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We're excited to announce the exceptional 15 titles chosen for the 2025 #CundillHistoryPrize longlist! ✨ Read the full list here: cundillprize.com/news/the-2025-… Over the next month we will be spotlighting each title on social media. The shortlist will be announced in early September.

CundillPrize's tweet image. We're excited to announce the exceptional 15 titles chosen for the 2025 #CundillHistoryPrize longlist! ✨

Read the full list here: cundillprize.com/news/the-2025-…

Over the next month we will be spotlighting each title on social media. The shortlist will be announced in early September.

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The correct way to connect ICE in LA and the Big Beautiful Bill Dems want to talk about is that the bill gives the government the resources to do this in dozens of cities at once. So if you see what's happening in LA, it's coming to your town if the bill passes.


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“One Trump supporter told me that if you like the guy who’s making you suffer, you don’t mind so much,” writes Arlie Hochschild, who recently spent time chatting with people who live in eastern Kentucky. nyti.ms/4mS1P0z


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While Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is best known for fighting Jim Crow in the American South, he also spent considerable time advocating for racial justice in cities like Chicago, New York and Los Angeles. Historian @JeanneTheoharis examines this neglected part of his legacy in her…


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Q&A: Alec Karakatsanis on the Media’s Role in Spreading ‘Copaganda,’ with Yona TR Golding. cjr.org/the_media_toda…


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Hello friends. While I was blocked on Twitter, I started a newsletter for @thenation. It’s possible that people who only follow me here don’t know that so, here’s last week’s offering. And you can sign up if you like it. thenation.com/article/politi…


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Check out our blog to explore key moments in King's life and read an excerpt from KING OF THE NORTH, which upends the dominant story King’s life, expands our understanding of his work as an activist, radical thinker, and partner. thenewpress.com/blog/rememberi…


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57 years ago today, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. Throughout his brief life MLK, in partnership w/ Coretta Scott King, worked to transform American society. The impact of his legacy continues to reverberate.


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My new book: "Bad Law: 10 Popular Laws That Are Ruining America" has debuted on the New York Times Bestseller list for Nonfiction. Friends: Thank you so much. Enemies: Suck it, fools. White Wing Media: Thanks. You snowflakes are so easily triggered. nytimes.com/books/best-sel…


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In celebration of Black History Month, we've partnered with @BeaconPressBks to giveaway a pair of signed books by author @JeanneTheoharis bit.ly/4kixpUa

thenewpress's tweet image. In celebration of Black History Month, we've partnered with @BeaconPressBks to giveaway a pair of signed books by author @JeanneTheoharis bit.ly/4kixpUa

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Cancelling Joy Reid means the door she held open for the next generation of Black voices will slam shut. Without her, the next her, won't get platformed by white media. That, of course, is why white media pushed her out. My latest in @thenation thenation.com/article/societ…


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I'm *giving away* a signed copy of THE MAGIC WORDS to help someone out there unlock the creative voice within. To enter the drawing, just leave a comment or like/share this post so I know you're real. ❤️ I hope these poetry prompts help you! (I'll enter your name twice if you…

Joseph_Fasano_'s tweet image. I'm *giving away* a signed copy of THE MAGIC WORDS to help someone out there unlock the creative voice within. To enter the drawing, just leave a comment or like/share this post so I know you're real. ❤️ I hope these poetry prompts help you!

(I'll enter your name twice if you…

Make that 114 and 43.

I baked a cake for Elizabeth Bishop (it's our bday today). She'd be 104...I'm just 33.

derpub's tweet image. I baked a cake for Elizabeth Bishop (it's our bday today). She'd be 104...I'm just 33.


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NYC friends: Join @ptknitwear on Wednesday, 2/5, for a discussion about ANOTHER WORLD IS POSSIBLE and the lessons America can learn from other countries from around the world w/ author @natashakimiz in conversation w/ @thenation's @sunraysunray ow.ly/chmw50UQhFi

thenewpress's tweet image. NYC friends: Join @ptknitwear on Wednesday, 2/5, for a discussion about ANOTHER WORLD IS POSSIBLE and the lessons America can learn from other countries from around the world w/ author @natashakimiz in conversation w/ @thenation's @sunraysunray ow.ly/chmw50UQhFi

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I went through Trump's birthright citizenship EO, line-by-flagrantly-unconstitutional-line, to highlight the illegal, the racist, and the just plain incorrect understanding of the constitutional *right* to citizenship. My latest in @thenation thenation.com/article/politi…


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Coming out today is CONFIDENTIAL by Mikołaj Gryn­berg, translated by Sean Gasper Bye! This new novel explores "the experiences of Jews in modern-day Poland . . . [through] sharp, spare prose." Read more from our review of this #NewBook below. l8r.it/1Y0c @thenewpress


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My new book is out 3/25. It's called: Bad Law: 10 Popular Laws That Are Ruining America This is my Bill of Wrongs. Instead of saying "orange man bad," I drilled down on 10 laws most people like that are actually destroying us. You can preorder below: amazon.com/Bad-Law-Popula…

ElieNYC's tweet image. My new book is out 3/25. It's called: Bad Law: 10 Popular Laws That Are Ruining America

This is my Bill of Wrongs. 
Instead of saying "orange man bad," I drilled down on 10 laws most people like that are actually destroying us.  You can preorder below:
amazon.com/Bad-Law-Popula…

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Arlie Russell Hochschild's STOLEN PRIDE: Loss, Shame, and the Rise of the Right is one of President Obama's favorite books of the year!

I always look forward to sharing my annual list of favorite books, movies, and music. Today I’ll start by sharing some of the books that have stuck with me long after I finished reading them. Check them out this holiday season, preferably at an independent bookstore or library!

BarackObama's tweet image. I always look forward to sharing my annual list of favorite books, movies, and music. Today I’ll start by sharing some of the books that have stuck with me long after I finished reading them.

Check them out this holiday season, preferably at an independent bookstore or library!


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