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“Threading My Prayer Rug is a richly textured reflection on what it is to be a Muslim in America today. Beginning with a sweetly funny,…
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“In these newly collected essays, interviews, and speeches, world-renowned activist and scholar Angela Y. Davis illuminates the connections…
Alberto Mora and Douglas Johnson examine the strategic costs of torture, and how enhanced interrogation hurt the U.S.