This book tells the story of an Idaho teen growing to understand her gender dysphoria and the process of coming out to her immediate family, and her broader family. It also details her family sharing her story with their friends and with their church family, with whom they ultimately severed ties. It is a story of a young woman coming into her own, finding herself and becoming a voice for transgender kids not only in Idaho, but nationwide. It is ultimately a story of a family growing stron...

Celebrated scientists Nicholas Christakis and James Fowler explain the amazing power of social networks and our profound influence on one another's lives.Your colleague's husband's sister can make you fat, even if you don't know her. A happy neighbor has more impact on your happiness than a happy spouse. These startling revelations of how much we truly influence one another are revealed in the studies of Dr. Christakis and Fowler, which have repeatedly made front-p...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • With stark poignancy and political dispassion Tightrope addresses the crisis in working-class America while focusing on solutions to mend a half century of governmental failure. This must-read book from the authors of Half the Sky “shows how we can and must do better” (Katie Couric)."A deft and uniquely credible exploration of rural America, and of other left-behind pockets of our country. One of the most important books I've...

“A sensitive look at the social and political barriers that deny disabled people their most basic civil rights.”—The Washington Post“The primer for a revolution.”—The Chicago Tribune“Nondisabled Americans do not understand disabled ones. This book attempts to explain, to nondisabled people as well as to many disabled ones, how the world and self-perceptions of disabled people are changing. It looks at the rise of what ...

This expanded third edition of The New Teacher Book grew out of Rethinking Schools workshops with early career teachers. It offers practical guidance on how to flourish in schools and classrooms and connect in meaningful ways with students and families from all cultures and backgrounds.Book Review 1:“I wish I had had The New Teacher Book when I started. But I have it now. We all have it now. Read it. Learn from it. Use it to change the world.” -- Lily Eskelsen Garcia Presid...

An expert on elder justice maps the challenges of aging, how things go wrong, and presents powerful tools we can use to forge better long lives for ourselves, our families, and our communities.As tens of millions of Americans are living longer lives, longevity is creating challenges that cut across race, class, and gender. Caregivers help older relatives for “free,” but with high costs to themselves in time, money, jobs, and health. Scammers target...

Winner of the Labriola Center American Indian National Book AwardDespite what major media sources say, violence against Native women is not an epidemic. An epidemic is biological and blameless. Violence against Native women is historical and political, bounded by oppression and colonial violence. This book, like all of Sarah Deer’s work, is aimed at engaging the problem head-on—and ending it.The Beginning and End of Rape collects and expan...

Written by top experts in the field, ***Raising the Transgender Child***offers much-needed answers to all the questions parents and other adults ask about raising and caring for transgender and gender diverse children: Is this just a phase? Did I do something to cause this? How do we protect these children? Who should I tell, and how? Will anyone love my child? Written by Dr. Michele Angello, a leading therapist and go-to expert in the field of transgender parenting, and

This book focuses on what learning our young people need if they are to become capable, responsible adults who are able to respond effectively to the crises we face today, and those that will arrive in the future.

**Journalist and Jezebel staff writer Kylie Cheung exposes the insidious--and often unseen--connections among domestic abuse, state-based violence, political disenfranchisement, and the carceral state."An astonishingly original, powerfully honest vision for true survivor justice." —Kirkus, starred reviewFor readers of The Revolution Starts at Home, Feminism for the 99%, and Good and Mad.**Incisive, urgent, and written exactly for ...

An NPR education reporter shows how the pandemic disrupted children’s lives—and how our country has nearly always failed to put our children firstThe onset of COVID broke a 150-year social contract between America and its children. Tens of millions of students lost what little support they had from the government—not just school but food, heat, and physical and emotional safety. The cost was enormous.But this crisis began much earlier than 2020. In The ...

**Finalist for the Tennessee Book AwardsA New York Times Book Review Editors’ ChoiceA Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year“We need this book now!” —Michael Eric Dyson, New York Times best-selling author of Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White AmericaA searing reflection on the broken promise of safety in America.**When a naked, mentally ill white man with an AR-15 killed four young adults of color at a Waffle Hous...