Human Rights - Book Excerpts

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The Story of a Transformative Idea

By David B. Oppenheimer

An adapted excerpt from The Diversity Principle on the long history that America is forgetting

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People Deserve Better

By Robert Stack

An excerpt from Silent No Longer on how disability services commodify and devalue the humanity of people with disabilities.

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Democratizing the Economy

By Lisa Herzog

An excerpt from The Democratic Marketplace on "predistribution" and freedom.

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New Pioneers

By Neri Karra Sillaman

An excerpt from Pioneers on the ideas that cross borders and boundaries

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Working With Cracks

By Adam Kahane 1

An excerpt from Everyday Habits for Transforming Systems on finding the leverage points for change

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Building Tenant Power

By Tracy Rosenthal & Leonardo Vilchis

An excerpt from Abolish Rent on the struggle to make housing a human right

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Connection Is Our Lost Superpower

By David Jay

An excerpt from Relationality on fixing our crisis of loneliness

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The Unbearable Whiteness of Boston

By Justin C. Cohen & Christopher Emdin

An excerpt from From White Folks Who Teach in the Hood on unplugging from the nonprofit industrial matrix

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We Need to Diversify Our Innovation Portfolio

By Benjamin Shestakofsky

An excerpt from Behind the Startup on how venture capital investors set the agenda for innovation

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Living on Social Networks

By Mohamed Zayani & Joe F. Khalil

An excerpt from The Digital Double Bind on the digital revolution in the Global South