This year, the Fourth of July will feel different: the Black Lives Matter movement has inspired a national reckoning around racism that pushes all of us who live in this country to ask deep, critical questions about this country we …
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A Summer Reading List Extravaganza
Here you go: another acknowledgment that times are strange. This summer feels like many things, but “relaxed” has yet to be one of them. When considering a new summer reading list “in these unprecedented times” it seemed safe to include …

4 Book Recommendations on the African American Experience
It is challenging to select a handful of books that can adequately encapsulate over four hundred years of racial disparity, injustice, and oppression of a group of American citizenry. Historically, our educational institutions designate African American history as unworthy of …
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Reading Round-Up: August
We're sharing some our favorite reads from August.

Reading Round-Up: June
We asked everyone in the office to talk about their favorite books from last month. Take a look at our favorite reads from May, and let us know in the comments which books you’ll be adding to your to-read list. …

Reading Round-Up: May
We asked everyone in the office to talk about their favorite books from last month. From graphic novels to fantasy, there’s something for everyone here!

What You Should Read After Finishing Divergent
Divergent took the young-adult fiction world by storm, spawning two sequels, three movies, and a TV series. If you enjoy dystopian stories riddled with romances, villainous government structures, and page-turning adventure, then you might enjoy these titles too. Legend by …

Night and 10 Other Must-Read Memoirs
While Nobel Peace Prize recipient Elie Wiesel penned several autobiographies and works of fiction, his best-known work is Night—a memoir based on his experiences as a prisoner in WWII concentration camps, specifically Auschwitz and Buchenwald. A harrowing read offering a firsthand account of one of our world’s most tragic time periods, Night helped shine a light on the …