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Nonfiction November: My Year in Nonfiction
I’ve been informed by reliable sources, namely Rennie @ What’s Nonfiction, that this month is Nonfiction November. Great idea! Apparently there will be weekly prompts throughout the month. Even better! This week’s prompt comes from Leann @ Shelf Aware: Take a … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Environment, Law and justice, Politics
Tagged book review, nonficnov, nonfiction
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My Own Words
If you’re looking for something to distract yourself from the dismal spectacle of the Senate confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, you might find solace in My Own Words, a collection of essays, articles and speeches by the … Continue reading
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Tagged book review, nonfiction, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
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RBG
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died yesterday at 87 from metastatic pancreas cancer. The tributes have been overwhelming, including this New York Times review of her life and career by Linda Greenhouse, and this post by Amy Howe, a reporter for … Continue reading
Posted in Law and justice, Reflections
Tagged RBG, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
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Supreme Inequality: The Supreme Court’s Fifty-Year Battle for a More Unjust America
Supreme Inequality By Adam Cohen Penguin Press, New York, 2020 The Supreme Court is not your ally. The Supreme Court does not protect the weak, the poor, or the downtrodden. The Supreme Court will not save us from Donald Trump. … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Cohen, book review, elections, nonfiction, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Inequality, voting rights
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White Fragility
White Fragility By Robin DiAngelo Beacon Press, Boston, 2018 “White Fragility” sounds like a paradox. How can whites be fragile when we’re supposed to be the largest and smost dominant segment of US society? As author Robin DiAngelo explains it, … Continue reading
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Tagged book reviews, justice, nonfiction, race, racism, robin diangelo, white fragility
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So you want to talk about race
So you want to talk about race By Ijeoma Oluo Seal Press, New York, 2018 In the wake of the murder of George Floyd by a white police officer in Minneapolis, and the nation-wide protests that followed, many white people, … Continue reading
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Tagged book reviews, ijeoma oluo, nonfiction, race, racism, social justice
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Gorsuch Surprises, Alito Spews, Scalia Haunts in Bostock v. Clayton County
On Monday, June 15, 2020, the United States Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 decision that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects homosexual and transgender individuals from job discrimination. This decision has been hailed as a major victory for … Continue reading
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Tagged Bostock, civil rights, law review, LGBTQ, SCOTUS, sexual orientation, Supreme Court, transgender
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Supreme Court Upholds Limits on Attendance at Church Services
At about midnight last night the United States Supreme Court, in a 5.4 decision, upheld California’s restrictions on the number of people who can attend church services during the coronavirus emergency. Scotusblog has posted the written decision. The South Bay … Continue reading
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Tagged constitution, coronavirus, COVID-19, religion, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
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How To Be An Antiracist
How To Be An Antiracist By Ibram X. Kendi One World, New York, 2019 Donald Trump says he’s not racist. In fact, he claims to be the “least racist person that you have ever met.” In his latest book, How … Continue reading
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Tagged antiracism, book review, book reviews, how to be an antiracist, ibram kendi, kendi, nonfiction, racism
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Fast Train to Mordor: Trump v. Hawaii
Reading through the Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v. Hawaii – the Muslim travel ban case – is like drifting off to sleep on an ordinary commuter train headed for home and then being jolted awake when it shudders to … Continue reading
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Tagged Establishment Clause, First Amendment, law review, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, travel ban, trump, Trump v. Hawaii
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