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Revenge of the tipping point : overstories, superspreaders, and the rise of social engineering - Malcolm Gladwell
Revenge of the tipping point : overstories, superspreaders, and the rise of social engineering - Malcolm Gladwell
"Revisits the world of social epidemics first explored in Gladwell's 2000 book "The tipping point," this time taking a closer look at the dark side of social engineering. Twenty-five years after the publication of his groundbreaking first book, Malcolm Gladwell returns with a brand-new volume that reframes the lessons of The Tipping Point in a startling and revealing light. Why is Miami... Miami? What does the heartbreaking fate of the cheetah tell us about the way we raise our children? Why do Ivy League schools care so much about sports? What is the Magic Third, and what does it mean for racial harmony? In this provocative new work, Malcolm Gladwell returns for the first time in twenty-five years to the subject of social epidemics and tipping points, this time with the aim of explaining the dark side of contagious phenomena. Through a series of riveting stories, Gladwell traces the rise of a new and troubling form of social engineering. He takes us to the streets of Los Angeles to meet the world's most successful bank robbers, rediscovers a forgotten television show from the 1970s that changed the world, visits the site of a historic experiment on a tiny cul-de-sac in northern California, and offers an alternate history of two of the biggest epidemics of our day: COVID and the opioid crisis. Revenge of the Tipping Point is Gladwell's most personal book yet. With his characteristic mix of storytelling and social science, he offers a guide to making sense of the contagions of modern world. It's time we took tipping points seriously"--
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Revenge of the tipping point : overstories, superspreaders, and the rise of social engineering - Malcolm Gladwell
Court Cases Involving Racial Issues - University Libraries Seton Hall University
Court Cases Involving Racial Issues - University Libraries Seton Hall University
"This page outlines various key court cases that deal with racial issues from a legal standpoint. These sites offer an introduction and information about historic precedents and other data that also impact on viewpoints found in relation to decisions made within wider society."
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Court Cases Involving Racial Issues - University Libraries Seton Hall University
Deaths of People of Color By Law Enforcement Are Severely Under-Counted - UnidosUS
Deaths of People of Color By Law Enforcement Are Severely Under-Counted - UnidosUS
This Special Advance Fact Sheet outlines preliminary findings of the research conducted by the Raza Database Project, which investigates a long-suspected undercount of the number of deaths of Latinos and individuals of color by or while in the custody of police.
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Deaths of People of Color By Law Enforcement Are Severely Under-Counted - UnidosUS
A Real Right to Vote: How a Constitutional Amendment Can Safeguard American Democracy - Richard L. Hasen
A Real Right to Vote: How a Constitutional Amendment Can Safeguard American Democracy - Richard L. Hasen
Why it's time to enshrine the right to vote in the Constitution Throughout history, too many Americans have been disenfranchised or faced needless barriers to voting. Part of the blame falls on the Constitution, which does not contain an affirmative right to vote. The Supreme Court has made matters worse by failing to protect voting rights and limiting Congress’s ability to do so. The time has come for voters to take action and push for an amendment to the Constitution that would guarantee this right for all.Drawing on troubling stories of state attempts to disenfranchise military voters, women, African Americans, students, former felons, Native Americans, and others, Richard Hasen argues that American democracy can and should do better in assuring that all eligible voters can cast a meaningful vote that will be fairly counted. He shows how a constitutional right to vote can deescalate voting wars between political parties that lead to endless rounds of litigation and undermine voter confidence in elections, and can safeguard democracy against dangerous attempts at election subversion like the one we witnessed in the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election.The path to a constitutional amendment is undoubtedly hard, especially in these polarized times. A Real Right to Vote explains what’s in it for conservatives who have resisted voting reform and reveals how the pursuit of an amendment can yield tangible dividends for democracy long before ratification.
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A Real Right to Vote: How a Constitutional Amendment Can Safeguard American Democracy - Richard L. Hasen
LibGuides: Angela Davis Resource Guide:
LibGuides: Angela Davis Resource Guide:
The guide is divided into 5 different categories. Each category is designed to give the researcher ideas on how to track down material relating to Angela Davis and her teachings. In the first section Davis gives an interview while in prision in 1972. The full interview can be seen on The Black Power Mixtape, 1967-1975.
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LibGuides: Angela Davis Resource Guide:
U.S. Supreme Court Takes up FBI Bid to Block Muslim Civil Rights Suit - Lawrence Hurley
U.S. Supreme Court Takes up FBI Bid to Block Muslim Civil Rights Suit - Lawrence Hurley
"The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear the FBI's bid to block a civil rights lawsuit by three Muslim men from California who accused the agency of illegally conducting surveillance on them following the Sept. 11 2001 attacks on the United States."
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U.S. Supreme Court Takes up FBI Bid to Block Muslim Civil Rights Suit - Lawrence Hurley
Common Justice
Common Justice
Common Justice develops and advances solutions to violence that transform the lives of those harmed and foster racial equity without relying on incarceration
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Common Justice
The myth of American idealism : how U.S. foreign policy endangers the world - Noam Chomsky
The myth of American idealism : how U.S. foreign policy endangers the world - Noam Chomsky
"The Myth of American Idealism offers a timely and comprehensive introduction to the incisive critiques of U.S. power that have made Noam Chomsky a "global phenomenon," one of the most widely known public intellectuals of all time. Surveying the history of U.S. military and economic activity around the world, Chomsky and his co-author Nathan J. Robinson vividly trace the way the American pursuit of global domination has wrought havoc in country after country--without, ironically, making Americans any safer. And they explore how dominant elites in the United States have pushed self-serving myths about this country's commitment to "spreading democracy," while pursuing a reckless foreign policy that served the interest of few and endangered all too many. Chomsky and Robinson range across the globe, offering penetrating accounts of Washington's relationship with the Global South, its role in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan--all justified with noble stories about humanitarian missions and the benevolent intentions of American policy makers. The same kinds of myths that have led to repeated disastrous wars, they argue, are now driving us closer to wars with Russia and China that imperil humanity's future. Examining nuclear proliferation and climate change, they show how U.S. policies are continuing to exacerbate global threats. For well over half a century, Noam Chomsky has committed himself to exposing governing ideologies and criticizing his country's unchecked use of military power. At once thorough and devastating, urgent and provocative, The Myth of American Idealism offers a highly readable entry to the conclusions he has come to after a lifetime of thought and activism"--
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The myth of American idealism : how U.S. foreign policy endangers the world - Noam Chomsky
Homer Plessy Unsung Activist - Law Library of Louisiana
Homer Plessy Unsung Activist - Law Library of Louisiana
"This is the second of four special Black History Month issues of De Novo the newsletter of the Law Library of Louisiana that will be distributed statewide by the Louisiana Supreme Court. Each issue will feature an Unsung Hero whose work though less well-known than others nonetheless contributed to the progress of civil rights in Louisiana"
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Homer Plessy Unsung Activist - Law Library of Louisiana
Supreme Court Declines to Hear Case Involving Racial Slur in Workplace - Melissa Quinn
Supreme Court Declines to Hear Case Involving Racial Slur in Workplace - Melissa Quinn
"The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a legal battle involving one of the most offensive words in the English language spurning a case raising whether its utterance in the workplace even one time creates a hostile work environment."
·cbsnews.com·
Supreme Court Declines to Hear Case Involving Racial Slur in Workplace - Melissa Quinn
National Police Accountability Project (NPAP)
National Police Accountability Project (NPAP)
National Police Accountability Project (NPAP) is a non-profit dedicated to ending law enforcement abuse through legal action and educational programming.
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National Police Accountability Project (NPAP)
A land apart : the Southwest and the Nation in the twentieth century - Flannery Burke
A land apart : the Southwest and the Nation in the twentieth century - Flannery Burke
"A new kind of history of the Southwest (mainly New Mexico and Arizona) that foregrounds the stories of Latino and Indigenous peoples who made the Southwest matter to the nation in the twentieth century"--Provided by publisher.
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A land apart : the Southwest and the Nation in the twentieth century - Flannery Burke
Colin Kaepernick Speaks on Mumia's Freedom
Colin Kaepernick Speaks on Mumia's Freedom
Colin Kaepernick joins the Campaign to Bring Mumia Home for a press conference where he addresses the need for Mumia's freedom as part of the struggle for justice for all Black lives. Watch the full press conference at https://Linktr.ee/Mumia
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Colin Kaepernick Speaks on Mumia's Freedom
Research Guides: Law Enforcement and Racial Justice
Research Guides: Law Enforcement and Racial Justice
This research guide brings together a variety of resources for researching issues related to policing and racial injustice. General research databases and reference resources for researching criminal justice topics generally are also listed. The databases in the General Research section, can be particularly helpful in locating periodical articles, working papers and other publications. Other sections of this guide focus on more specific issues such as police tactics and use of force; police/community relations, community policing and community activism; police oversight/accountability, and efforts/proposals to reform, defund and abolish police departments. Note: some of the resources (primarily books) listed under a particular topic (e.g. police tactics) may also contain content that address other topics such as police oversight. The guide has a separate section devoted to law enforcement and racial justice issues in Minnesota. It also includes a section with useful links to federal government publications and resources for researching law enforcement and racial justice issues in other states. This guide was compiled in the aftermath of the killing of George Floyd in May 2020 and the global outrage and protest that followed. Links related to the response of the University of Minnesota Law School, (official statements, a panel discussion webinar, and the George Floyd Memorial Scholarship in Law) can be found below.
·libguides.law.umn.edu·
Research Guides: Law Enforcement and Racial Justice
5 Explosive U.S. Supreme Court Cases That Defined Race in America - Donna Patricia Ward
5 Explosive U.S. Supreme Court Cases That Defined Race in America - Donna Patricia Ward
"Justices of the United States Supreme Court have heard and ruled on many cases that have dealt with race”questions such as who has the right to use the courts where can black and white people live what public schools can a person attend and how can education be equal for everyone? For the courts rulings from earlier cases set a precedent for current and future rulings. Sometimes the Court even states when an earlier Court's ruling was just flat out wrong or misguided. The five cases below were decided by the U.S. Supreme Court and dealt with how the Court interpreted race and who has rights under the law."
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5 Explosive U.S. Supreme Court Cases That Defined Race in America - Donna Patricia Ward
INCITE!
INCITE!
INCITE! is a network of radical feminists of color organizing to end state violence and violence in our homes and communities.
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INCITE!
Stench : the making of the Thomas Court and the unmaking of America - David Brock
Stench : the making of the Thomas Court and the unmaking of America - David Brock
"A blistering expose of Clarence Thomas and the conservative regime of corruption that has usurped the Supreme Court -- by a Democratic activist and former Republican political operative. Public confidence in the Supreme Court has plummeted to new lows in the last few years -- and for good reason. In the past three decades, six conservative justices have gained a supermajority through questionable means: a dubious intervention in a presidential election, perjury during Senate testimony, and a GOP Senate Leader's unethical blockade of a Supreme Court nomination. Behind this strategic dismantling of our Supreme Court is a vast, well-funded political machine--backed by the extreme right-wing Federalist Society, the notoriously secretive Catholic organization Opus Dei, and GOP megadonors operating from behind closed doors. Armed with an insider's perspective from his time within the conservative movement, David Brock reveals how the efforts to stack the court in service of extreme right-wing interests stem from a decades-long strategy to weaponize our judicial system into an extension of the Republican party itself. Stench investigates the ethics scandals that surround Clarence Thomas and his wife, the rightwing activist Ginni Thomas, culling new material from Thomas' accusers, along with original reporting and Brock's first-hand knowledge of the inner workings of the GOP. Stench is a staggering expose, one that only Brock could write--exhaustive in its research and revelatory in its access to the world of what has effectively become the Thomas Court"--
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Stench : the making of the Thomas Court and the unmaking of America - David Brock