the tale. American Nightmare Facing the Challenge of Fascism Henry A. Giroux A far-ranging critique of the rise of authoritarianism and white nationalism in the US and the consequences for democracy. Cruel Futures City Lights Spotlight Series No. 17 Carmen Giménez Smith A Latina feminist State of the Union address at the intersection of pop culture and interiority. Loaded A Disarming History of the Second Amendment Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz "If . . . anyone at all really wants to 'get to the root causes of gun violence in America,' they will need to start by coming to terms with even a fraction of what Loaded proposes."—Los Angeles Review of Books I Couldn't Even Imagine That They Would Kill Us An Oral History of the Attacks Against the Students of Ayotzinapa John Gibler Chosen as a Best Book of 2017 by Publishers Weekly! Harrowing personal narratives describing how Mexican authorities disappeared, killed, and injured scores of students and others in a still-unsolved crime. Storming the Wall Climate Change, Migration, and Homeland Security Todd Miller Fast-paced frontline reportage chronicling how climate change is accelerating migration, border build-up, and militarization in the U.S. and beyond. Heaven Is All Goodbyes Pocket Poets Series No. 61 Tongo Eisen-Martin "This is resistance as sound."—Claudia Rankine Whistleblower at the CIA An Insider's Account of the Politics of Intelligence Melvin A. Goodman Russia expert and former CIA analyst Mel Goodman tells the inside story of political corruption at the organization, and what he did to try to stop it. America at War with Itself Henry A. Giroux An eye-opening critique of how America's drift toward authoritarian intolerance is dividing the nation and intensifying social and political conflicts. 1 2 3 4 5 6 >>>