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  • The Rage of Innocence Audiobook By Kristin Henning cover art

    • The Rage of Innocence

    • How America Criminalizes Black Youth
    • By: Kristin Henning
    • Narrated by: Karen Chilton
    • Length: 15 hrs and 42 mins
    • Release date: 09-28-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 32 ratings

    • Drawing upon 25 years of experience rep­resenting Black youth in Washington, DC’s juve­nile courts, Kristin Henning confronts America’s irrational, manufactured fears of these young peo­ple....

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  • Prisoners of Politics Audiobook By Rachel Elise Barkow cover art

    • Prisoners of Politics

    • Breaking the Cycle of Mass Incarceration
    • By: Rachel Elise Barkow
    • Narrated by: Katherine Fenton
    • Length: 10 hrs and 30 mins
    • Release date: 03-04-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 20 ratings

    • With the authority of a prominent legal scholar and the practical insights gained through on-the-ground work on criminal-justice reform, Rachel Barkow explains how dangerous it is to base criminal-justice policy on the whims of the electorate....

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  • The Two-Income Trap Audiobook By Elizabeth Warren, Amelia Warren Tyagi cover art

    • The Two-Income Trap

    • Why Middle-Class Parents Are Going Broke
    • By: Elizabeth Warren, Amelia Warren Tyagi
    • Narrated by: Julie Eickhoff
    • Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins
    • Release date: 02-05-14
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 346 ratings
    • In this revolutionary exposé, Harvard Law School bankruptcy expert Elizabeth Warren and financial consultant Amelia Tyagi show that today's middle-class parents are increasingly trapped by financial meltdowns....

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  • Unusual Punishment Audiobook By Christopher Murray cover art

    • Unusual Punishment

    • Inside the Walla Walla Prison, 1970-1985
    • By: Christopher Murray
    • Narrated by: John N Gully
    • Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins
    • Release date: 11-17-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 18 ratings
    • Unusual Punishment details the explosive story of failed reform at one Washington State penitentiary....

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  • How Change Happens Audiobook By Cass R. Sunstein cover art

    • How Change Happens

    • By: Cass R. Sunstein
    • Narrated by: Peter Marinker
    • Length: 14 hrs and 22 mins
    • Release date: 11-07-19
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 10 ratings

    • The different ways that social change happens, from unleashing to nudging to social cascades. How does social change happen? When do social movements take off? Sexual harassment was once something that women had to endure; now a movement has risen up against it....

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  • Vanishing New York Audiobook By Jeremiah Moss cover art

    • Vanishing New York

    • How a Great City Lost Its Soul
    • By: Jeremiah Moss
    • Narrated by: Paul Heitsch
    • Length: 15 hrs and 16 mins
    • Release date: 11-28-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 70 ratings
    • An unflinching portrait of gentrification in the 21st century, and a love letter to lost New York, by the creator of the popular and incendiary blog Vanishing New York....

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  • Social Security Works! Audiobook By Nancy Altman, Eric Kingson, David Cay Johnston - Foreword cover art

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  • New Democracy Audiobook By William J. Novak cover art

    • New Democracy

    • The Creation of the Modern American State
    • By: William J. Novak
    • Narrated by: A.W. Miller
    • Length: 12 hrs and 24 mins
    • Release date: 09-06-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings

    • In the period between the Civil War and the New Deal, American governance was transformed. William J. Novak shows how Americans translated new conceptions of citizenship, social welfare, and economic democracy into demands for law and policy that delivered services and vindicated rights....

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  • The Recovery of Family Life Audiobook By Scott Yenor cover art

    • The Recovery of Family Life

    • Exposing the Limits of Modern Ideologies
    • By: Scott Yenor
    • Narrated by: Nick Stevens
    • Length: 14 hrs and 33 mins
    • Release date: 11-02-20
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 11 ratings

    • The Recovery of Family Life defends marriage and family life while exposing the limits and blind spots in these powerful revolutionary ideologies....

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  • Housing Humans Audiobook By Eugene E. Jones cover art

    • Housing Humans

    • A Vicarious Memorandum
    • By: Eugene E. Jones
    • Narrated by: Eugene E. Jones Jr.
    • Length: 2 hrs and 42 mins
    • Release date: 11-20-23
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 9 ratings

    • Empathetic and excellent advice from one of our nation's leading Housing Authority experts, having served in leadership roles across eight major U.S. cities and one in Canada....

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  • Slay In Your Lane Audiobook By Yomi Adegoke, Elizabeth Uviebinené, Karen Blackett cover art

    • Slay In Your Lane

    • The Black Girl Bible
    • By: Yomi Adegoke, Elizabeth Uviebinené, Karen Blackett
    • Narrated by: Yomi Adegoke, Elizabeth Uviebinené
    • Length: 12 hrs and 28 mins
    • Release date: 09-03-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 28 ratings

    • From education to work to dating, this inspirational, honest and provocative book recognises and celebrates the strides black women have already made, while providing practical advice for those who want to do the same and forge a better, visible future....

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  • Toward Psychologies of Liberation Audiobook By M. Watkins, H. Shulman cover art

    • Toward Psychologies of Liberation

    • Critical Theory and Practice in Psychology and the Human Sciences
    • By: M. Watkins, H. Shulman
    • Narrated by: Claire Simon
    • Length: 17 hrs and 43 mins
    • Release date: 03-04-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 6 ratings

    • Understanding that the psychological well-being of individuals is inextricably linked to the health of their communities, environments, and cultures, the authors propose a radical interdisciplinary reorientation of psychology....

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  • To Serve the People Audiobook By LeRoy Chatfield, Jorge Mariscal - contributor cover art

    • To Serve the People

    • My Life Organizing with Cesar Chavez and the Poor
    • By: LeRoy Chatfield, Jorge Mariscal - contributor
    • Narrated by: Paul Heitsch
    • Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins
    • Release date: 10-15-19
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating

    • The long pilgrimage of LeRoy Chatfield weaves its way through multiple collective projects designed to better the condition of the marginalized and forgotten....

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  • Born on Third Base Audiobook By Chuck Collins cover art

    • Born on Third Base

    • A One Percenter Makes the Case for Tackling Inequality, Bringing Wealth Home, and Committing to the Common Good
    • By: Chuck Collins
    • Narrated by: Chuck Collins
    • Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
    • Release date: 03-13-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 52 ratings

    • The growing wealth inequality continues to dominate headlines. The divide between the haves and have nots in America is increasingly political and tensions are rising. On one side, the wealthy wield power and advantage, keeping the system operating in their favor....

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  • The Inner Level Audiobook By Kate Pickett, Richard Wilkinson cover art

    • The Inner Level

    • How More Equal Societies Reduce Stress, Restore Sanity and Improve Everyone's Well-Being
    • By: Kate Pickett, Richard Wilkinson
    • Narrated by: Shridhar Solanki
    • Length: 11 hrs and 29 mins
    • Release date: 01-22-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 28 ratings

    • A groundbreaking investigation of how inequality infects our minds and gets under our skin....

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  • Extra Time Audiobook By Camilla Cavendish cover art

    • Extra Time

    • 10 Lessons for an Ageing World
    • By: Camilla Cavendish
    • Narrated by: Camilla Cavendish
    • Length: 7 hrs and 8 mins
    • Release date: 05-02-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 8 ratings

    • The Western world is undergoing a dramatic demographic shift. By 2020, for the first time in history, the number of people aged 65 and over will outnumber children aged five and under. But our systems are lagging woefully behind this new reality....

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  • All Societies Die Audiobook By Samuel Cohn cover art

    • All Societies Die

    • How to Keep Hope Alive
    • By: Samuel Cohn
    • Narrated by: Jay Webb
    • Length: 6 hrs and 15 mins
    • Release date: 05-12-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings

    • In All Societies Die, Samuel Cohn asks us to prepare for the inevitable. Our society is going to die. What are you going to do about it? But he also wants us to know that there's still reason for hope....

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  • American Poverty Audiobook By Laurel A. Rockefeller cover art

    • American Poverty

    • By: Laurel A. Rockefeller
    • Narrated by: Alex Freeman
    • Length: 1 hr and 47 mins
    • Release date: 01-08-20
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 8 ratings

    • In this thought-provoking historical and economic analysis, Laurel A. Rockefeller takes on poverty culture head-on, exploring what it means to be poor in the United States....

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  • The Fierce Urgency of Now Audiobook By Julian E. Zelizer cover art

    • The Fierce Urgency of Now

    • Lyndon Johnson, Congress, and the Battle for the Great Society
    • By: Julian E. Zelizer
    • Narrated by: Andrew Garman
    • Length: 12 hrs and 43 mins
    • Release date: 01-20-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 37 ratings
    • A majestic big-picture account of the Great Society and the forces that shaped it, from Lyndon Johnson and members of Congress to the civil rights movement and the media....

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  • American-Made Audiobook By Nick Taylor cover art

    • American-Made

    • The Enduring Legacy of the WPA: When FDR Put the Nation to Work
    • By: Nick Taylor
    • Narrated by: James Boles
    • Length: 20 hrs and 13 mins
    • Release date: 03-20-08
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 81 ratings
    • When President Roosevelt took the oath of office in March 1933, he was facing a devastated nation....

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