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HOT OFF THE PRESS
Check out the collection of recently published and noteworthy books I’ve been involved in producing below.
DEMOCRACY UNCHAINED
EDITED BY
DAVID W. ORR
ANDREW GUMBEL
BAKARI KITWANA
WILLIAM S. BECKER
New Press, March 2020
A stellar group of America’s leading political thinkers explore how to reboot our democracy
CUTTING SCHOOL
BY NOLIWE ROOKS
New Press, March 2020
A “powerful analysis of racism, segregation, poverty” (Diane Ravitch) and a timely indictment of the privatization—and profitability—of separate and unequal schools
ADMINISTRATIONS OF LUNACY
BY MAB SEGREST
New Press, April 2020
A scathing and original look at the racist origins of psychiatry, through the story of the largest mental institution in the world
THE MERIT MYTH
BY ANTHONY P. CARNEVALE
PETER SCHMIDT
JEFF STROHL
New Press, May 2020
An eye-opening and timely look at how colleges drive the very inequalities they are meant to remedy, complete with a call—and a vision—for change