Recommended reading
Following are some books that I recommend. For more information, you can click on any that interest you.
This Is What America Looks Like: My Journey from Refugee to Congresswoman
This is Ilhan Omar’s story as the first African refugee, Somali-American, and one one the first Muslim women elected to Congress.
read moreCapital and Ideology
Thomas Piketty’s best-selling Capital in the Twenty-First Century galvanized global debate about inequality. In this audacious follow-up, Piketty challenges us to revolutionize how we think about politics, ideology, and history.
read moreThe Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power
The threat has shifted from a totalitarian Big Brother state to a ubiquitous digital architecture: a “Big Other” operating in the interests of surveillance capital.
read moreTwenty-First Century Socialism (Radical Futures)
In this urgent manifesto for a 21st century left, author Jeremy Gilbert shows that we need a revitalized socialist politics that learns from the past to adapt to contemporary challenges.
read moreA Very Stable Genius: Donald J. Trump’s Testing of America
Philip Rucker and Carol Leonnig’s book is a taut and terrifying account of Donald J. Trump’s shambolic tenure in office to date.
read moreWhere We Go from Here: Two Years in the Resistance
In Where We Go from Here, New York Times bestselling author Bernie Sanders reveals the blueprint for his 2020 presidential run by chronicling the day-by-day struggles that he and his progressive colleagues have waged over the last two years.
read moreIn Defense of Julian Assange
The purpose of this book is to build support for Assange and prevent his extradition and delivery into the hands of the Trump administration. A wide range of distinguished contributors, many of them in original pieces, set out the story of Julian Assange and WikiLeaks, the importance of their work, and the dangers for us all in the persecution they face. In Defense of Julian Assange is a vivid, vital intervention into one of the most important political issues of our day.
read morePermanent Record
Edward Snowden, the man who risked everything to expose the US government’s system of mass surveillance, reveals for the first time the story of his life, including how he helped to build that system and what motivated him to try to bring it down.
read moreThe Art and Science of Caregiving: Stories of Inspiring Elders with an End-of-Life Guidebook
In The Art and Science of Caregiving, Annelise Schinzinger helps readers become skilled companions and caregivers.
read moreBuilding the Impossible: A Regugee’s Journey of Giving Back
The book recounts the story of Zebiba Shekhia’s achievement in building a high school for Eritrean refugee girls in Sudan.
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