Human Rights
Poverty Persists Because of Us
In Poverty, by America, sociologist Matthew Desmond argues that America’s welfare state doesn’t help those who need it the most.
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Human Rights - Book Reviews
Innovative policies and programs that advance the rights of individuals and communities
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Civic Engagement
Bridging Partisan Divides
Mónica Guzmán’s I Never Thought of It That Way offers lessons for managing the contentious conversations of our increasingly polarized society.
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Social Services
Homelessness Innovations That Might Work
Ten Global Cities features a range of interventions that can, through dedicated collaboration, provide solutions to homelessness.
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Human Rights
Peddling Diversity
Nancy Leong’s Identity Capitalists reveals the profit motives of diversity and inclusion strategies.
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Civic Engagement
Make America ‘We’ Again
The famed author of Bowling Alone returns with a sweeping social history that searches for optimism in a deeply divided America.
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Philanthropy & Funding
The Feminist Trailblazer of Black Philanthropy
A new biography of Madam C. J. Walker shows how America’s first self-made female millionaire and Black entrepreneur put philanthropy at the center of her business and life.
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Technology
The Complicated Revolution
Sociologist Jen Schradie reveals how digital activism empowers defenders of the status quo.
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Civic Engagement
Not Quite Everything
Nathan Schneider's chronicle of the cooperative movement dazzles with stories but is short on solutions.
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Economic Development
Making Economic Sense of Religion
Sriya Iyer reveals how faith has driven India’s increasingly powerful economy.
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Advocacy
What’s Right with Kansas
In No Place Like Home: Lessons from Activism in LGBT Kansas, C. J. Janovy offers up progressive lessons in a red state.