National Network for Equitable Library Service

In today's digitally-driven world, countless people are being electronically embarrassed every day, whether it's from trolling, cyber-slamming, revenge porn, sexting, doxing, hacking, or other malicious virtual takedowns. This book taps into our fascination and fear of digital shaming, sprinkling actual social media posts from Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and more to illustrate how unbelievably mean things have become.

The memoir of a remarkable teenage girl who risked her life for the right to go to school. Written for her peers with critically acclaimed author Patricia McCormick, this important book is about the value of speaking out against intolerance and hate.

America is a nation of immigrants. By land, air, and sea, people have come to the United States seeking a better life and more opportunities. Though the journey for many was grueling, with obstacles at every turn, our country would not be what it is today without their contributions. 

Marlon Peterson grew up in the 1980s amid routine violence of the crack epidemic. He spent his childhood preaching the good word alongside his father, a devout Jehovah's Witness. But in the aftermath of physical and sexual trauma, Peterson made a series of choices that led to taking part in a robbery and murder; he served ten years in prison. During his incarceration, he immersed himself in antiviolence activism, education, and prison abolition.

Women of color comprise one of the fastest-growing segments in the corporate workforce. This book is a road map for us to make a profound impact on our organizations while ensuring that our contributions are valued.

We are in the midst of a global reckoning on race, and corporations are on high alert. But conventional approaches have fallen short, leaving nagging questions about next steps. Daisy Auger-Domínguez provides frank answers to why popular efforts fail. She then presents the definitive roadmap for revolution, through her dynamic step-by-step process: Reflect, Visualize, Act, and Persist. She offers proven, research-based strategies for racially inclusive management.

From divesting from the police to halting new jails, abolition shapes our political moment. The authors show how abolition is our best response to endemic forms of state and interpersonal gender and sexual violence.

In 2020 after the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery, Alexander turned a mother's eye to her sons' and students' generation, observing the race-based violence that they could not be shielded from.

It is easy to be pessimistic about inequality, which we know has increased dramatically in many parts of the world over the past two generations. No one has done more to reveal the problem than leading economist Thomas Piketty. In this book, Piketty reveals that the grand sweep of history gives us reasons to be optimistic because, over the centuries, we have been moving toward greater equality.

In the digital age, information, both true and false, spreads faster than ever. The same technology that provides access to data across the globe can abet the warping of truth and normalization of lies. In this audiobook, we examine the intersection of truth, untruth, and technology, including how social media manipulates behavior, technologies such as deepfakes that spread misinformation, the bias inherent in algorithms, and more.