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Worn: A People’s History of Clothing

A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A sweeping and captivatingly told history of clothing and the stuff it is made of—an unparalleled deep-dive into how everyday garments have transformed our lives, our societies, and our planet. “We learn that, if we were a bit more curious about our […]

The Ancient Tribes That Settled the Americas | First Peoples | Full Episode 1 | PBS

Watch more of this series with PBS Passport: https://to.pbs.org/3BJNXmd As early humans spread out across the world, their toughest challenge was colonizing the Americas because a huge ice sheet blocked the route. It has long been thought that the first Americans were Clovis people, who arrived 13,000 years ago. But an underwater discovery in Mexico […]

Opinions: A Decade of Arguments, Criticism, and Minding Other People’s Business

From beloved and bestselling author Roxane Gay, “a strikingly fresh cultural critic” (Washington Post) comes an exhilarating collection of her essays on culture, politics, and everything in between. Since the publication of the groundbreaking Bad Feminist and Hunger, Roxane Gay has continued to tackle big issues embroiling society—state-sponsored violence and […]

China holds annual National People’s Congress in Beijing

Government delegates from across China met in Beijing this weekend for the country’s annual meeting of the National People’s Congress. Elizabeth Palmer takes a look at what the leaders focused on. “CBS Evening News with Norah O’Donnell” delivers the latest news and original reporting, and goes beyond the headlines with context and depth. Catch the […]

Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples

To the colonized, the term ‘research’ is conflated with European colonialism; the ways in which academic research has been implicated in the throes of imperialism remains a painful memory. This essential volume explores intersections of imperialism and research – specifically, the ways in which imperialism is embedded in disciplines of […]

The Deficit Myth: Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People’s Economy

A New York Times best seller The leading thinker and most visible public advocate of modern monetary theory – the freshest and most important idea about economics in decades – delivers a radically different, bold, new understanding for how to build a just and prosperous society.  Stephanie Kelton’s brilliant exploration […]