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The Rage of Innocence
- How America Criminalizes Black Youth
- By: Kristin Henning
- Narrated by: Karen Chilton
- Length: 15 hrs and 42 mins
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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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Very Enlightening!
- By Dr. Laurel E. Thompson on 02-01-22
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The Rage of Innocence
- How America Criminalizes Black Youth
- Narrated by: Karen Chilton
- Length: 15 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 09-28-21
- Language: English
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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
- Breaking the Cycle of Mass Incarceration
- By: Rachel Elise Barkow
- Narrated by: Katherine Fenton
- Length: 10 hrs and 30 mins
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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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Compelling for any Audience
- By joel on 07-17-19
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Prisoners of Politics
- Breaking the Cycle of Mass Incarceration
- Narrated by: Katherine Fenton
- Length: 10 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 03-04-19
- Language: English
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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
- Why Middle-Class Parents Are Going Broke
- By: Elizabeth Warren, Amelia Warren Tyagi
- Narrated by: Julie Eickhoff
- Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins
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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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Read All Your Worth Insteas
- By Lewis E. Weil on 05-19-15
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The Two-Income Trap
- Why Middle-Class Parents Are Going Broke
- Narrated by: Julie Eickhoff
- Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 02-05-14
- Language: English
- 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
- Inside the Walla Walla Prison, 1970-1985
- By: Christopher Murray
- Narrated by: John N Gully
- Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins
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Unusual Punishment details the explosive story of failed reform at one Washington State penitentiary....
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Very Thorough and Accurate Account
- By Erin on 07-18-17
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Unusual Punishment
- Inside the Walla Walla Prison, 1970-1985
- Narrated by: John N Gully
- Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 11-17-16
- Language: English
- Unusual Punishment details the explosive story of failed reform at one Washington State penitentiary....
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How Change Happens
- By: Cass R. Sunstein
- Narrated by: Peter Marinker
- Length: 14 hrs and 22 mins
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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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How Change Happens
- Narrated by: Peter Marinker
- Length: 14 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 11-07-19
- Language: English
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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
- How a Great City Lost Its Soul
- By: Jeremiah Moss
- Narrated by: Paul Heitsch
- Length: 15 hrs and 16 mins
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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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A compelling story, but the narration???
- By S. McGee on 11-30-17
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Vanishing New York
- How a Great City Lost Its Soul
- Narrated by: Paul Heitsch
- Length: 15 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 11-28-17
- Language: English
- 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!
- Why Social Security Isn't Going Broke and How Expanding It Will Help Us All
- By: Nancy Altman, Eric Kingson, David Cay Johnston - Foreword
- Narrated by: Joyce Bean
- Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins
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A growing chorus of prominent voices in Congress and elsewhere are calling for the expansion of our Social Security system....
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Social Security Works!
- Why Social Security Isn't Going Broke and How Expanding It Will Help Us All
- Narrated by: Joyce Bean
- Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 03-30-15
- Language: English
- A growing chorus of prominent voices in Congress and elsewhere are calling for the expansion of our Social Security system....
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New Democracy
- The Creation of the Modern American State
- By: William J. Novak
- Narrated by: A.W. Miller
- Length: 12 hrs and 24 mins
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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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New Democracy
- The Creation of the Modern American State
- Narrated by: A.W. Miller
- Length: 12 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 09-06-22
- Language: English
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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
- Exposing the Limits of Modern Ideologies
- By: Scott Yenor
- Narrated by: Nick Stevens
- Length: 14 hrs and 33 mins
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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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Excellent and Insightful Book
- By Eric A Holloway on 11-30-20
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The Recovery of Family Life
- Exposing the Limits of Modern Ideologies
- Narrated by: Nick Stevens
- Length: 14 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 11-02-20
- Language: English
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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
- A Vicarious Memorandum
- By: Eugene E. Jones
- Narrated by: Eugene E. Jones Jr.
- Length: 2 hrs and 42 mins
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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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Just keep in mind it’s a memoir
- By Aimee Larsen on 12-29-23
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Housing Humans
- A Vicarious Memorandum
- Narrated by: Eugene E. Jones Jr.
- Length: 2 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 11-20-23
- Language: English
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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
- The Black Girl Bible
- By: Yomi Adegoke, Elizabeth Uviebinené, Karen Blackett
- Narrated by: Yomi Adegoke, Elizabeth Uviebinené
- Length: 12 hrs and 28 mins
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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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Enlightening and True
- By Shayna on 01-24-21
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Slay In Your Lane
- The Black Girl Bible
- Narrated by: Yomi Adegoke, Elizabeth Uviebinené
- Length: 12 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 09-03-19
- Language: English
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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
- 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
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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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Incredible Work!
- By Emily Meyers on 09-14-22
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Toward Psychologies of Liberation
- Critical Theory and Practice in Psychology and the Human Sciences
- Narrated by: Claire Simon
- Length: 17 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 03-04-21
- Language: English
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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
- 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
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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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To Serve the People
- My Life Organizing with Cesar Chavez and the Poor
- Narrated by: Paul Heitsch
- Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 10-15-19
- Language: English
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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
- 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
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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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Excellent analysis of inequality for m America, including its negative impact on the wealthy...along with everyone else.
- By Barbarina Heyerdahl on 01-11-18
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Born on Third Base
- A One Percenter Makes the Case for Tackling Inequality, Bringing Wealth Home, and Committing to the Common Good
- Narrated by: Chuck Collins
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 03-13-17
- Language: English
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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
- 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
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A groundbreaking investigation of how inequality infects our minds and gets under our skin....
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Excellent! Necessary listening.
- By Christopher J. Albertyn on 10-11-23
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The Inner Level
- How More Equal Societies Reduce Stress, Restore Sanity and Improve Everyone's Well-Being
- Narrated by: Shridhar Solanki
- Length: 11 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 01-22-19
- Language: English
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A groundbreaking investigation of how inequality infects our minds and gets under our skin....
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Extra Time
- 10 Lessons for an Ageing World
- By: Camilla Cavendish
- Narrated by: Camilla Cavendish
- Length: 7 hrs and 8 mins
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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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An excellent book on a difficult subject
- By Maria Isabel de Pina on 03-26-23
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Extra Time
- 10 Lessons for an Ageing World
- Narrated by: Camilla Cavendish
- Length: 7 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 05-02-19
- Language: English
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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
- How to Keep Hope Alive
- By: Samuel Cohn
- Narrated by: Jay Webb
- Length: 6 hrs and 15 mins
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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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All Societies Die
- How to Keep Hope Alive
- Narrated by: Jay Webb
- Length: 6 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 05-12-21
- Language: English
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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
- By: Laurel A. Rockefeller
- Narrated by: Alex Freeman
- Length: 1 hr and 47 mins
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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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Intelligent and thought provoking
- By SIMARA on 04-25-20
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American Poverty
- Narrated by: Alex Freeman
- Length: 1 hr and 47 mins
- Release date: 01-08-20
- Language: English
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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
- Lyndon Johnson, Congress, and the Battle for the Great Society
- By: Julian E. Zelizer
- Narrated by: Andrew Garman
- Length: 12 hrs and 43 mins
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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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The Fierce Urgency of Now
- Lyndon Johnson, Congress, and the Battle for the Great Society
- Narrated by: Andrew Garman
- Length: 12 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 01-20-15
- Language: English
- 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
- 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
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When President Roosevelt took the oath of office in March 1933, he was facing a devastated nation....
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The true spirit of America.
- By Helen on 07-01-08
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American-Made
- The Enduring Legacy of the WPA: When FDR Put the Nation to Work
- Narrated by: James Boles
- Length: 20 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 03-20-08
- Language: English
- When President Roosevelt took the oath of office in March 1933, he was facing a devastated nation....
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