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'American Poison' aims to show how race is at the root of U.S. problems
Journalist Eduardo Porter has written a book that cuts to the root of racism, tracing it from slavery, Jim Crow, and segregation — and bringing it to today — with unblinking honesty and facts.
'The Mountains Sing' a song of many voices
Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai's new novel is a luminous, complex family saga that stretches across decades of Vietnamese history, from the French colonial period, through war and upheaval to the present day.
Electoral college 'not carved in stone:' Author advocates rethinking how we vote
Jesse Wegman, author of “Let the People Pick the President,” says the Electoral College's winner-take-all rule is not mandated by the Constitution: "There's nothing keeping us from changing it."