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"A must read."—Margaret AtwoodA vital, necessary playbook for navigating and defending free speech today by the CEO of PEN America, Dare To Speak provides a pathway for promoting free expression while also cultivating a more inclusive public culture.Online trolls and fascist chat groups. Controversies over campus lectures. Cancel culture versus cen...
Samantha Power
Jul 28, 2020The Hidden History of Burma
Race, Capitalism, and the Crisis of Democracy in the 21st Century
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Precariously positioned between China and India, Burma’s population has suffered dictatorship, natural disaster, and the dark legacies of colonial rule. But when decades of military dictatorship finally ended and internationally beloved Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi emerged from long years of house arrest, hopes soared. World leaders such as Bara...
Samantha Power
Nov 20, 2019Also recommended by
William Dalrymple"Sunstein has written the story of impeachment every citizen needs to know. This is a remarkable, essential book." --Doris Kearns GoodwinAs Benjamin Franklin famously put it, Americans have a republic, if we can keep it. Preserving the Constitution and the democratic system it supports is the public's responsibility. One route the Constitution prov...
Samantha Power
Sep 26, 2019