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History and Current Events April 2024
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Tyranny of the Minority : Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point
by Steven Levitsky
Two Harvard professors, on the heels of their bestselling book How Democracies Die, drawi on a wealth of examples, from 1930s France to present-day Thailand, to explain why and how political parties turn against democracy and issue an urgent call to reform our antiquated political institutions.
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Punished for Dreaming : How School Reform Harms Black Children and How We Heal
by Bettina L. Love
In this prequel to The New Jim Crow, the cofounder of the Abolitionist Teaching Network, chronicling 40 years of educational reform, reveals the devastating effect on 25 black Americans caught in the intersection of economic gain and racist ideology and offers a new way forward with all children at its core.
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The Duel : Diefenbaker, Pearson and the Making of Modern Canada
by John Ibbitson
One of Canada's foremost authors and journalists, offers a gripping account of the contest between John Diefenbaker and Lester Pearson, two prime ministers who fought each other relentlessly, but who between them created today's Canada. Here is a tale of two men, children of Victoria, who led Canada into the atomic age: each the product of his past, each more like the other than either would ever admit, fighting each other relentlessly while together forging the Canada we live in today. To understand our times, we must first understand theirs.
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