Redniss, Lauren

Summary: Oak Flat tells the story of a race-against-time struggle for a swath of American land, which pits one of the poorest communities in the United States against the federal government and two of the world's largest mining conglomerates. The book follows the fortunes of two families with profound connections to the contested site: the Nosies, an Apache family whose teenage daughter is an activist...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2020

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1 available in Adult, Call number: 970.5 RED

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.5 RED

Brown, Box

Summary: "Powered by the advent of television and super-charged by the deregulation era of the 1980s, media companies and toy manufacturers joined forces to dominate the psyches of American children. But what are the consequences when a developing brain is saturated with the same kind of marketing bombardment found in Red Scare propaganda? Brian "Box" Brown's The He-Man Effect shows how corporate...

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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing Holdings Limited Partnership 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 688.72 BRO

Daniels, Ezra Claytan

Summary: "Why do some of us feel more empathy for neglected dogs than black victims of police brutality? How can someone claim to cherish the sanctity of life while excusing child deaths at border detention centers as collateral damage? Are You at Risk for Empathy Myopia considers the idea that we subconsciously force our experiences into moral narratives to satisfy an evolutionary desire for order. But...

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Publisher / Publication Date: [Independent/Ezra Claytan Daniels] 2019

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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 DAN

Wilson, Seán Michael

Summary: "Tells the story of Minamata disease, a debilitating and sometimes fatal condition caused by the Chisso chemical factory's careless release of methylmercury into the waters of the coastal community of Minamata in southern Japan. First identified in 1956, it became a hot topic in Japan in the 1970s and 80s, growing into an iconic struggle between people versus corporations and government...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Bridge Press 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 615.9 WIL

Brandon-Croft, Barbara

Summary: "Brandon-Croft appraises popular opinion through nine distinct women in constant dialogue. From diets to daycare to debt to the dreaded microaggressions of everyday racism, no issue is off-limits."--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Drawn & Quarterly 2023

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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 BRA

White, Tracy (Tracy A.)

Summary: "This book tells the true stories of five brave teens fleeing their home countries of Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Guinea, on their own, traveling through unknown and unfriendly places, and ultimately crossing into the US to find refuge and seek asylum. Based on extensive interviews with teen refugees, lawyers, caseworkers, and activists, Tracy White shines a light on five individual...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Street Noise Books 2023

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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 362.7 WHI