This list of suggested readings is eclectic, reflecting my interests, but I believe they are quite important—even though they range from issues of race and class to James Baldwin and Kurt Vonnegut.
Recommended reading week of April 24:
- James Baldwin reading from his works
- Why America’s Schools Have A Money Problem
- Working-class Heroes, Jelani Cobb
- Race and the Standardized Testing Wars, Kate Taylor
- Beyoncé and Hillary Clinton: how two scorned women moved on, Dave Schilling
- Police shooting of unarmed African American males: Implications for the individual, the family, and the community (Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment)
- What Is the Best Kurt Vonnegut Book?
- The secret ingredient in my books is, there has never been a villain, Kurt Vonnegut
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