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10 articles posted on January 2023

General
January 31 2023

Matt Damon on the Conversation That Made Him a Social Entrepreneur

By: Matt Damon When one of the world’s great social entrepreneurs, Gary White, first told me his solution for ending the global water crisis, I honestly thought it sounded absurd. Our conversation took place back in 2008, at the Clinton Global Initiative. Gary and I were at CGI because we were both, at the time,

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Matt Damon on the Conversation That Made Him a Social Entrepreneur

General
January 31 2023
Humanities & Social Sciences Professional Studies Political Science Legal Studies Human Rights Sociology
January 30 2023

Adam Benforado on Youth Rights and the Path to a Better Future

Contributed by Adam Benforado, author of A Minor Revolution: How Prioritizing Kids Benefits Us All. Drawing on the latest research on the value of early intervention, investment, and empowerment, A Minor Revolution makes the urgent case for putting children first—in our budgets and policies, in how we develop products and enact laws, and in our families and communities.

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Adam Benforado on Youth Rights and the Path to a Better Future

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January 30 2023
General
January 27 2023

FROM THE PAGE: An Excerpt from John Hendrickson’s Life on Delay

In Life on Delay, Hendrickson offers new insight into a disorder that has for decades been mocked, mischaracterized, and misunderstood. Through a layered and unguarded narrative, he takes the reader inside the intricate family dynamics surrounding his stutter, and he explores the history of stuttering treatment, the current search for a “cure,” and the nature of self-acceptance.

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FROM THE PAGE: An Excerpt from John Hendrickson’s Life on Delay

General
January 27 2023
Sociology
January 19 2023

Do you teach Sociology?

You can search for books across this discipline through our course lists, which cover a wide range of sociological subjects from criminal justice, family, race, class, and gender to social change, social institutions, and sociological theory.   Criminal Justice Family   Race / Class / Gender   Social Change   Social Institutions    Sociological Theory

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Do you teach Sociology?

Sociology
January 19 2023
General
January 17 2023

FROM THE PAGE: An Excerpt from Michelle Obama’s The Light We Carry

There may be no tidy solutions or pithy answers to life’s big challenges, but Michelle Obama believes that we can all locate and lean on a set of tools to help us better navigate change and remain steady within flux. In The Light We Carry, she opens a frank and honest dialogue with readers, considering

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FROM THE PAGE: An Excerpt from Michelle Obama’s The Light We Carry

General
January 17 2023
General Humanities & Social Sciences
January 11 2023

Excerpt from Let Your Light Shine: How Mindfulness Can Empower Children and Rebuild Communities

In this inspiring book, founders of The Holistic Life Foundation Ali Smith, Atman Smith, and Andres Gonzalez describe how they have spent the past twenty years teaching yoga, meditation, and breathwork to thousands of at-risk kids in Baltimore schools helping them to develop deep reserves of patience, empathy, resolve, and—when needed—the righteous anger that fuels

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Excerpt from Let Your Light Shine: How Mindfulness Can Empower Children and Rebuild Communities

General Humanities & Social Sciences
January 11 2023
History
January 10 2023

Celebrating Black History Month

In honor of Black History Month, Penguin Random House Education is highlighting stories about the history of Black America from the Colonial Era to the Civil Rights Movement to the Present, with topics ranging from women’s history and cultural history to music, art, and film and community. The list includes essential stories, non-fiction, and history.

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Celebrating Black History Month

History
January 10 2023
General Common Reads
January 10 2023

Educator’s Guide for Daniel Sherrell’s Warmth: Coming of Age at the End of Our World

Daniel Sherrell’s Warmth: Coming of Age at the End of Our World is very much a book about weight. It invites the reader to confront and reflect on the profound emotional weight associated with living one’s life in the vast shadow of climate change. Is it possible for young people to acknowledge the immensity of

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Educator’s Guide for Daniel Sherrell’s Warmth: Coming of Age at the End of Our World

General Common Reads
January 10 2023
General
January 9 2023

FROM THE PAGE: An Excerpt from Luke Mogelson’s The Storm Is Here

After years of living abroad and covering the Global War on Terrorism, Luke Mogelson went home in early 2020 to report on the social discord that the pandemic was bringing to the fore across the US. An assignment that began with right-wing militias in Michigan soon took him to an uprising for racial justice in

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FROM THE PAGE: An Excerpt from Luke Mogelson’s The Storm Is Here

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January 9 2023
Political Science History Gender and Sexuality Studies Human Rights
January 5 2023

Books on the History, Politics, and People of Iran

Following the death of Mahsa Amini, young women have taken to the streets to lead anti-government protests. These demonstrations have been met with police violence, prompting a UN investigation into human rights abuses. These books explore the history and politics of Iran with a particular focus on Iranian women’s experiences.

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Books on the History, Politics, and People of Iran

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January 5 2023
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