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September 5, 2024

CLASS DISMISSED: WHEN COLLEGES IGNORE INEQUALITY AND STUDENTS PAY THE PRICE

Elite colleges are boasting unprecedented numbers with respect to diversity, with some schools admitting their first majority-minority classes. But when the twin pandemics of COVID-19 and […]
September 5, 2024

DISMANTLING MASS INCARCERATION: A HANDBOOK FOR CHANGE

In this pathbreaking reader, three of the nation’s leading advocates—Premal Dharia, James Forman Jr., and Maria Hawilo—provide tools to move from despair and critique to hope […]
September 5, 2024

ABOVE THE NOISE: MY STORY OF CHASING CALM

DeMar DeRozan, six-time NBA All-Star, has been called a “basketball savant” (ESPN) and “the best closer in the NBA” (GQ)—but when he went public with his […]
August 29, 2024

10 TO 25: THE SCIENCE OF MOTIVATING YOUNG PEOPLE (EVENT 2 OF 2)

Neuroscientists have discovered that around age ten, puberty spurs the brain to crave socially rewarding experiences, such as pride, admiration, and respect, and to become highly […]
August 29, 2024

10 TO 25: THE SCIENCE OF MOTIVATING YOUNG PEOPLE

Neuroscientists have discovered that around age ten, puberty spurs the brain to crave socially rewarding experiences, such as pride, admiration, and respect, and to become highly […]
May 10, 2024

A Fatal Inheritance: How a Family Misfortune Revealed a Deadly Medical Mystery

In A Fatal Inheritance: How a Family Misfortune Revealed a Deadly Medical Mystery, Lawrence Ingrassia weaves his moving family story with a sweeping history of cancer […]
May 6, 2024

Why We Remember: Unlocking Memory’s Power to Hold on to What Matters

A new understanding of memory is emerging from the latest scientific research. In Why We Remember: Unlocking Memory’s Power to Hold on to What Matters, pioneering […]
April 29, 2024

Slow Burn: The Hidden Costs of a Warming World

It’s hard not to feel anxious about the problem of climate change, especially if we think of it as an impending planetary catastrophe. In Slow Burn: […]
April 29, 2024

The Stolen Wealth of Slavery: A Case for Reparations

In this timely, powerful, investigative history, The Stolen Wealth of Slavery: A Case for Reparations, Emmy Award-nominated journalist David Montero follows the trail of the massive […]
April 22, 2024

Radical Respect: How to Work Together Better

How we can recognize, attack, and eliminate workplace injustice―and transform our careers and organizations in the process? We―all of us―consistently exclude, underestimate, and underutilize huge numbers […]
April 18, 2024

The Civil Rights Act at 60: Is Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Dream for Chicago and the Country Attainable?

Sixty years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. pushed for the successful passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the signature legislation of the Civil […]
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