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Automating Inequality

How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor

by Virginia Eubanks ...

WINNER: The 2019 Lillian Smith Book Award, 2018 McGannon Center Book Prize, and shortlisted for the Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social JusticeAstra Taylor, author of The People's Platform: "The single most important book about technology you will read this year."Dorothy Roberts, author of Killing the Black Body: "A must-read."A powerful investigati... ... Read more

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WINNER: The 2019 Lillian Smith Book Award, 2018 McGannon Center Book Prize, and shortlisted for the Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social JusticeAstra Taylor, author of The People's Platform: "The single most important book about technology you will read this year."Dorothy Roberts, author of Killing the Black Body: "A must-read."A powerful investigati...
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A Guide to Open Water Lifesaving

Lessons on Love, Care, and Survival: A Memoir

by Virginia Eubanks ...

Someone you love, maybe the person you love most in the world, is drowning. Should you jump in the water? Will you be able to bring both of you back to shore?One night, Virginia Eubanks received the kind of news we all fear. Her beloved partner had been brutally beaten, just steps from their home.She jumped in the water.Eubanks dove into the responsibilities of caregiving. In the weeks, months, ... Read more

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Someone you love, maybe the person you love most in the world, is drowning. Should you jump in the water? Will you be able to bring both of you back to shore?One night, Virginia Eubanks received the kind of news we all fear. Her beloved partner had been brutally beaten, just steps from their home.She jumped in the water.Eubanks dove into the responsibilities of caregiving. In the weeks, months,
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Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around

Forty Years of Movement Building with Barbara Smith

Edited by Alethia Jones, Virginia Eubanks ...

Series series SUNY series in New Political Science
Reveals a remarkable woman's life and her contributions to social justice movements related to Civil Rights, feminism, lesbian and gay liberation, anti-racism, and Black feminism.Silver Winner, 2014 ForeWord IndieFab Book of the Year Award in the Women's Studies Category2015 Lambda Literary Award in Lesbian Memoir/Biography presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation2... ... Read more

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Reveals a remarkable woman's life and her contributions to social justice movements related to Civil Rights, feminism, lesbian and gay liberation, anti-racism, and Black feminism.Silver Winner, 2014 ForeWord IndieFab Book of the Year Award in the Women's Studies Category2015 Lambda Literary Award in Lesbian Memoir/Biography presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation2...
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Automating Inequality

How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor

by Virginia Eubanks ...

Narrated by Teri Schnaubelt ...

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7 hours 47 min

The State of Indiana denies one million applications for healthcare, foodstamps, and cash benefits in three years—because a new computer system interprets any mistake as "failure to cooperate." In Los Angeles, an algorithm calculates the comparative vulnerability of tens of thousands of homeless people in order to prioritize them for an inadequate pool of housing resources. In Pittsburgh, a child ... Read more

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The State of Indiana denies one million applications for healthcare, foodstamps, and cash benefits in three years—because a new computer system interprets any mistake as "failure to cooperate." In Los Angeles, an algorithm calculates the comparative vulnerability of tens of thousands of homeless people in order to prioritize them for an inadequate pool of housing resources. In Pittsburgh, a child
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A Guide to Open Water Lifesaving

Lessons on Love, Care, and Survival: A Memoir

by Virginia Eubanks ...

Narrated by Virginia Eubanks ...

Unabridged

9 hours 15 min

Someone you love, maybe the person you love most in the world, is drowning. Should you jump in the water? Will you be able to bring both of you back to shore?One night, Virginia Eubanks received the kind of news we all fear. Her beloved partner had been brutally beaten, just steps from their home.She jumped in the water.Eubanks dove into the responsibilities of caregiving. In the weeks, months, ... Read more

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Someone you love, maybe the person you love most in the world, is drowning. Should you jump in the water? Will you be able to bring both of you back to shore?One night, Virginia Eubanks received the kind of news we all fear. Her beloved partner had been brutally beaten, just steps from their home.She jumped in the water.Eubanks dove into the responsibilities of caregiving. In the weeks, months,
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The Great Displacement

Climate Change and the Next American Migration

by Jake Bittle ...

Narrated by Matt Godfrey ...

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10 hours 26 min

**Shortlisted for the 2024 Carnegie Medal for ExcellenceThe “closely observed, compassionate, and far-sighted” (Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Under a White Sky) story of climate migration in the United States—the personal stories of those experiencing displacement, the portraits of communities torn apart by disaster, and the implications for all of us as we confront a ... Read more

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**Shortlisted for the 2024 Carnegie Medal for ExcellenceThe “closely observed, compassionate, and far-sighted” (Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Under a White Sky) story of climate migration in the United States—the personal stories of those experiencing displacement, the portraits of communities torn apart by disaster, and the implications for all of us as we confront a
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Conservatism

An Invitation to the Great Tradition

by Roger Scruton ...

Narrated by Mark Meadows ...

Unabridged

4 hours 38 min

**This program includes an introduction read by the author.A brief, magisterial audiobook introduction to the conservative tradition by one of Britain’s leading intellectuals.**In Conservatism, Roger Scruton offers listeners an invitation into the world of political philosophy by explaining the history and evolution of the conservative movement over the centuries. With the clarity and authority of ... Read more

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**This program includes an introduction read by the author.A brief, magisterial audiobook introduction to the conservative tradition by one of Britain’s leading intellectuals.**In Conservatism, Roger Scruton offers listeners an invitation into the world of political philosophy by explaining the history and evolution of the conservative movement over the centuries. With the clarity and authority of
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The Vanishing American Adult

Our Coming-of-Age Crisis--and How to Rebuild a Culture of Self-Reliance

by Ben Sasse ...

Narrated by Ben Sasse ...

Unabridged

11 hours 9 min

**"Former college president and now U.S. Senator Ben Sasse reads with the clarity and confidence of a voice pro in this friendly warning aimed at America's parents, teachers, and governing officials." — AudioFile MagazineAN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER —** read by the author.In an era of safe spaces, trigger warnings, and an unprecedented election, the country's youth are in crisis. Senator ... Read more

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**"Former college president and now U.S. Senator Ben Sasse reads with the clarity and confidence of a voice pro in this friendly warning aimed at America's parents, teachers, and governing officials." — AudioFile MagazineAN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER —** read by the author.In an era of safe spaces, trigger warnings, and an unprecedented election, the country's youth are in crisis. Senator
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Artificial Unintelligence

How Computers Misunderstand the World

by Meredith Broussard ...

Narrated by Andrea Emmes ...

Unabridged

7 hours 46 min

In Artificial Unintelligence, Meredith Broussard argues that our collective enthusiasm for applying computer technology to every aspect of life has resulted in a tremendous amount of poorly designed systems. We are so eager to do everything digitally—hiring, driving, paying bills, even choosing romantic partners—that we have stopped demanding that our technology actually work. Broussard, a ... Read more

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In Artificial Unintelligence, Meredith Broussard argues that our collective enthusiasm for applying computer technology to every aspect of life has resulted in a tremendous amount of poorly designed systems. We are so eager to do everything digitally—hiring, driving, paying bills, even choosing romantic partners—that we have stopped demanding that our technology actually work. Broussard, a
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American Grammar

Race, Education, and the Building of a Nation

by Jarvis R. Givens ...

Narrated by Bill Andrew Quinn ...

Unabridged

15 hours 37 min

A new history of US education through the nineteenth century that rigorously accounts for Black, Native, and white experiences; a story that exposes the idea of American education as “the great equalizer” to not only be a lie, but also a myth that reproduces past harms.Education is the epicenter of every community in the United States. Indeed, few institutions are as pivotal in shaping our lives ... Read more

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A new history of US education through the nineteenth century that rigorously accounts for Black, Native, and white experiences; a story that exposes the idea of American education as “the great equalizer” to not only be a lie, but also a myth that reproduces past harms.Education is the epicenter of every community in the United States. Indeed, few institutions are as pivotal in shaping our lives
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Stepping-Stones

A Journey through the Ice Age Caves of the Dordogne

by Christine Desdemaines-Hugon ...

Narrated by Anne Flosnik ...

Unabridged

9 hours 5 min

The cave art of France's Dordogne region is world-famous for the mythology and beauty of its remarkable drawings and paintings. These ancient images of lively bison, horses, and mammoths, as well as symbols of all kinds, are fascinating touchstones in the development of human culture, demonstrating how far humankind has come and reminding us of the ties that bind us across the ages.Over more than ... Read more

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The cave art of France's Dordogne region is world-famous for the mythology and beauty of its remarkable drawings and paintings. These ancient images of lively bison, horses, and mammoths, as well as symbols of all kinds, are fascinating touchstones in the development of human culture, demonstrating how far humankind has come and reminding us of the ties that bind us across the ages.Over more than
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The Chain

Farm, Factory, and the Fate of Our Food

by Ted Genoways ...

Narrated by Michael Kramer ...

Unabridged

8 hours 30 min

On the production line in American packinghouses, there is one cardinal rule: the chain never slows. Under pressure to increase supply, the supervisors of meat-processing plants have routinely accelerated the pace of conveyors, leading to inhumane conditions, increased accidents, and food of questionable and often dangerous quality. In The Chain, acclaimed journalist Ted Genoways uses the story of ... Read more

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On the production line in American packinghouses, there is one cardinal rule: the chain never slows. Under pressure to increase supply, the supervisors of meat-processing plants have routinely accelerated the pace of conveyors, leading to inhumane conditions, increased accidents, and food of questionable and often dangerous quality. In The Chain, acclaimed journalist Ted Genoways uses the story of
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