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Hate: why we should resist it with free speech, not censorship (Inalienable rights series)
Par Nadine Strossen. 2018
Posits that an expansive interpretation of the First Amendment is the most effective strategy against the "hate speech vs. free…
speech" debate to promote democracy, equality, and societal harmony. Argues that anti-hate speech laws are often counterproductive and lead to suppression of minority viewpoints. Some strong language. 2018Anatomy of innocence: testimonies of the wrongfully convicted
Par Laura Caldwell, Leslie S. Klinger. 2017
The stories of fifteen exonerated prisoners are retold through the writing of mystery and suspense authors including Sara Paretsky, Lee…
Child, and Phillip M. Margolin, and by playwright Arthur Miller. Illustrates how justice can be thwarted in the legal system and eventually--sometimes--regained. Some violence and some strong language. 2017Still here: embracing aging, changing, and dying
Par Ram Dass. 2001
A spiritual teacher offers advice on living with mindfulness, focusing on the path from aging to dying and beyond. He…
shares stories from his own life and provides meditations for dealing with the ups and downs of aging. 2000The lost education of Horace Tate: uncovering the hidden heroes who fought for justice in schools
Par Vanessa Siddle Walker. 2018
An account of the extensive efforts on the part of Dr. Horace Tate--a former teacher, principal, and state senator--to combat…
segregation and inequality in education based on race. The author discusses Tate's meetings with other educators, activists, and politicians to this effect. Some strong language. 2018Dead man walking: The murky world of michael mcgurk and ron medich
Par Kate McClymont. 2019
We all know Sydney is full of corruption and crime, but none of us expected to read about a Sydney…
businessman being shot in the back of his head, in his driveway, in front of his nine-year-old son, in Cremorne. Nor that the order would come from a Point Piper millionaire. Kate McClymont is Australia's best-known investigative journalist. Kate and McGurk received intel that he was going to be 'hit'. Before the two could meet, McGurk was murdered. Kate and her family also received death threats and were moved to a hotel for a few days. This story involves bumbling criminals, turncoats, snitches, developers, wealthy people brought down, and devastated families. It unpacks the structures of our major cities and asks some big big questions. Multiple Walkley-winner Kate tells it with pace and character and her insider statusBelieving: Our thirty-year journey to end gender violence
Par Anita Hill. 2021
&“An elegant, impassioned demand that America see gender-based violence as a cultural and structural problem that hurts everyone, not just…
victims and survivors… It's at times downright virtuosic in the threads it weaves together.&”—NPR From the woman who gave the landmark testimony against Clarence Thomas as a sexual menace, a new manifesto about the origins and course of gender violence in our society; a combination of memoir, personal accounts, law, and social analysis, and a powerful call to arms from one of our most prominent and poised survivors. In 1991, Anita Hill began something that's still unfinished work. The issues of gender violence, touching on sex, race, age, and power, are as urgent today as they were when she first testified. Believing is a story of America's three decades long reckoning with gender violence, one that offers insights into its roots, and paths to creating dialogue and substantive change. It is a call to action that offers guidance based on what this brave, committed fighter has learned from a lifetime of advocacy and her search for solutions to a problem that is still tearing America apart. We once thought gender-based violence—from casual harassment to rape and murder—was an individual problem that affected a few; we now know it's cultural and endemic, and happens to our acquaintances, colleagues, friends and family members, and it can be physical, emotional and verbal. Women of color experience sexual harassment at higher rates than White women. Street harassment is ubiquitous and can escalate to violence. Transgender and nonbinary people are particularly vulnerable. Anita Hill draws on her years as a teacher, legal scholar, and advocate, and on the experiences of the thousands of individuals who have told her their stories, to trace the pipeline of behavior that follows individuals from place to place: from home to school to work and back home. In measured, clear, blunt terms, she demonstrates the impact it has on every aspect of our lives, including our physical and mental wellbeing, housing stability, political participation, economy and community safety, and how our descriptive language undermines progress toward solutions. And she is uncompromising in her demands that our laws and our leaders must address the issue concretely and immediately&“This landmark new book gives us an invaluable perspective on the Supreme Court in democracy&’s hour of maximum danger.&”—Jon Meacham…
The gripping story of the year that transformed the Supreme Court into the court of Donald Trump and Amy Coney Barrett, from the Pulitzer Prize–winning law columnist for The New York Times At the end of the Supreme Court&’s 2019–20 term, the center was holding. The predictions that the court would move irrevocably to the far right hadn&’t come to pass, as the justices released surprisingly moderate opinions in cases involving abortion rights, LGBTQ rights, and how local governments could respond to the pandemic, all shepherded by Chief Justice John Roberts. By the end of the 2020–21 term, much about the nation&’s highest court has changed. The right-wing supermajority had completed its first term on the bench, cementing Donald Trump&’s legacy on American jurisprudence. This is the story of that term. From the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg to the rise of Amy Coney Barrett, from the pandemic to the election, from the Trump campaign&’s legal challenges to the ongoing debate about the role of religion in American life, the Supreme Court has been at the center of many of the biggest events of the year. Throughout Justice on the Brink, legendary journalist Linda Greenhouse, who won a Pulitzer Prize for her Supreme Court coverage, gives us unique insight into a court under stress, providing the context and brilliant analysis readers of her work in The New York Times have come to expect. Ultimately, Greenhouse asks a fundamental question relevant to all Americans: Is this still John Roberts&’s Supreme Court, or does it now belong to Donald Trump?Under the trestle: The 1980 disappearance of gina renee hall & virginia's first "no body" murder trial
Par Ron Peterson Jr. 2019
The second volume featuring a collection of newspaper articles, speeches, and private letters from 1788 chronicling the political debates that…
accompanied the Constitution's ratification and all the amendments proposed by the states. 1993Downsizing the family home: what to save, what to let go (Downsizing the Home #1)
Par Marni Jameson. 2015
A home columnist provides a guide to sorting through a lifetime of possessions and the emotional journey of downsizing the…
family home for oneself or one s parents. Discusses strategies to accomplish the goal quickly, respectfully, and rewardingly. Includes insights from antiques appraisers, garage-sale gurus, professional organizers, and psychologists. 2015The hidden history of guns and the Second Amendment (The Thom Hartmann Hidden History Series #1)
Par Thom Hartmann. 2019
Radio host relates the role of guns throughout American history and discusses his view that the NRA and American justices…
have interpreted the Constitution to provide unlimited access to guns. Identifies solutions to break the power of the gun lobby and restore the Second Amendment to its intended role. 2019Aging for beginners
Par Ezra Bayda, Elizabeth Hamilton. 2018
Longtime meditation instructor addresses the difficulties in aging that exercise, social contact, and meaningful activities alone cannot address. Believing that…
learning to relate to these problems in a new way is both possible and meaningful, he examines anxiety, depression, grief, loss, loneliness, helplessness, and physical pain. 2018The gift of years: growing older gracefully
Par Joan Chittister. 2008
Author of Uncommon Gratitude (DB 84571) and The Time Is Now (DB 95401) presents a guide to aging through the…
lens of spirituality. Topics include regret, finding meaning, confronting fear, ageism, discovering joy, asserting authority, exploring possibilities, finding fulfillment, and letting go. 2008Reading behind bars: a true story of literature, law, and life as a prison librarian
Par Jill A. Grunenwald. 2019
A newly minted librarian looks back on her first career stop: working in a prison. Discusses what drew her to…
the profession, why she chose to take the job, personalities she encountered, examples of both typical days and extraordinary ones, and challenges she faced. 2019Elderhood: redefining aging, transforming medicine, reimagining life
Par Louise Aronson. 2019
Geriatrician provides what she describes as a fact- and story-based old-age book that is also about what it means to…
be a human being, and is part battle cry and part lament over how society and the medical community often fail older people. 2018When Islam is not a religion: inside America's fight for religious freedom
Par Asma T. Uddin. 2019
Attorney documents the ways the religion of Islam is being criminalized and fundamental religious rights are being denied to American…
Muslims. Discusses the ways religion is secularized and politicized, misperceptions of practices like sharia, and court cases regarding the practice of faith. 2019Trial lawyer recounts his most challenging case, in which he represented five Cuban spies marooned in the US prison system.…
Explains the role of the Cuban Five in the following decade of Cuban-American relations. 2019Broke: hardship and resilience in a city of broken promises
Par Jodie Adams Kirshner. 2019
Legal scholar examines the bankruptcy of the city of Detroit in 2013 and the impacts on its citizens. Topics covered…
include what led to the bankruptcy, community efforts to address revitalization, and progress status as of late 2017. 2019Tell me how it ends: an essay in forty questions
Par Valeria Luiselli. 2017
The author presents forty questions and the answers that she received from undocumented Latin American children facing deportation from the…
United States. Discusses the difficulties faced by these young individuals and examines US immigration issues. 2017