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June 20, 2022

5 HOT BOOKS: Racism in the Health System, How Animals Sense the World, and More

June 20, 2022/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Racism in the Health System, How Animals Sense the World, and More

And a Biography of a Fierce Fidel Castro Critic, Who Died Under Mysterious Circumstances

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June 20, 2022/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Racism, Health, Cuba
August 10, 2020

5 HOT BOOKS: America's Racial Caste System, Jeffrey Toobin on Trump, and More

August 10, 2020/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: America's Racial Caste System, Jeffrey Toobin on Trump, and More

And a Smart and Witty History of the Miss America Pageant

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August 10, 2020/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Caste, Racism, Miss America
June 10, 2020

LIST: 10 Important New Books About Racism, Anti-Racism, and Racist Violence

June 10, 2020/ Adam Cohen
LIST: 10 Important New Books About Racism, Anti-Racism, and Racist Violence

They Explore Everything from Environmental Racism, to Race and Feminism, to Racism in Psychiatry

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June 10, 2020/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Racism, Racial Violence
March 16, 2020

5 HOT BOOKS: The 'Poison' of American Racism, How Do We Save Democracy?, and More

March 16, 2020/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: The 'Poison' of American Racism, How Do We Save Democracy?, and More

And the Story of a Modernist Mies van der Rohe Architectural Masterpiece

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March 16, 2020/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Racism, Democracy, Architecture, Mies van der Rohe
August 12, 2019

5 HOT BOOKS: How to Be Antiracist, Barely Surviving in New Orleans, and More

August 12, 2019/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: How to Be Antiracist, Barely Surviving in New Orleans, and More

And a Cluster of Villages in France that Give Refugees a Warm Welcome

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August 12, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Racism, New Orleans, France, Refugees
April 29, 2019

5 HOT BOOKS: What Makes People Racist?, What We Don't Tell Our Mothers, and More

April 29, 2019/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: What Makes People Racist?, What We Don't Tell Our Mothers, and More

And a Gorgeously Written Story of the Life and Death (by Poachers) of a Grizzly Bear

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April 29, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Racism, Grizzly Bears, Mothers
January 25, 2019

READ THIS: The Blinding of Sgt. Woodard: a Civil Rights Era Crime that Changed America

January 25, 2019/ Adam Cohen
READ THIS: The Blinding of Sgt. Woodard: a Civil Rights Era Crime that Changed America

A Victim of Racial Hate Who’s Not as Well-Known as Emmett Till — But Should Be

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January 25, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Civil Rights, South Carolina, Racism
April 18, 2018

READ THIS: Racism and Beaches – a Surprisingly Fascinating History

April 18, 2018/ Adam Cohen
READ THIS: Racism and Beaches – a Surprisingly Fascinating History

A Popular Uprising in Connecticut in the 1960s, Where Just 7 of 253 Miles of Shoreline Were Public

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April 18, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Connecticut, Beaches, Racism
December 06, 2017

REVIEW: In These Fraught Times, Is there a Better Way to Think About Race?

December 06, 2017/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: In These Fraught Times, Is there a Better Way to Think About Race?

A Philosopher, who is Himself Biracial, Offers Up a New Way to Think About an Old Issue

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December 06, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Race, Racism, Racial Discrimination
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