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October 23, 2015

Review: Detroit Was a Golden City Once – and It Can Be Again

October 23, 2015/ Adam Cohen
Review: Detroit Was a Golden City Once – and It Can Be Again

By Lavea Brachman

The seeds of renewal must be egalitarian

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October 23, 2015/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Cities, Non-Fiction, History
October 15, 2015

Review: Why Can't Something Be Done About Our Broken Home Mortgage System?

October 15, 2015/ Adam Cohen
Review: Why Can't Something Be Done About Our Broken Home Mortgage System?

Government intervention in the mortgage market likely won't end any time soon

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October 15, 2015/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Economics, Non-Fiction, Jim Kaplan, Banking
October 07, 2015

Review: How Mark Zuckerberg, Chris Christie, and Cory Booker Flunked School Reform

October 07, 2015/ Adam Cohen
Review: How Mark Zuckerberg, Chris Christie, and Cory Booker Flunked School Reform

By James Swearingen

The Prize is . .  a story of good intentions gone awry.

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October 07, 2015/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Education, Non-Fiction, Cities, Poverty, Politics, James Swearingen
October 05, 2015

5 Hot Books

October 05, 2015/ Adam Cohen
5 Hot Books

  Books People Are Talking About This Week -- Or Should Be

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October 05, 2015/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
The Hot 5
Best Books, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Memoirs
September 30, 2015

Review: The Amazing Adventures of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sandra Day O'Connor

September 30, 2015/ Adam Cohen
Review: The Amazing Adventures of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sandra Day O'Connor

By Eileen Hershenov

How a Supreme Court Odd Couple Fought for Women's Equality

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September 30, 2015/ Adam Cohen/ 2 Comments
Review
Law, Supreme Court, Women, Biography, Non-Fiction, Eileen Hershenov
September 28, 2015

5 Hot Books

September 28, 2015/ Adam Cohen
5 Hot Books

Books People Are Talking About This Week -- Or Should Be

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September 28, 2015/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
The Hot 5
Best Books, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Memoirs
September 21, 2015

5 Hot Books

September 21, 2015/ Adam Cohen
5 Hot Books

Books People Are Talking About This Week -- Or Should Be

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September 21, 2015/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
The Monday 5
Fiction, Non-Fiction, Memoirs, Best Books
September 09, 2015

REVIEW — Getting Close to a Killer

September 09, 2015/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW — Getting Close to a Killer

By Shawn Francis Peters

Much of The Man in the Monster is devoted to determining how an apparently mild-mannered person could morph into a serial killer

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September 09, 2015/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Shawn Francis Peters, Crime, Non-Fiction
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