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So what does moving to impeach President Trump actually entail, and what’s the potential fallout? Find out what all this could mean for us today by learning what happened the three times impeachment was invoked in the past.
Indigenous Peoples’ Day…
Indigenous Peoples’ Day flips the Columbus Day holiday around to see it from the point of view of Native American people. Similarly, Howard Zinn’s iconic alternative history reveals the story of America you didn’t learn in school, from the perspective of the men and women usually left out of textbooks.
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Melinda Gates announced in October that she will spend $1 billion over the next decade to promote gender equality. Hear inspiring stories from around the world of how empowering women benefits us all.
Editor’s pick…
Learn the difference between being “not racist” (like claiming to be “post-racial,” “race-neutral,” or “color blind”) and being “antiracist,” and how the the two have shaped US history. This is an essential guide for anyone determined to act against hate and racial inequities.
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A trial date for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others charged with plotting the September 11 terrorist attacks has finally been set for January 11, 2021, nearly two decades after the hijackings. To understand how the hijackers pulled all this off, read “The Looming Tower,” which takes you through decades worth of intelligence history on al-Qaeda to reveal what went so horribly wrong.
Hispanic Heritage Month…
An incredible memoir about the impacts of immigrant policy from a second-generation Mexican American and former Border Patrol officer. Cantú’s acclaimed book brings a unique—and deeply humane—perspective to the hot-button immigration issue.
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An eye-opening exposé about the lives of pirates, poachers, stowaways, environmental vigilantes, and other sailors and slaves of the high seas. Every chapter is riveting. It’s hard to get a holistic picture of a landscape that covers more than 70 percent of the Earth’s surface, but Ian Urbina does a damned fine job finding the most fascinating ships in the ocean and revealing a world most of us hardly ever see.
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With the Brexit deadline looming, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland are in the spotlight over worries that the return of a hard border could reignite bloody sectarian violence known as The Troubles. “Say Nothing” traces the devastation of The Troubles through the unsolved murder of a mother of 10.
In memoriam…
Beloved author Toni Morrison died August 5 at the age of 88. Morrison’s haunting and heartbreaking stories won many prestigious awards, including the Pulitzer and Nobel Prize. In her final book, she takes on enduring social issues in a collection of powerful essays and meditations.
Editor's pick…
New York magazine contributor Lisa Taddeo spent eight years (!) reporting on the intimate lives of three American women. The result is a sultry, clear-eyed work of narrative journalism that is so propulsive it reads more like a great work of fiction meant to be devoured on the beach than a non-fiction exploration of sex and female desire — but that’s part of its brilliance. Emma Roberts selected “Three Women” as her July 2019 Belletrist book club pick.
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