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Danny Sriskandarajah, "Power to the People: Use Your Voice, Change the World" (Headline Press, 2024)
52 mins; September 17, 2024
Kevin J. McMahon, "A Supreme Court Unlike Any Other: The Deepening Divide Between the Justices and the People" (U Chicago Press, 2024)
59 mins; September 16, 2024
Michael L. Walker, "Indefinite: Doing Time in Jail" (Oxford UP, 2022)
37 mins; September 15, 2024
Josh Cowen, "The Privateers: How Billionaires Created a Culture War and Sold School Vouchers" (Harvard Education Press, 2024)
41 mins; September 10, 2024
Raquel Velho on Disability, Infrastructure, and London's Public Transport System
88 hours 8 mins; September 09, 2024
Anthony Michael Kreis, "Rot and Revival: The History of Constitutional Law in American Political Development" (U California Press, 2024)
65 hours 3 mins; September 09, 2024
Judge Frederic Block, "A Second Chance: A Federal Judge Decides Who Deserves It" (The New Press, 2024)
27 mins; September 05, 2024
Jonathan Gienapp, "Against Constitutional Originalism: A Historical Critique" (Yale UP, 2024)
81 hours 26 mins; September 03, 2024
Manuela Moschella, "Unexpected Revolutionaries: How Central Banks Made and Unmade Economic Orthodoxy" (Cornell UP, 2024)
46 mins; September 01, 2024
Tadashi Dozono, "Discipline Problems: How Students of Color Trouble Whiteness in Schools" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2024)
31 mins; August 31, 2024
Elizabeth A. Wahler and Sarah C. Johnson, "Creating a Person-Centered Library: Best Practices for Supporting High-Needs Patrons (Bloomsbury, 2023)
60 hours 23 mins; August 28, 2024
Joanna Wuest, "Born This Way: Science, Citizenship, and Inequality in the American LGBTQ+ Movement" (U Chicago Press, 2023)
57 mins; August 27, 2024
Jonathan Shapiro Anjaria, "Mumbai on Two Wheels: Cycling, Urban Space, and Sustainable Mobility" (U Washington Press, 2024)
53 mins; August 27, 2024
Hope Bohanec, "The Humane Hoax: Essays Exposing the Myth of Happy Meat, Humane Dairy, and Ethical Eggs" (Lantern Publishing, 2023)
74 hours 9 mins; August 26, 2024
Damaging Rationality: Exxon-Funded Legal Research and the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
73 hours 50 mins; August 25, 2024
James Barrera, "'We Want Better Education!': The 1960s Chicano Student Movement, School Walkouts, and the Quest for Educational Reform in South Texas" (Texas A&M UP, 2023)
55 mins; August 25, 2024
Gary Mucciaroni, "Answers to the Labour Question: Industrial Relations and the State in the Anglophone World, 1880–1945" (U Toronto Press, 2024)
68 hours 1 min; August 24, 2024
Bruce W. Dearstyne, "Progressive New York: Change and Reform in the Empire State, 1900-1920: A Reader" (SUNY Press, 2024)
51 mins; August 23, 2024
Lost in Ideology: A Conversation with Jason Blakely
59 mins; August 21, 2024
Peter Allen, “The Political Class: Why It Matters Who Our Politicians Are” (Oxford UP, 2018)
41 mins; August 20, 2024
Maria Dimova-Cookson, "Rethinking Positive and Negative Liberty" (Routledge, 2019)
43 mins; August 19, 2024
Raj Jayadev, "Protect Your People: How Ordinary Families Are Using Participatory Defense to Challenge Mass Incarceration" (New Press, 2023)
32 mins; August 18, 2024
Stephanie L Canizales, "Sin Padres, Ni Papeles: Unaccompanied Migrant Youth Coming of Age in the United States" (U California Press, 2024)
64 hours 50 mins; August 18, 2024
Shaun S. Yates, "Over-Efficiency in the Lower Criminal Courts: Understanding a Key Problem and How to Fix it" (Policy Press, 2024)
46 mins; August 17, 2024
12 Angry Alaskans: Re-Examining the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Case
72 hours 30 mins; August 16, 2024
Matthew Archer, "Unsustainable: Measurement, Reporting, and the Limits of Corporate Sustainability" (NYU Press, 2024)
42 mins; August 16, 2024
Anthony Abraham Jack, "Class Dismissed: When Colleges Ignore Inequality and Students Pay the Price" (Princeton UP, 2024)
32 mins; August 15, 2024
Ana Raquel Minian, “Undocumented Lives: The Untold Story of Mexican Migration” (Harvard UP, 2018)
65 hours 35 mins; August 13, 2024
Spencer Piston, “Class Attitudes in American Politics: Sympathy for the Poor, Resentment of the Rich, and Political Implications” (Cambridge UP, 2018)
33 mins; August 11, 2024
Arif Hasan, "The Search for Shelter: Writings on Land and Housing" (Oxford UP, 2022)
52 mins; August 10, 2024
Daniel Kahneman’s Forgotten Legacy: Investigating Exxon-Funded Psychological Research
65 hours 15 mins; August 09, 2024
Laura Zurowski et al., "City Steps of Pittsburgh: A History & Guide" (History Press, 2024)
41 mins; August 08, 2024
Katherine Hempstead, "Uncovered: The Story of Insurance in America" (Oxford UP, 2023)
44 mins; August 05, 2024
Jessica S. Henry, "Smoke But No Fire: Convicting the Innocent of Crimes that Never Happened" (U California Press, 2021)
50 mins; July 31, 2024
David Pozen, "The Constitution of the War on Drugs" (Oxford UP, 2024)
44 mins; July 29, 2024
Maarit Jänterä-Jareborg and Hélène Tigroudja, "Women’s Human Rights and the Elimination of Discrimination" (Brill/Nijhoff, 2016)
48 mins; July 28, 2024
Kirsten Moore-Sheeley, "Nothing But Nets: A Biography of Global Health Science and Its Objects" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2023)
62 hours 29 mins; July 24, 2024
Patrick McKelvey, "Disability Works: Performance After Rehabilitation" (NYU Press, 2024)
62 hours 23 mins; July 23, 2024
Francine Banner, "Beyond Complicity: Why We Blame Each Other Instead of Systems" (U California Press, 2024)
55 mins; July 21, 2024
Matt Stoller, "Goliath: The 100-Year War Between Monopoly Power and Democracy" (Simon & Schuster, 2020)
55 mins; July 20, 2024
Ujju Aggarwal, "Unsettling Choice: Race, Rights, and the Partitioning of Public Education" (U Minnesota Press, 2024)
39 mins; July 20, 2024
Kevin Loughran, "Parks for Profit: Selling Nature in the City" (Columbia UP, 2022)
63 hours 56 mins; July 18, 2024
Seth A. Berkowitz, "Equal Care: Health Equity, Social Democracy, and the Egalitarian State" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2024)
28 mins; July 18, 2024
Kevin Leo Nadal, "Queering Law and Order: LGBTQ Communities and the Criminal Justice System" (Lexington Book, 2020)
38 mins; July 14, 2024
Carl Öhman, "The Afterlife of Data: What Happens to Your Information When You Die and Why You Should Care" (U Chicago Press, 2024)
41 mins; July 14, 2024
Maya Pagni Barak, "The Slow Violence of Immigration Court: Procedural Justice on Trial" (NYU Press, 2023)
49 mins; July 11, 2024
Monika Krause, "Model Cases: On Canonical Research Objects and Sites" (U Chicago Press, 2021)
34 mins; July 10, 2024
Angela Garcia, "The Way That Leads Among the Lost: Life, Death, and Hope in Mexico City's Anexos" (FSG, 2024)
50 mins; July 09, 2024
Premal Dharia et al., "Dismantling Mass Incarceration: A Handbook for Change" (FSG Originals, 2024)
31 mins; July 09, 2024
Laura Robson, "Human Capital: A History of Putting Refugees to Work" (Verso, 2023)
51 mins; July 09, 2024
Jessie Abrahams, "Schooling Inequality: Aspirations, Opportunities and the Reproduction of Social Class" (Bristol UP, 2024)
55 mins; July 06, 2024
Ailbhe O'Loughlin, "Law and Personality Disorder: Human Rights, Human Risks, and Rehabilitation" (Oxford UP, 2024)
65 hours 49 mins; July 03, 2024
Felicia Arriaga, "Behind Crimmigration: ICE, Law Enforcement, and Resistance in America" (UNC Press, 2023)
60 hours 51 mins; June 30, 2024
Jennifer C. Berkshire and Jack Schneider, "The Education Wars: A Citizen’s Guide and Defense Manual" (The New Press, 2024)
31 mins; June 27, 2024
Amy Schiller, "The Price of Humanity: How Philanthropy Went Wrong—And How to Fix It" (Melville House, 2023)
48 mins; June 27, 2024
Emily Zackin and Chloe N. Thurston, "The Political Development of American Debt Relief" (U Chicago Press, 2024)
58 mins; June 25, 2024
Stephanie DeGooyer, "Before Borders: A Legal and Literary History of Naturalization" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2022)
49 mins; June 22, 2024
Postscript: The Supreme Court’s Decisions on Bump Stocks and Mifepristone
36 mins; June 20, 2024
Jorge AlmazĂĄn et al., "Emergent Tokyo:: Designing the Spontaneous City" (Oro Editions, 2024)
36 mins; June 19, 2024
Rhodri Davies, "What Is Philanthropy For?" (Bristol UP, 2023)
38 mins; June 19, 2024
Dasha Kiper, "Travelers to Unimaginable Lands: Stories of Dementia, the Caregiver, and the Human Brain" (Random House, 2023)
64 hours 39 mins; June 18, 2024
Alex V. Barnard, "Conservatorship: Inside California's System of Coercion and Care for Mental Illness" (Columbia UP, 2023)
59 mins; June 18, 2024
Daniel Scott Souleles et al., "People before Markets: An Alternative Casebook" (Cambridge UP, 2022)
77 hours 58 mins; June 16, 2024
Stephen Marr and Patience Mususa, "DIY Urbanism in Africa: Politics and Practice" (Zed Books, 2023)
49 mins; June 14, 2024
Robert G. Boatright, "Reform and Retrenchment: A Century of Efforts to Fix Primary Elections" (Oxford UP, 2024)
59 mins; June 10, 2024
Stephanie Ternullo, "How the Heartland Went Red: Why Local Forces Matter in an Age of Nationalized Politics" (Princeton UP, 2024)
54 mins; June 10, 2024
Kathleen Day, "Broken Bargain: Bankers, Bailouts, and the Struggle to Tame Wall Street" (Yale UP, 2019)
57 mins; June 10, 2024
Manisha Anantharaman, "Recycling Class: The Contradictions of Inclusion in Urban Sustainability" (MIT Press, 2024)
40 mins; June 07, 2024
Gizem Zencirci, "The Muslim Social: Neoliberalism, Charity, and Poverty in Turkey" (Syracuse UP, 2024)
31 mins; June 07, 2024
Nicholas Tampio, ed., "Democracy and Education" (Columbia UP, 2024)
81 hours 8 mins; June 05, 2024
Mark Robert Rank, "The Random Factor: How Chance and Luck Profoundly Shape Our Lives and the World Around Us" (U California Press, 2024)
37 mins; June 04, 2024
Aya Gruber, "The Feminist War on Crime: The Unexpected Role of Women’s Liberation in Mass Incarceration" (U California Press, 2020)
67 hours 30 mins; June 02, 2024
Richard E. Ocejo, "Sixty Miles Upriver: Gentrification and Race in a Small American City" (Princeton UP, 2024)
60 hours 40 mins; June 02, 2024
Weh Yeoh, "Redundant Charities: Escaping the Cycle of Dependence" (Koan Press, 2023)
38 mins; June 02, 2024
Ronald R. Sundstrom, "Just Shelter: Gentrification, Integration, Race, and Reconstruction" (Oxford UP, 2024)
68 hours 45 mins; June 01, 2024
Anne Kim, "Poverty for Profit: How Corporations Get Rich off America’s Poor" (The New Press, 2024)
28 mins; May 30, 2024
Transforming Hispanic-Serving Institutions for Equity and Justice
61 hours 24 mins; May 30, 2024
Faye Ginsburg and Rayna Rapp, "Disability Worlds" (Duke UP, 2024)
85 hours 38 mins; May 30, 2024
Tom Mueller, "How to Make a Killing: Blood, Death and Dollars in American Medicine" (Norton, 2023)
69 hours 18 mins; May 29, 2024
The Social Acceptance of Inequality
32 mins; May 28, 2024
Carola Binder, "Shock Values: Prices and Inflation in American Democracy" (U Chicago Press, 2024)
43 mins; May 27, 2024
Pamela Prickett and Stefan Timmermans, "The Unclaimed: Abandonment and Hope in the City of Angels" (Crown, 2024)
39 mins; May 26, 2024
Premilla Nadasen, "Care: The Highest Stage of Capitalism" (Haymarket Books, 2023)
70 hours 19 mins; May 25, 2024
Jeffrey Reiman and Paul Leighton, "The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison" (Routledge, 2023)
36 mins; May 24, 2024
Mark Robert Rank, "The Poverty Paradox: Understanding Economic Hardship Amid American Prosperity" (Oxford UP, 2023)
39 mins; May 21, 2024
Joseph E. Stiglitz, "The Road to Freedom: Economics and the Good Society" (Norton, 2024)
42 mins; May 20, 2024
Ryan Reft, "Heroin and Chocolate City: Black Community Responses to Drug Addiction in the Nation’s Capital, 1967-1973" (2024)
55 mins; May 20, 2024
Elise Andaya, "Pregnant at Work: Low-Wage Workers, Power, and Temporal Injustice" (NYU Press, 2024)
34 mins; May 19, 2024
Matthew Berland and Antero Garcia, "The Left Hand of Data: Designing Education Data for Justice" (MIT Press, 2024)
52 mins; May 15, 2024
Liliana Doganova, "Discounting the Future: The Ascendancy of a Political Technology" (Princeton UP, 2024)
61 hours 56 mins; May 14, 2024
Maria Cristina Garcia, "State of Disaster: The Failure of U. S. Migration Policy in an Age of Climate Change" (UNC Press, 2022)
50 mins; May 12, 2024
Alissa Quart, "Bootstrapped: Liberating Ourselves from the American Dream" (Ecco Press, 2023)
63 hours 29 mins; May 11, 2024
Book Banning: A Discussion with Christine Emeran of the National Coalition Against Censorship
45 mins; May 09, 2024
Ariana Mangual Figueroa, "Knowing Silence: How Children Talk about Immigration Status in School" (U Minnesota Press, 2024)
30 mins; May 07, 2024
Matilda Bickers, "Working It: Sex Workers on the Work of Sex" (PM Press, 2023)
38 mins; May 05, 2024
Ketaki Chowkhani and Craig Wynne, "Singular Selves: An Introduction to Singles Studies" (Routledge, 2024)
38 mins; May 04, 2024
The Contagion of Covid Policy: Dr. Jay Bhattacharya on Freedom of Speech
55 mins; May 03, 2024
John J. Berger, "Solving the Climate Crisis: Frontline Reports from the Race to Save the Earth" (Seven Stories Press, 2023)
47 mins; May 03, 2024
Justin O’Connor, "Culture is Not an Industry: Reclaiming Art and Culture for the Common" (Manchester UP, 2024)
59 mins; May 01, 2024
Allison Schrager, "An Economist Walks Into A Brothel And Other Unexpected Places to Understand Risk" (Portfolio, 2019)
40 mins; April 30, 2024
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