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Patricia Hill Collins talked about her book Another Kind of Public Education: Race, Schools, the Media and Democratic Possibilities (Beacon Press; May 1, 2009). Professor Collins posits that…

Kevin Mattson talked about his book "What the Heck Are You Up To, Mr. President?:" Jimmy Carter, America’s “Malaise,” and the Speech that Should Have Changed the Country (Bloomsbury USA; Jun…

Dean Baker talked about Plunder and Blunder:The Rise and Fall of the Bubble Economy (Polipoint Press; January 1, 2009). In his book he discusses the growth and “predictable” collapse of the …

Peggy Brooks-Bertram and Barbara Nevergold talked about the book they edited, Go, Tell Michelle: African-American Women Write to the New First Lady (State University of New York Press, Janua…

Alice Walker talked about We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For: Inner Light in a Time of Darkness (New Press), her book of essays about progressive politics and spirtuality, as well as h…

Wafaa Bilal talked about his book Shoot an Iraqi: Art, Life and Resistance Under the Gun (City Lights Publishers; September 1, 2008). He talked about growing up in Iraq under rule of Saddam …

Rana Husseini talked about her book Murder in the Name of Honor: The True Story of One Woman’s Heroic Fight Against an Unbelievable Crime (Oneworld Publications; June 25, 2009). She talked a…

Randy Shaw talked about his book Beyond the Fields: Cesar Chavez, the UFW, and the Struggle for Justice in the 21st Century (University of California Press; September 17, 2008). In his book …