✊ Ya Social Justice

Young adult fiction that confronts systemic inequality head-on, empowering teen readers to see injustice clearly and imagine a more equitable world.

Bernie Sanders Guide to Political Revolution

by Bernie Sanders • 2017

The top 0.1% owns as much as the bottom 90%. A progressive senator's guide for changing that.

3.99

2k+

💸 Economic Inequality 🏥 Universal Healthcare 🎓 College Affordability ✊ Workers Rights 🌍 Climate Action

Bernie Sanders Guide to Political Revolution Summary

Bernie Sanders Guide to Political Revolution 91%

The top 0.1% owns as much as the bottom 90%. A progressive senator's guide for changing that.

by Bernie Sanders 2017

3.99

2k+ ratings

💸 Economic Inequality 🏥 Universal Healthcare 🎓 College Affordability ✊ Workers Rights 🌍 Climate Action

Just Mercy

by Bryan Stevenson • 2014

Alabama framed a black man for murder: one Harvard lawyer came south to fight it.

4.62

265k+

⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform ⚰️ Death Penalty 📖 Legal Memoir ✊🏿 Racial Injustice 👦 Juvenile Justice

Just Mercy 91%

Alabama framed a black man for murder: one Harvard lawyer came south to fight it.

by Bryan Stevenson 2014

4.62

265k+ ratings

⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform ⚰️ Death Penalty 📖 Legal Memoir ✊🏿 Racial Injustice 👦 Juvenile Justice

One Dress. One Year.

by Bethany Winz • 2016

One girl, one dress, 365 days: a fight against trafficking that unraveled her first.

3.32

180

🔗 Human Trafficking ✊ Teen Activism 🙏 Faith In Action 👕 Everyday Activism 💔 Perfectionism

One Dress. One Year. 91%

One girl, one dress, 365 days: a fight against trafficking that unraveled her first.

by Bethany Winz 2016

3.32

180 ratings

🔗 Human Trafficking ✊ Teen Activism 🙏 Faith In Action 👕 Everyday Activism 💔 Perfectionism

The Hate U Give

by Angie Thomas • 2017

A teen witnesses a police shooting and becomes the sole voice for her friend's justice.

4.45

1.0M+

🖤 Racial Injustice ✊ Teen Activism 🔄 Code Switching 🎤 Finding Your Voice 💑 Interracial Romance

The Hate U Give 91%

A teen witnesses a police shooting and becomes the sole voice for her friend's justice.

by Angie Thomas 2017

4.45

1.0M+ ratings

🖤 Racial Injustice ✊ Teen Activism 🔄 Code Switching 🎤 Finding Your Voice 💑 Interracial Romance

Accountable

by Dashka Slater • 2023

A racist Instagram account shatters a progressive high school, laying bare the cost of online hate.

4.23

6k+

⚖️ Restorative Justice 😳 Public Shaming 💻 Online Hate 🎙️ Multiple Perspectives 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Accountable 90%

A racist Instagram account shatters a progressive high school, laying bare the cost of online hate.

by Dashka Slater 2023

4.23

6k+ ratings

⚖️ Restorative Justice 😳 Public Shaming 💻 Online Hate 🎙️ Multiple Perspectives 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

The 57 Bus

by Dashka Slater • 2017

Two teens share an Oakland bus eight minutes a day. A lighter flicks, a skirt ignites.

4.09

44k+

🏳️ Agender Experience ⚖️ Juvenile Justice 🤝 Restorative Justice 🔍 Race And Justice 💌 Forgiveness Journey

The 57 Bus 90%

Two teens share an Oakland bus eight minutes a day. A lighter flicks, a skirt ignites.

by Dashka Slater 2017

4.09

44k+ ratings

🏳️ Agender Experience ⚖️ Juvenile Justice 🤝 Restorative Justice 🔍 Race And Justice 💌 Forgiveness Journey

We Will Not Cancel Us

by Adrienne Maree Brown • 2020

Cancel culture mimics the prisons we oppose. Transformative justice offers a different path.

4.28

3k+

🦋 Transformative Justice 📢 Cancel Culture Critique 🤝 Community Accountability ⛓️ Abolitionist Movement ✊🏽 Black Feminism

We Will Not Cancel Us 90%

Cancel culture mimics the prisons we oppose. Transformative justice offers a different path.

by Adrienne Maree Brown 2020

4.28

3k+ ratings

🦋 Transformative Justice 📢 Cancel Culture Critique 🤝 Community Accountability ⛓️ Abolitionist Movement ✊🏽 Black Feminism

Healing Resistance

by Kazu Haga • 2020

Nonviolence is harder than fighting back. The discipline for it, from inner work to reconciliation.

4.61

526

✊ Nonviolent Resistance 🕊️ Restorative Justice 🙏 Spiritual Activism 🤝 Conflict Transformation 🗺️ Movement Strategy

Healing Resistance 90%

Nonviolence is harder than fighting back. The discipline for it, from inner work to reconciliation.

by Kazu Haga 2020

4.61

526 ratings

✊ Nonviolent Resistance 🕊️ Restorative Justice 🙏 Spiritual Activism 🤝 Conflict Transformation 🗺️ Movement Strategy

Six Truths and a Lie

by Ream Shukairy • 2024

Six Muslim teens at a beach bonfire are arrested for a terrorist attack they didn't commit.

3.89

1k+

⚖️ False Accusation 🏛️ Legal Thriller ✊ Teens Vs The System 🤝 Strangers To Allies 🚔 Police Killing

Six Truths and a Lie 90%

Six Muslim teens at a beach bonfire are arrested for a terrorist attack they didn't commit.

by Ream Shukairy 2024

3.89

1k+ ratings

⚖️ False Accusation 🏛️ Legal Thriller ✊ Teens Vs The System 🤝 Strangers To Allies 🚔 Police Killing

How to Change Everything

by Naomi Klein • 2021

Fossil fuels made the crisis. Young people are making the solution. Here's the playbook.

3.89

922

🌍 Climate Justice 🤝 Collective Action ✊ Intersectional Environmentalism 📢 Young Activists 🌱 Green New Deal

How to Change Everything 90%

Fossil fuels made the crisis. Young people are making the solution. Here's the playbook.

by Naomi Klein 2021

3.89

922 ratings

🌍 Climate Justice 🤝 Collective Action ✊ Intersectional Environmentalism 📢 Young Activists 🌱 Green New Deal

Emergent Strategy

by Adrienne Maree Brown • 2017

No one commands a flock or a forest. What that means for building social movements that endure.

4.25

10k+

🏗️ Movement Building 🔄 Systems Thinking 🕊️ Transformative Justice ✊ Black Feminism 🔬 Complexity Theory

Emergent Strategy 90%

No one commands a flock or a forest. What that means for building social movements that endure.

by Adrienne Maree Brown 2017

4.25

10k+ ratings

🏗️ Movement Building 🔄 Systems Thinking 🕊️ Transformative Justice ✊ Black Feminism 🔬 Complexity Theory

This Is My America

by Kim Johnson • 2020

Her father faces execution, her brother a murder charge. A Texas teen hunts the real killer.

4.44

10k+

⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🌳 Generational Trauma 👫 Sibling Loyalty

This Is My America 90%

Her father faces execution, her brother a murder charge. A Texas teen hunts the real killer.

by Kim Johnson 2020

4.44

10k+ ratings

⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🌳 Generational Trauma 👫 Sibling Loyalty

Viral Justice

by Ruha Benjamin • 2022

The cure to systemic racism might be contagious: small everyday acts that replicate and spread.

4.43

1k+

🕸️ Systemic Racism 🏥 Medical Racism 🤝 Community Organizing 🤲 Mutual Aid 🕊️ Restorative Justice

Viral Justice 90%

The cure to systemic racism might be contagious: small everyday acts that replicate and spread.

by Ruha Benjamin 2022

4.43

1k+ ratings

🕸️ Systemic Racism 🏥 Medical Racism 🤝 Community Organizing 🤲 Mutual Aid 🕊️ Restorative Justice

A Protest History of the United States

by Gloria J. Browne-Marshall • 2025

From Indigenous resistance to Black Lives Matter, American progress came when protest demanded it.

4.12

188

🪧 Social Movements 📖 People's History ✊🏿 Racial Justice 🏹 Indigenous Sovereignty ⚒️ Labor History

A Protest History of the United States Summary

A Protest History of the United States 90%

From Indigenous resistance to Black Lives Matter, American progress came when protest demanded it.

by Gloria J. Browne-Marshall 2025

4.12

188 ratings

🪧 Social Movements 📖 People's History ✊🏿 Racial Justice 🏹 Indigenous Sovereignty ⚒️ Labor History

Digital Dead End

by Virginia Eubanks • 2011

Access is not the problem. Power designs inequality into code, and the marginalized already know it.

3.86

💻 Digital Inequality 🔬 Critical Technology Studies ✏️ Participatory Design 🏫 Popular Education 👩‍🔬 Feminist Epistemology

Digital Dead End 90%

Access is not the problem. Power designs inequality into code, and the marginalized already know it.

by Virginia Eubanks 2011

3.86

72 ratings

💻 Digital Inequality 🔬 Critical Technology Studies ✏️ Participatory Design 🏫 Popular Education 👩‍🔬 Feminist Epistemology

We Do This 'til We Free Us

by Mariame Kaba • 2021

The carceral system works as designed. It is not broken. Abolition is the alternative.

4.63

6k+

🔓 Prison Abolition 🌱 Transformative Justice 🫂 Restorative Justice 🤲 Collective Care 🔗 Intersectional Organizing

We Do This 'til We Free Us 90%

The carceral system works as designed. It is not broken. Abolition is the alternative.

by Mariame Kaba 2021

4.63

6k+ ratings

🔓 Prison Abolition 🌱 Transformative Justice 🫂 Restorative Justice 🤲 Collective Care 🔗 Intersectional Organizing

America's Original Sin

by Jim Wallis • 2016

The racial wound at America's founding never closed. A faith leader's plan for a multiracial future.

4.07

2k+

✊ Racial Justice ⚪ White Privilege ⛓️ Mass Incarceration ⛪ Church And Race ✝️ Christian Social Justice

America's Original Sin 90%

The racial wound at America's founding never closed. A faith leader's plan for a multiracial future.

by Jim Wallis 2016

4.07

2k+ ratings

✊ Racial Justice ⚪ White Privilege ⛓️ Mass Incarceration ⛪ Church And Race ✝️ Christian Social Justice

Read This to Get Smarter

by Blair Imani • 2021

Race is a 600-year-old invention. Gender is a spectrum. The unlearning you missed, in one primer.

4.26

1k+

✊🏾 Anti-Racism ♿ Disability Justice 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Identity 🧩 Intersectionality 🧠 Unlearning Bias

Read This to Get Smarter 90%

Race is a 600-year-old invention. Gender is a spectrum. The unlearning you missed, in one primer.

by Blair Imani 2021

4.26

1k+ ratings

✊🏾 Anti-Racism ♿ Disability Justice 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Identity 🧩 Intersectionality 🧠 Unlearning Bias

The Freedom Writers Diary

by Erin Gruwell • 1999

When a rookie teacher gave 150 Long Beach teenagers blank diaries, their stories broke the silence.

4.15

19k+

📔 Diary Format 🏫 Inner City Education 💛 Found Family ✊ Student Activism 🗣️ Teen Voices

The Freedom Writers Diary 90%

When a rookie teacher gave 150 Long Beach teenagers blank diaries, their stories broke the silence.

by Erin Gruwell 1999

4.15

19k+ ratings

📔 Diary Format 🏫 Inner City Education 💛 Found Family ✊ Student Activism 🗣️ Teen Voices

Design Justice

by Sasha Costanza-Chock • 2020

Design decides who benefits and who gets hurt. The communities on the losing end are now leading.

4.18

548

🫱🏾‍🫲🏽 Participatory Design ⚖️ Tech Ethics 🤖 Algorithmic Bias ✊🏿 Intersectional Feminism 🔍 Critical Design Studies

Design Justice 90%

Design decides who benefits and who gets hurt. The communities on the losing end are now leading.

by Sasha Costanza-Chock 2020

4.18

548 ratings

🫱🏾‍🫲🏽 Participatory Design ⚖️ Tech Ethics 🤖 Algorithmic Bias ✊🏿 Intersectional Feminism 🔍 Critical Design Studies

Punching the Air

by Ibi Zoboi • 2020

Convicted after a fight, a Black teen artist paints the truth the courtroom would not hear.

4.39

24k+

🎨 Art As Survival ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 🔒 Juvenile Detention ✊🏾 Racial Injustice 🖋️ Novel In Verse

Punching the Air 90%

Convicted after a fight, a Black teen artist paints the truth the courtroom would not hear.

by Ibi Zoboi 2020

4.39

24k+ ratings

🎨 Art As Survival ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 🔒 Juvenile Detention ✊🏾 Racial Injustice 🖋️ Novel In Verse

Miles Morales Suspended

by Jason Reynolds • 2023

Suspended for defying a racist teacher, Miles discovers his school is devouring its own stories.

3.81

1k+

📜 Verse Novel ✊ Student Resistance 📚 Book Censorship 🕷️ Black Superhero ⛓️ School-To-Prison Pipeline

Miles Morales Suspended 90%

Suspended for defying a racist teacher, Miles discovers his school is devouring its own stories.

by Jason Reynolds 2023

3.81

1k+ ratings

📜 Verse Novel ✊ Student Resistance 📚 Book Censorship 🕷️ Black Superhero ⛓️ School-To-Prison Pipeline

Hood Feminism

by Mikki Kendall • 2020

The feminism that fights for the corner office ignores women who can't afford lunch. Their agenda.

4.35

64k+

🖤 Black Feminism 🍲 Food Insecurity ⚖️ Reproductive Justice 🔗 Systemic Racism 🎨 Colorism

Hood Feminism 90%

The feminism that fights for the corner office ignores women who can't afford lunch. Their agenda.

by Mikki Kendall 2020

4.35

64k+ ratings

🖤 Black Feminism 🍲 Food Insecurity ⚖️ Reproductive Justice 🔗 Systemic Racism 🎨 Colorism

Wobblies and Zapatistas

by Staughton Lynd • 2008

What the Zapatistas and the Wobblies got right that both Marxists and anarchists keep missing.

3.89

473

🏴 Libertarian Socialism 📜 Radical History ✊ Direct Action 🔄 Horizontalism 🌽 Indigenous Resistance

Wobblies and Zapatistas 90%

What the Zapatistas and the Wobblies got right that both Marxists and anarchists keep missing.

by Staughton Lynd 2008

3.89

473 ratings

🏴 Libertarian Socialism 📜 Radical History ✊ Direct Action 🔄 Horizontalism 🌽 Indigenous Resistance

So You Want to Talk About Race

by Ijeoma Oluo • 2018

Why 'I don't see color' stops the conversation cold, and what to say instead.

4.48

108k+

✊ Racial Justice 🔗 Systemic Racism 🛑 Anti-Racism 🪞 Privilege Awareness 🎯 Intersectionality

So You Want to Talk About Race 90%

Why 'I don't see color' stops the conversation cold, and what to say instead.

by Ijeoma Oluo 2018

4.48

108k+ ratings

✊ Racial Justice 🔗 Systemic Racism 🛑 Anti-Racism 🪞 Privilege Awareness 🎯 Intersectionality

The Four Pivots

by Shawn A. Ginwright • 2022

The movement is burning out its people. Here's how to fight for justice and stay whole.

4.34

1k+

🩹 Healing Justice 🌱 Sustainable Activism 😴 Rest As Resistance 💛 Community Healing ⚖️ Restorative Justice

The Four Pivots 90%

The movement is burning out its people. Here's how to fight for justice and stay whole.

by Shawn A. Ginwright 2022

4.34

1k+ ratings

🩹 Healing Justice 🌱 Sustainable Activism 😴 Rest As Resistance 💛 Community Healing ⚖️ Restorative Justice

Profit and Punishment

by Tony Messenger • 2021

When courts depend on fines to stay open, the poor become the revenue.

4.26

658

🏛️ Criminal Justice Reform 🔗 Mass Incarceration ⚖️ Systemic Inequality 💰 Policing Poverty 🔍 Investigative Journalism

Profit and Punishment 90%

When courts depend on fines to stay open, the poor become the revenue.

by Tony Messenger 2021

4.26

658 ratings

🏛️ Criminal Justice Reform 🔗 Mass Incarceration ⚖️ Systemic Inequality 💰 Policing Poverty 🔍 Investigative Journalism

No Is Not Enough

by Naomi Klein • 2017

Chaos as political strategy: its roots in neoliberal failure, and the coalition that can defeat it.

4.10

11k+

🏦 Political Economy ✊ Progressive Activism 🌀 Crisis Politics 🌍 Climate Justice 💸 Economic Inequality

No Is Not Enough 90%

Chaos as political strategy: its roots in neoliberal failure, and the coalition that can defeat it.

by Naomi Klein 2017

4.10

11k+ ratings

🏦 Political Economy ✊ Progressive Activism 🌀 Crisis Politics 🌍 Climate Justice 💸 Economic Inequality

Free the Children

by Craig Kielburger • 1998

A 12-year-old Canadian reads about a murdered activist, then goes to find the child laborers.

4.14

542

🧒 Child Labor ✊ Youth Activism 🌍 Global Poverty 📜 Children's Rights 🌱 Grassroots Activism

Free the Children 90%

A 12-year-old Canadian reads about a murdered activist, then goes to find the child laborers.

by Craig Kielburger 1998

4.14

542 ratings

🧒 Child Labor ✊ Youth Activism 🌍 Global Poverty 📜 Children's Rights 🌱 Grassroots Activism

Freedom is a Constant Struggle

by Angela Y. Davis • 2015

Ferguson and Palestine share a playbook of state violence. The resistance is building its own.

4.44

36k+

🚫 Prison Abolition ✊🏾 Black Feminism 🌍 Global Solidarity 🔀 Intersectionality ⚠️ State Violence

Freedom is a Constant Struggle 90%

Ferguson and Palestine share a playbook of state violence. The resistance is building its own.

by Angela Y. Davis 2015

4.44

36k+ ratings

🚫 Prison Abolition ✊🏾 Black Feminism 🌍 Global Solidarity 🔀 Intersectionality ⚠️ State Violence

Taking on the Plastics Crisis

by Hannah Testa • 2020

Less than ten percent of plastic gets recycled. One teenager's plan for what actually works.

3.90

629

🛢️ Plastic Pollution ⚖️ Environmental Justice ♻️ Waste Reduction 🟢 Greenwashing 🛒 Consumer Activism

Taking on the Plastics Crisis 89%

Less than ten percent of plastic gets recycled. One teenager's plan for what actually works.

by Hannah Testa 2020

3.90

629 ratings

🛢️ Plastic Pollution ⚖️ Environmental Justice ♻️ Waste Reduction 🟢 Greenwashing 🛒 Consumer Activism

Is Everyone Really Equal?

by Özlem Sensoy • 2011

The most comfortable explanation for inequality is individual failure. It's also the most wrong.

4.05

1k+

🎓 Social Justice Education 📚 Critical Race Theory 🔀 Intersectionality ⚖️ Systemic Inequality ✊ Anti-Racism

Is Everyone Really Equal? 89%

The most comfortable explanation for inequality is individual failure. It's also the most wrong.

by Özlem Sensoy 2011

4.05

1k+ ratings

🎓 Social Justice Education 📚 Critical Race Theory 🔀 Intersectionality ⚖️ Systemic Inequality ✊ Anti-Racism

Elite Capture

by Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò • 2022

How the powerful co-opted identity politics: from solidarity to symbolic gestures.

3.98

4k+

🏛️ Movement Co-Optation 🏗️ Structural Power 🎭 Symbolic Politics 🤝 Coalition Politics 👥 Intersectional Feminism

Elite Capture 89%

How the powerful co-opted identity politics: from solidarity to symbolic gestures.

by Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò 2022

3.98

4k+ ratings

🏛️ Movement Co-Optation 🏗️ Structural Power 🎭 Symbolic Politics 🤝 Coalition Politics 👥 Intersectional Feminism

Reveille for Radicals

by Saul D. Alinsky • 1946

Democracy requires organized conflict and leaders from the bottom. A 1946 manual, still unheeded.

3.84

589

🤝 Community Organizing 🌱 Grassroots Democracy 👥 Indigenous Leadership 🎯 Self-Interest Politics ⚔️ Conflict As Catalyst

Reveille for Radicals 89%

Democracy requires organized conflict and leaders from the bottom. A 1946 manual, still unheeded.

by Saul D. Alinsky 1946

3.84

589 ratings

🤝 Community Organizing 🌱 Grassroots Democracy 👥 Indigenous Leadership 🎯 Self-Interest Politics ⚔️ Conflict As Catalyst

We Are Not Yet Equal

by Carol Anderson • 2018

Every Black American victory was met with a legal counterattack designed to undo it.

4.40

798

⚖ Systemic Racism 📚 African American History 🔄 Backlash Politics 🗳 Voter Suppression 🔗 Mass Incarceration

We Are Not Yet Equal 89%

Every Black American victory was met with a legal counterattack designed to undo it.

by Carol Anderson 2018

4.40

798 ratings

⚖ Systemic Racism 📚 African American History 🔄 Backlash Politics 🗳 Voter Suppression 🔗 Mass Incarceration

Was the Cat in the Hat Black?

by Philip Nel • 2017

The Cat in the Hat draws on blackface minstrelsy. So does much of your childhood bookshelf.

4.09

433

📚 Children's Literature 🔍 Literary Criticism ⚖️ Structural Racism 🎨 Whitewashing 🌈 Diverse Books

Was the Cat in the Hat Black? 89%

The Cat in the Hat draws on blackface minstrelsy. So does much of your childhood bookshelf.

by Philip Nel 2017

4.09

433 ratings

📚 Children's Literature 🔍 Literary Criticism ⚖️ Structural Racism 🎨 Whitewashing 🌈 Diverse Books

How Change Happens

by Leslie R. Crutchfield • 2018

Six factors determine whether a movement wins or dies. None of them start in Washington.

3.74

160

📢 Social Movements ✊ Community Organizing 🗳️ Political Strategy 📖 Narrative Change 🏗️ Movement Building

How Change Happens 89%

Six factors determine whether a movement wins or dies. None of them start in Washington.

by Leslie R. Crutchfield 2018

3.74

160 ratings

📢 Social Movements ✊ Community Organizing 🗳️ Political Strategy 📖 Narrative Change 🏗️ Movement Building

The Locust Effect

by Gary A. Haugen • 2013

Poverty's root cause is violence, not economics. The aid industry has been fixing the wrong problem.

4.32

2k+

🏚️ Global Poverty 📈 Development Economics ⚖️ Rule Of Law ⛓️ Human Trafficking 🏠 Property Rights

The Locust Effect 89%

Poverty's root cause is violence, not economics. The aid industry has been fixing the wrong problem.

by Gary A. Haugen 2013

4.32

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Global Poverty 📈 Development Economics ⚖️ Rule Of Law ⛓️ Human Trafficking 🏠 Property Rights

Anti-Racist Educational Leadership and Policy

by Sarah Diem • 2020

School choice, testing, and colorblind discipline don't fix inequity. They weren't designed to.

4.53

🏛️ Education Policy 🏫 Educational Leadership ✊ Anti-Racist Education ⛓️ School To Prison Pipeline 📚 Critical Race Theory

Anti-Racist Educational Leadership and Policy Summary

Anti-Racist Educational Leadership and Policy 89%

School choice, testing, and colorblind discipline don't fix inequity. They weren't designed to.

by Sarah Diem 2020

4.53

15 ratings

🏛️ Education Policy 🏫 Educational Leadership ✊ Anti-Racist Education ⛓️ School To Prison Pipeline 📚 Critical Race Theory

Dear Martin

by Nic Stone • 2017

Wrongfully arrested, a Black teen writes a civil rights icon. A cop's bullet tests his nonviolence.

4.33

86k+

🚨 Racial Profiling 👮🏾‍♂️ Police Brutality ⛓️ Wrongful Arrest 🏫 Private School 💕 Interracial Romance

Dear Martin 89%

Wrongfully arrested, a Black teen writes a civil rights icon. A cop's bullet tests his nonviolence.

by Nic Stone 2017

4.33

86k+ ratings

🚨 Racial Profiling 👮🏾‍♂️ Police Brutality ⛓️ Wrongful Arrest 🏫 Private School 💕 Interracial Romance

This Is an Uprising

by Mark Engler • 2016

Nonviolence is not a virtue. It is a technology of conflict, and it brings down regimes.

4.20

1k+

🕊️ Civil Resistance 📢 Social Movements 🧱 Movement Building ⚡ Disruption Tactics 🪧 Mass Protest

This Is an Uprising 89%

Nonviolence is not a virtue. It is a technology of conflict, and it brings down regimes.

by Mark Engler 2016

4.20

1k+ ratings

🕊️ Civil Resistance 📢 Social Movements 🧱 Movement Building ⚡ Disruption Tactics 🪧 Mass Protest

The Care We Dream Of

by Zena Sharman • 2021

Health care was never built for queer and trans people. Here is what comes after.

4.37

211

🩺 Health Justice ⚖️ Transformative Justice 🤝 Mutual Aid ♿ Disability Justice ✊ Body Liberation

The Care We Dream Of 89%

Health care was never built for queer and trans people. Here is what comes after.

by Zena Sharman 2021

4.37

211 ratings

🩺 Health Justice ⚖️ Transformative Justice 🤝 Mutual Aid ♿ Disability Justice ✊ Body Liberation

The Perils of Federalism

by Lisa L. Miller • 2008

Federalism rewards punitive interests. The communities hit hardest by crime stay shut out.

3.54

📜 American Political Development ⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform 🏛️ Interest Group Politics 📰 Moral Panics 🏙️ Urban Politics

The Perils of Federalism 89%

Federalism rewards punitive interests. The communities hit hardest by crime stay shut out.

by Lisa L. Miller 2008

3.54

13 ratings

📜 American Political Development ⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform 🏛️ Interest Group Politics 📰 Moral Panics 🏙️ Urban Politics

The Truths We Hold

by Kamala Harris • 2019

Banks, broken courts, separated families: a prosecutor turned senator on the fights that made her.

4.05

34k+

📖 Political Memoirs 🗳️ Progressive Politics ⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform 🌎 Immigration Policy ✊ Civil Rights Movement

The Truths We Hold 89%

Banks, broken courts, separated families: a prosecutor turned senator on the fights that made her.

by Kamala Harris 2019

4.05

34k+ ratings

📖 Political Memoirs 🗳️ Progressive Politics ⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform 🌎 Immigration Policy ✊ Civil Rights Movement

From Dictatorship to Democracy

by Gene Sharp • 1993

Dictatorships collapse when people refuse to cooperate. The strategic manual that shows how.

3.83

2k+

🕊️ Nonviolent Resistance 🗳️ Democracy Movements 📊 Strategic Nonviolence 🏗️ Movement Building 🏛️ Civil Society

From Dictatorship to Democracy 89%

Dictatorships collapse when people refuse to cooperate. The strategic manual that shows how.

by Gene Sharp 1993

3.83

2k+ ratings

🕊️ Nonviolent Resistance 🗳️ Democracy Movements 📊 Strategic Nonviolence 🏗️ Movement Building 🏛️ Civil Society

The Ones We've Been Waiting for

by Charlotte Alter • 2020

Shaped by 9/11, debt, and recession, a generation enters power with clashing visions for America.

4.20

864

🗳️ Generational Politics 🇺🇸 American Politics 🌱 Political Coming Of Age 🎓 Student Debt Crisis 📱 Digital Activism

The Ones We've Been Waiting for 89%

Shaped by 9/11, debt, and recession, a generation enters power with clashing visions for America.

by Charlotte Alter 2020

4.20

864 ratings

🗳️ Generational Politics 🇺🇸 American Politics 🌱 Political Coming Of Age 🎓 Student Debt Crisis 📱 Digital Activism

We Need New Stories

by Nesrine Malik • 2021

The stories we tell about free speech, gender, and national virtue protect power, not truth.

4.02

996

🎭 Political Myths 📰 Media Criticism 🌐 Cultural Myths ⛓️ Systemic Inequality 🗣️ Free Speech Debates

We Need New Stories 89%

The stories we tell about free speech, gender, and national virtue protect power, not truth.

by Nesrine Malik 2021

4.02

996 ratings

🎭 Political Myths 📰 Media Criticism 🌐 Cultural Myths ⛓️ Systemic Inequality 🗣️ Free Speech Debates

Manifesting Justice

by Valena E. Beety • 2022

Wrongful convictions target women and queer people differently. A legal method to fight back.

4.33

126

⚖️ Wrongful Convictions 🔄 Criminal Justice Reform 🫂 Restorative Justice 🔗 Mass Incarceration 🕊️ Innocence Movement

Manifesting Justice 89%

Wrongful convictions target women and queer people differently. A legal method to fight back.

by Valena E. Beety 2022

4.33

126 ratings

⚖️ Wrongful Convictions 🔄 Criminal Justice Reform 🫂 Restorative Justice 🔗 Mass Incarceration 🕊️ Innocence Movement

Diversity, Oppression, and Change

by Flavio Francisco Marsiglia • 2008

A social work approach that starts with the client's story and culture, not a checklist of deficits.

3.89

📋 Social Work Practice 🤝 Anti-Oppressive Practice 🔀 Intersectionality 📚 Critical Race Theory ⚕️ Health Equity

Diversity, Oppression, and Change Summary

Diversity, Oppression, and Change 89%

A social work approach that starts with the client's story and culture, not a checklist of deficits.

by Flavio Francisco Marsiglia 2008

3.89

45 ratings

📋 Social Work Practice 🤝 Anti-Oppressive Practice 🔀 Intersectionality 📚 Critical Race Theory ⚕️ Health Equity

Revolutionary Power

by Shalanda Baker • 2021

Clean energy could dismantle inequality or deepen it. The difference: who owns the panels.

4.17

190

🏛️ Energy Policy 🏭 Environmental Racism 🔋 Clean Energy Transition 🗳️ Energy Democracy ⚖️ Environmental Justice

Revolutionary Power 89%

Clean energy could dismantle inequality or deepen it. The difference: who owns the panels.

by Shalanda Baker 2021

4.17

190 ratings

🏛️ Energy Policy 🏭 Environmental Racism 🔋 Clean Energy Transition 🗳️ Energy Democracy ⚖️ Environmental Justice

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