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Bajramovic, Hana

Summary: "The Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, known as the "equality amendment," was passed in 1868 during the time after the Civil War to help protect the rights and freedoms of Black Americans. In the centuries that followed, the amendment grew to protect the rights of women, immigrants, and LGBTQ+ people as well. But in recent years, the scope of the Fourteenth Amendment has shifted...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2024

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 342.73 BAJ
1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 342.73 BAJ

Tavares, Matt

Summary: "A work of fiction inspired by a true story, Matt Tavares's debut graphic novel dramatizes the historic struggle for gender equality in high school sports. It is 1975 in Indiana, and the Wilkins Regional High School girls' basketball team is in their rookie season. Despite being undefeated, they practice at night in the elementary school and play to empty bleachers. Unlike the boys' team, the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 TAV

Summary: "In Tales of Two Americas, some of the literary world's most exciting writers look beyond numbers and wages to convey what it feels like to live in this divided nation. Their extraordinarily powerful stories, essays, and poems demonstrate how boundaries break down when experiences are shared, and that in sharing our stories we can help to alleviate a suffering that touches so many...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2017

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818 TAL

Griffith, Elisabeth

Summary: "The Nineteenth Amendment was an incomplete victory. A century later, women are still grappling with how to use the vote and their political power to expand civil rights, confront racial violence, improve maternal health, advance educational and employment opportunities, and secure reproductive rights. Formidable chronicles the efforts of white and Black women to advance sometimes competing...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.42 GRI

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: 305.42 GRI

Ewing, Chana Ginelle

Summary: "An ABC of equality introduces complicated concepts to the youngest of children, from celebrating our differences, understanding everyone's beliefs, and treating everyone with kindness."--Back cover

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Publisher / Publication Date: Frances Lincoln Children's Books, an imprint of The Quarto Group 2020

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Chung, Nicole

Summary: "From the bestselling author of ALL YOU CAN EVER KNOW comes a searing memoir of class, inequality, and grief-a daughter's search to understand the lives her adoptive parents led, the life she forged as an adult, and the lives she's lost. In this country, unless you attain extraordinary wealth, you will likely be unable to help your loved ones in all the ways you'd hoped. You will learn to live...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CHUNG, NICOLE CHU

Galbraith, Bree

Summary: "Usha lives in a town where the sun hasn't shone for as long as anyone can remember. Only her grandfather remembers its brilliance and tells Usha stories about the time before other people took the sun away, building a wall to keep it all to themselves. So Usha decides to do something, and sets off in search of the sun. When at last Usha reaches the wall, she tries to kick it down, climb it,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Owlkids Books 2020

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Saad, Layla F.

Summary: "From the author of the New York Times bestselling book ME AND WHITE SUPREMACY comes the young readers' edition that teaches readers how to explore and understand racism and white supremacy and how young readers can do their part to help change the world"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Explore 2022

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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 305.8 SAA

Dyer, Hadley

Summary: "Economic inequality affects everybody. No matter how rich or poor you are, economic inequality impacts every aspect of your life--the place where you live, the opportunities you experience, the healthcare you get, the education you receive. More Than Money breaks down why the rich seem to be getting richer while the rest of us are struggling to just get by. With vivid, energetic illustrations,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Annick Press 2022

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Klinenberg, Eric

Summary: "An eminent sociologist and bestselling author offers an inspiring blueprint for rebuilding our fractured society. We are living in a time of deep divisions. Americans are sorting themselves along racial, religious, and cultural lines, leading to a level of polarization that the country hasn't seen since the Civil War. Pundits and politicians are calling for us to come together, to find common...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2018

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 307.76 KLI

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 307.76 KLI

Summary: From award-winning director/producer Peter Kunhardt, King in the Wilderness follows Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during the volatile last three years of his life, from the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965 to his assassination in April 1968. Drawing on revelatory stories from his inner circle of friends, the film provides a clear window into the civil rights leader's character, showing...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV KIN

Kendi, Ibram X.

Summary: Illustrations and text show children the language to dream of a better world.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Kokila 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KEN

Mechanic, Michael

Summary: "A senior editor at Mother Jones dives into the lives of the extremely rich, showing the fascinating, otherworldly realm they inhabit-and the insidious ways this realm harms us all"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.5 MEC

Neiman, Garrett

Summary: "It's no secret that our country has a serious problem when it comes to wealth inequality - and systemic racism and patriarchy have only exacerbated the advantages of wealthy white men. Over the past three decades, America's richest white men have only become richer, while those suffering in poverty have only gotten poorer. The divide may seem too great to bridge, but Rich White Men exposes the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Legacy Lit, Hachette Books 2023

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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 305.5 NEI

Sunkara, Bhaskar

Summary: With the stunning popularity of Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Americans are embracing the class politics of socialism. But what, exactly, is socialism? And what would a socialist system in America look like? In The Socialist Manifesto, Bhaskar Sunkara explores socialism's history since the mid-1800s and presents a realistic vision for its future. The editor of Jacobin magazine,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2019

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Summary: As an ally, you use your power-- no matter how big or small-- to support others. You learn, and try, and mess up, and try harder. In this collection of true stories, critically acclaimed YA authors get real about being an ally, needing an ally, and showing up for friends and strangers. From raw stories of racism and invisible disability to powerful moments of passing the mic, these authors...

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Publisher / Publication Date: DK, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2021

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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 305 ALL

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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 305 ALL

Cobham, Alex

Summary: "What we count matters, and in a world where policies and decisions are underpinned by numbers, statistics and data, if you're not counted, you don't count. In this book, Alex Cobham argues that systematic gaps in economic and demographic data not only lead us to understate a wide range of damaging inequalities, but also to actively exacerbate them"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Polity 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305 COB

Lakey, George

Summary: "An academic and activist takes an entertaining look at the Nordic welfare state--and shows us how we, too, can have a far more equal and just economic system In America, many Democrats invoke Scandinavia as a promised land of equality, while most Republicans fear it as a hotbed of liberty-threatening socialism. But the left and right can usually agree on one thing: that the Nordic system is...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Melville House 2016

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 330.9 LAK

Newman, Katherine S.

Summary: A sharp examination of the troubled state of retirement in America shares sobering insights into how the real estate crash and limited social security are preventing retirement and inducing widespread poverty in aging Baby Boomers.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company 2019

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1 available in Adult, Call number: 306.3 NEW

Nolan, Hamilton

Summary: "The thesis is simple: Inequality is America's biggest problem. Unions are the single strongest tool that working people have to fix this problem. But the labor movement of today has failed to enable enough individuals to join unions. Thus, organized labor's powerful potential is being wielded incompetently. And what is happening inside of organized labor will-far more than most people...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2024

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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 331.8 NOL

Wade, Sabia

Summary: "Sabia C. Wade, renowned radical doula and educator, speaks to the intersections of systemic issues--such as access to health care, house transportation, and nutrition--and personal trauma work that, if healed, have the power to lead us to collective liberation in all facets of life. Collective liberation rests on the idea that in order for us all to have equity in this world--from the safety...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.96 WAD

Brill, Steven

Summary: "From the award-winning journalist and best-selling author of America's Bitter Pill: a tour de force examination of 1) how and why major American institutions no longer serve us as they should, causing a deep rift between the vulnerable majority and the protected few, and 2) how some individuals and organizations are laying the foundation for real, lasting change. In this revelatory narrative...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2018

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306 BRI

Hanson, Anders

Summary: Shows how to be tolerant and respectful of the differences in others.

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Publisher / Publication Date: ABDO Publishing Company 2015

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 305 HAN

Killermann, Sam

Summary: Where do we start, when it comes to learning about something that's everywhere, infused into everything, and is often one of the primary lenses through which we see ourselves and others? When it comes to understanding gender, it's best to begin with deep breath, then with section one of this book by social justice advocate Sam Killermann, who uses clear language, helpful examples, and a bit of...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Impetus Books 2017

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.76 KIL

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