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Growing up gifted and working-class poor in the foothills of the Ozarks, Monica and Darci became fast friends. The girls bonded over a shared love of reading and learning, even as they navigated the challenges of their declining town and tumultuous family lives—broken marriages, alcohol abuse, and shuttered stores and factories. They pored over the giant map in their middle school classroom, tracing their fingers over the world that awaited them, vowing to escape. In the end, Monica left Clinton for college and fulfilled her dreams; Darci did not.

In this devastating critique of the mindset behind the failed social policies of the past 30 years, Thomas Sowell sees what has happened not as a series of isolated mistakes, but as a logical consequence of a vision whose defects have led to disasters in education, crime, family disintegration, and more. This is an empirical study in which “politically correct” theory is repeatedly confronted with facts, and the sharp contradictions between the two are explained in terms of a set of self-congratulatory assumptions held by political and intellectual elites.

The New Breadline is a call to action on the issues of food aid, food security and climate justice, told from the frontlines of hunger. Jean-Martin Bauer eloquently dissects inequity and racism in the humanitarian system, drawing on his Haitian childhood and his career as an aid worker, asking: when decisions about food are being made, who isn't at the table?

The American Caste Story is an "underground railroad" map of America's apartheid system. Lawrence's debut work doubles as a "concept mixtape," and an autobiographical statement about social systems' impact on humans around the world. The author explores systemic issues that relate to social, economic, and political conditions, using elements of poetry to depict the current state of affairs for members of the African diaspora and the world at large.

Since the 1950s, the American war on drugs has positioned white middle-class youth as sympathetic victims of illegal drug markets who need rehabilitation instead of incarceration. The Suburban Crisis traces how politicians, the media, and grassroots political activists crusaded to protect white families from perceived threats while criminalizing and incarcerating urban minorities, and how a troubling legacy of racial injustice continues to inform the war on drugs today.

A timely, insider account of an important and controversial step in British Columbia’s strategic effort to respond to the overdose crisis. British Columbia is in the middle of an opioid crisis. Since the province of British Columbia declared a public health emergency in 2016 more than 9,400 people have died of drug poisoning in BC–an average of six people a day–with nearly 1,500 apparent opioid-related deaths in the first eight months of 2022.

First published by Noble Press in 1992, then reprinted and revised by Lantern in 2005 and 2012, this 30th anniversary edition is revised, expanded, newly typeset, updated, and has a new foreword. It’s the story of Valerie, a 23-year-old police officer in Montgomery County, Maryland, whose world is turned upside down when she learns about the abuses of animals in laboratories.

Eugene A. Woods, CEO of Advocate Health, one of the largest non-profit health systems in the nation, provides a riveting behind-the-scenes look at healthcare in the United States. By sharing his insights from three decades in healthcare administration, as well as his personal journey, listeners gain a deeper understanding of the challenges facing healthcare systems and the impact on all of us. Woods sheds light on the inequities our communities face and presents actionable prescriptions to create a more equitable, just and accessible healthcare system.

Merle Hoffman has been at the forefront of the reproductive freedom movement since the 1970s. Three years before the Supreme Court legalized abortion, she helped to establish one of the United States’ first abortion centers in Flushing, Queens, and later went on to found Choices, one of the nation’s largest and most comprehensive women’s medical facilities. Now, amidst the aftermath of the Dobbs Decision, Hoffman has carefully compiled her decades of analysis, research, and experience into a tour de force manifesto that sheds light on the catastrophic repercussions of overturning Roe.

At the turn of the twenty-first century, more than 150 countries pledged to eradicate hunger by 2030. But with only a few years left, we’re far from reaching that goal. Instead, hunger is on the rise—America itself recently experienced levels of food insecurity not seen since the Great Depression. How could the richest nation in the world have so many people going hungry? In The New Breadline, aid worker and activist Jean-Martin Bauer unravels this paradox.

Global networks have formed "anti-gender ideology movements" dedicated to circulating a fantasy that gender is a dangerous threat to families, local cultures, civilization -- and even "man" himself. But what, exactly, is so scary about gender? In this vital, courageous book, Judith Butler, the ground-breaking philosopher whose influential work has redefined how we think about gender and sexuality, carefully examines how "gender" has become a phantasm for emerging authoritarian regimes, fascist formations, and transexclusionary feminists.

¿Crees que pagas muchos impuestos? ¿Te indignas cada vez que haces la declaración de la renta? ¿Te preocupa la posibilidad de cobrar una pensión ridícula en el futuro? ¿Te has planteado abrir un negocio y te acojona la burocracia? ¿Te inquieta qué pasará cuando recibas la herencia de tus familiares? ¿Es verdad que nuestros impuestos van para sanidad y educación? ¿Te sientes impotente cada vez que pides cita en la seguridad social? ¿Crees que España es un país de funcionarios? Si al contestar estas preguntas te empiezas a poner de mala leche, este libro te interesa.

The first book written specifically for men, Victims No Longer examines the changing cultural attitudes toward male survivors of incest and other sexual trauma. Now, in this second edition, this invaluable resource continues to offer compassionate and practical advice, supported by personal anecdotes and statements of male survivors.

The motivating idea of a Universal Basic Income (UBI) is radically simple: give people cash and let them do whatever they want with it. But does this simple idea have the potential to radically transform our society? This book provides the average citizen with all the information they need to understand current debates about the UBI. It recounts the history of the idea, from its origins in the writings of eighteenth century radical intellectuals to contemporary discussions centered on unemployment caused by technological advances such as artificial intelligence.

Having conquered all the major institutions of our culture, the left is closing in on its final frontier—your children. In this new book, Liz Wheeler exposes where the forces of wokeness are at work and explains how parents can fight back for a change. Everything is on the line.

Das resiliente Wir. Wieviel Polarisierung können wir aushalten und wann bricht eine Gesellschaft einfach auseinander? 2015/2016 führt die Flüchtlingskrise zu einem Erstarken rechtspopulistischer Kräfte; 2020 ändert ein neuartiges Virus schlagartig unsere Lebensrealität und wirkt wie ein Brandbeschleuniger für soziale Ungleichheiten; 2022 beginnt Putin vor den Augen der Welt einen Vernichtungskrieg gegen die Ukraine, mit schweren Folgen auch für die deutsche Wirtschaft. Und die größte Krise in Form der sich anbahnenden Klimakatastrophe steht uns erst noch bevor.

The days when museums were dusty, stuffy institutions displaying their wealth and wisdom to a reverential public are over. Museums today are a cultural battleground. Who should decide what is put on display and how it is presented? Who gets to set the narrative? In this passionately argued book, Jon Sleigh maintains that museums must be for all people and inclusion must be at the heart of everything they do.

If you thought Donald Trump's entrance into politics was explosive... The reactions it sparked among the elite were nothing short of incendiary - even criminal. Love him or hate him, Donald Trump has undeniably reshaped the political landscape of America. The assassination attempt on his life is consistent with the persecution that has come against great leaders in history, who were forward thinking change agents that disrupted the elites' Socialist and Marxist agendas.

Sustainable: The WAR on Free Enterprise, Private Property and Individuals describes in detail the process being used at every level of government to reorganize our society under the excuse of environmental protection. Author Tom DeWeese pulls back the curtain to reveal the policies and the powers behind them that are systematically changing our culture and system of government to impose a political agenda of top-down control at every level.

A new generation of Americans has declared that another world is possible. And yet, the stubborn problems of inequality, climate change, and declining health seem as intractable as ever. Where might different answers lie? Intrepid journalist Natasha Hakimi Zapata has traveled around the world, from Costa Rica to Uganda, and Estonia to Singapore, uncovering how different countries solve the problems that plague the United States.