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And Still I Rise: Black America Since MLK | Henry Louis Gates, Kevin M Burke

#wdncw when we say that Mamdani‘s win last night was amazing to see. My 21 year old & I had talked about him a few months ago. Mamdani & candidates like him are the future. The younger generation like my son are excited about candidates like Mamdani. They want to see someone who addresses their concerns: affordability, supporting immigrant & LGBTQ+ communities, supporting women, taxing the rich, protecting the environment. They believe in social

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ncsufoxes justice. The polls showed that young women & men voted primarily democratic last night. They know they don‘t want to live in the current system. My son is much more politically aware than I ever was at his age. I‘m here for shaking up the system. I‘m here for a more just society. I listened to Mamdani speak a few months ago & I was intrigued. His background in social justice & connection to MLK, Jr is inspiring for the next generation. now

dabbe @ncsufoxes Goosebumps reading this. I think it's safe to say that we can hand the reigns to your son and his generation and hope that they do a much better job than we did. 💙✊🏻💙 now

Sparklemn I believe that Gen Z are going to change the world for the better. So amazing to see the engagement. (edited) now

Karisa 💗💗💗 now

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Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism | Rachel Maddow

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Very good but tough to listen to.

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Ghost Army of World War II | Jack M Kneece

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It was short but great. I had never heard of this unit. #audible

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No Simple Highway: A Cultural History of the Grateful Dead | Peter Richardson

#grateful
#arichlife
@eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
A bit random....

AmyG Nice! Not random at all. ⚡️ 3h

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One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This | Omar El Akkad

It was late, my father was done work for the night. Because he was technically part of the tourism industry, and the Egyptian economy has for a very long time depended on tourism to ward off complete collapse, he was afforded special dispensation to be out during curfew hours. The soldiers on the corner did not know this./1

Singout Young, bored, tasked with what authoritarian regimes have ordered young, bored soldiers to do since time immemorial-stand there projecting the violent underpinning of political power— they also didn't care. One of them stopped my father.
Your papers, he said.
My father pulled out his paperwork.
Without reading it, the soldier tore it in half and threw it on the floor.
Your papers, he repeated. (edited) 5h

Singout In the forty or so years since that day, I have thought about this moment more than anything else in the stories my father told me…. It has been the memory that anchors my overarching view of political malice: an ephemeral relationship with both law and principle. Rules, conventions, morals, reality itself: all exist so long as their existence is convenient to the preservation of power. Otherwise, they, like all else, are expendable. 5h

Suet624 💯 3h

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Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln | Doris Kearns Goodwin

My library just informed me that the audio is now available for me to check out!! Squee! A read + listen combo is my favorite way to enjoy #NonFicNovember

dabbe 🤎🐾🖤 5h

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The Hidden History of American Healthcare: Why Sickness Bankrupts You and Makes Others Insanely Rich | Thom Hartmann

A quick, informative and timely read.

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Wonder of Wonders: A Cultural History of Fiddler on the Roof | Alisa Solomon

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Thorough, thoughtful, but also thrilling, this cultural history of Fiddler on the Roof explores the hit musical from book to Broadway to film and far beyond, from its beginning in Sholem Aleichem‘s stories and their many incarnations, through the complexities of Jewish identity across a century of history, finding its legacy in powerful interpretations across the world: Japan, Poland, a Black Brooklyn middle school amid integration, and more.

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One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This | Omar El Akkad

I've explained, politely, to deeply well-meaning people that I don't have a problem shaking hands with women— maybe other Muslims do, I couldn't tell you; we don't all know each other.
I've sat through a wildly uncomfortable book interview once after I joked that I write all my novels in Arabic and then run them through Google Translate and the interviewer believed me.
I've smiled and nodded. I was nice about it.
Which is to say, I was a coward.

BarbaraBB 💔 22h

dabbe 😢 6h

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Hellhound on His Trail: The Electrifying Account of the Largest Manhunt in American History | Hampton Sides

After finishing The Trees, how can I not dive directly into Hellhound On His Trail? The characters in The Trees even make a point of driving by the Lorraine Hotel when they are in Memphis.

Of course the other thing I feel compelled to do after finishing The Trees is research the names he mentions … spent the afternoon yesterday reading about the Rock Springs Riot in Wyoming, which I knew nothing of.

AmyG I‘m reading The Trees now. So good. 1d

SamAnne Loved The Trees. Love Percival Everett. Not surprised at all to find my hometown in his long list of,where lynchings happened. 11h

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