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    16 Articles Tagged "Current Events"

    In <i>The Water Defenders</i>, Victory Reminds Us That Water Is More Precious Than Gold
    College & University Reads
    September 23 2021

    In The Water Defenders, Victory Reminds Us That Water Is More Precious Than Gold

    Left: Robin Broad; right: John Cavanagh   In the early 2000s, many people in El Salvador were at first excited by the prospect of jobs, progress, and prosperity that the Pacific Rim mining company promised. However, farmer Vidalina Morales, brothers Marcelo and Miguel Rivera, and others soon discovered that the river system supplying water to

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    In The Water Defenders, Victory Reminds Us That Water Is More Precious Than Gold

    College & University Reads
    September 23 2021
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    Penguin Random House Author Events at the 41st Annual First-Year Experience® Conference February 12-15, 2022 Click Here to RSVP   While a complimentary meal and a limited number of books will be available to in-person attendees, PRH authors will speak virtually via screens set onstage and via Zoom for online attendees   Interested in hosting one of these authors at

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    August 23 2021
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    September 15 2020

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    Penguin Random House Author Events at the 40th Annual First-Year Experience® Conference February 15-19, 2021 Click Here to RSVP PRH virtual events are open only to registered FYE® conference attendees. To register for the conference, click here. Once registered for the conference, be sure to sign up for each event that you plan to attend in advance to receive login

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    September 15 2020
    Five Key Terms to Understand the Shared Struggle for Black and Latinx Civil Rights: A Letter from Christian Coleman on Paul Ortiz’s New Book
    Community Reads
    April 5 2018

    Five Key Terms to Understand the Shared Struggle for Black and Latinx Civil Rights: A Letter from Christian Coleman on Paul Ortiz’s New Book

    The following letter was contributed by Christian Coleman, Digital Marketing Associate at Beacon Press.  We live in a time where a president makes barefaced remarks in speeches that African Americans and Latinx people are prone to violence and corruption. His statements, obviously, pay no respect to the centuries-long history of African Americans and Latinx people organizing together

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    Five Key Terms to Understand the Shared Struggle for Black and Latinx Civil Rights: A Letter from Christian Coleman on Paul Ortiz’s New Book

    Community Reads
    April 5 2018
    10,000 New Social Housing Units – Thanks to Matthew Desmond’s EVICTED
    College & University Reads Community Reads
    March 14 2018

    10,000 New Social Housing Units – Thanks to Matthew Desmond’s EVICTED

    Tom Barrett, Mayor of Milwaukee, read Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, which tells the story of eight impoverished families in his city who are threatened with forced eviction. Influenced by this multi-award-winning book, Barrett is launching an ambitious housing project to build or renovate 10,000 housing units in Milwaukee over the next

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    10,000 New Social Housing Units – Thanks to Matthew Desmond’s EVICTED

    College & University Reads Community Reads
    March 14 2018
    A letter from Nadia Murad, author of THE LAST GIRL
    College & University Reads
    August 17 2017

    A letter from Nadia Murad, author of THE LAST GIRL

    My name is Nadia Murad. I am Yazidi, a member of a small, monotheistic religious community whose holy temples and homelands are located in northern Iraq. Early in the morning of August 3, 2014, militants with the Islamic State attacked Kocho, my small village, and from that moment on my life—as well as the lives

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    A letter from Nadia Murad, author of THE LAST GIRL

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    August 17 2017
    Celebrating “Book Day”: Horace Mann Reads Coates’ BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME
    Community Reads
    June 8 2017

    Celebrating “Book Day”: Horace Mann Reads Coates’ BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME

    Every spring for the past 23 years, the Horace Mann School (HM) in the Bronx, NY, has celebrated Book Day, a common reading event.  Book Day is a day when the entire school community—including students, faculty, parents, and alumni—dedicates one day to one book. Classes for more than 740 students and 150 faculty members are

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    Celebrating “Book Day”: Horace Mann Reads Coates’ BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME

    Community Reads
    June 8 2017
    Young Readers Books to Help You Talk About Social Justice
    Community Reads
    June 7 2017

    Young Readers Books to Help You Talk About Social Justice

    Looking for ways to introduce social justice into your classroom? We have a list of four books that will help you do just that! From nonfiction aimed at exposing problem areas in our communities to fiction where you can truly empathize with the characters and their plights, we have just the books for you.

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    Young Readers Books to Help You Talk About Social Justice

    Community Reads
    June 7 2017
    New Audiences for THE HANDMAID’S TALE
    Community Reads
    April 26 2017

    New Audiences for THE HANDMAID’S TALE

    More than thirty years after its original publication, The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel set in a frightening America of the near future where women-function only in the strictly defined roles assigned to them by men, remains unnervingly resonant to our current cultural conversation. The book as a result has returned to the bestseller list. Atwood has written a new introduction to the

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    Handmaid's Tale

    New Audiences for THE HANDMAID’S TALE

    Community Reads
    April 26 2017
    “Solving Illegal Immigration [For Real]:” ENRIQUE’S JOURNEY Author Sonia Nazario’s Ideas for Fixing a Broken System
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    April 10 2017

    “Solving Illegal Immigration [For Real]:” ENRIQUE’S JOURNEY Author Sonia Nazario’s Ideas for Fixing a Broken System

    In a new Ted Talk entitled “Solving Illegal Immigration [For Real],” decorated journalist and author Sonia Nazario suggests an alternative method to naturalization or heavy border policing to stem the flow of undocumented individuals into the United States. Nazario boasts a long and impressive writing career, during which she has shown immense dedication to featuring

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    “Solving Illegal Immigration [For Real]:” ENRIQUE’S JOURNEY Author Sonia Nazario’s Ideas for Fixing a Broken System

    College & University Reads All-School Reads Community Reads
    April 10 2017
    Neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin on Critical Thinking in a Post-Truth Era
    College & University Reads
    March 22 2017

    Neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin on Critical Thinking in a Post-Truth Era

    The best defense against sly prevaricators, the most reliable one, is for every one of us to learn how to become critical thinkers. Critical thinking trains us to take a step back, to evaluate facts and form evidence-based conclusions.

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    Neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin on Critical Thinking in a Post-Truth Era

    College & University Reads
    March 22 2017
    You Can Save Lives with This Community Read
    All-School Reads
    March 13 2017

    You Can Save Lives with This Community Read

    by DONNA GEPHART, author of Lily and Dunkin (Delacorte Press, May 2016)   I’m not going to sugarcoat this. The statistic is grim and the stories behind it heartbreaking. Forty-three percent of transgender young people try to kill themselves. Why? Here’s one story: Because her parents isolated her from supportive friends and adults, refused to accept

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    You Can Save Lives with This Community Read

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    March 13 2017
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