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Mediocre
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4.3 / 5.0

In ARAB HEAD, BLACK BODY: Unpacking Racism in the Muslim Community, Ibrahim Anderson has created an insightful argument on how structural racism has seeped into...

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Rating:
4.5 / 5.0

Author Jacques Beaudry-Losique’s POWER PLAYS: How the Battle for Electrons Will Define the 21st Century delivers a rigorous, accessible, and insightful analysis of the national...

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1.5 / 5.0

Lance van Romunde’s annoyance at governments is genuine, but WITHOUT GOVERNMENTS THE WORLD WOULD BE AMAZING’s lack of a convincing substitute makes nonsense of its...

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4.7 / 5.0

Neil Thanedar's POSITIVE POLITICS: A Proven Playbook to Get into Politics, Change Your Life, and Change the World provides useful, practical, and uplifting ways of...

Rating:
3.3 / 5.0

Though it may lack some of the fine tooling of his debut collection, Piotr Bardzik’s WASHINGTON POST IS SWITCHING OFF LIGHTS still offers plenty of...

Rating:
3.0 / 5.0

Scott Leckie's SHREWD LITTLE SLEUTH does an excellent job of illustrating the volatility of Cold War America, but it underdelivers on its promise to shed...

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Rating:
4.8 / 5.0

Tim Lennon's STAND UP SPEAK UP: How Survivors Created a Movement to End Sexual Violence is a chilling exposé of the widespread nature of sexual...

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1.0 / 5.0

Banafsheh Zia’s OPERATION CAST LEAD: The Case is a difficult read that ultimately fails to prove its central thesis, regardless of the information it presents.

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3.9 / 5.0

Oliver Libby’s STRONG FLOOR, NO CEILING outlines an enthusiastic, optimistic vision for righting American civic life, though it’s unclear that the book addresses the underlying...

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Rating:
4.1 / 5.0

FACT DENOUNCED AS A FOUR-LETTER WORD is an enjoyable, thought-provoking collection of aphorisms by Piotr Bardzik. The author shows a quick mind and no small...

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3.4 / 5.0

William A. Sikes’s THE END OF MEANING: Cultural Change in America Since 1945 presents interesting and thought-provoking ideas, though it reaches too far in its...

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Rating:
5.0 / 5.0

Deborah M. Foster’s WHAT'S SO BAD ABOUT BEING POOR? is an essential text for anyone seeking to understand poverty beyond statistics and stereotypes—a vivid reminder...

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