What We're Reading This Week | March 28
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- Research Preview: Dignity of Fragile Essential Work in a Pandemic
- Earl Lewis Awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Biden
- Earl Lewis Speaks on Reparations
- Young Speaks About Latest Book on Podcast
- Research
- Events
- News Features
- Staff Features
- In the Face of Resistance: Advancing Equity in Higher Education
- Greening the Road Ahead: Navigating Challenges for Just Transitions to Electric Vehicles
- In the Wake of Affirmative Action
- Center for Social Solutions Co-Produces 'The Cost of Inheritance'
- Press Release: Earl Lewis, University of Michigan, Receives the Roy Rosenzweig Distinguished Service Award from the Organization of American Historians
- Higher Admissions: The Rise, Decline, and Return of Standardized Testing
- Events
Slavery and Its Aftermath
American Slavery: A Very Short Introduction, by Heather Williams
Historian Heather Andrea Williams draws upon the rich recent scholarship of numerous highly-regarded academics as well as an analysis of primary documents to explore the history of slavery and its effects on the American colonies and later the United States of America.
Remembering Emmet Till, by Dave Tell
In Remembering Emmett Till, Dave Tell gives us five accounts of the commemoration of this infamous crime. In a development no one could have foreseen, Till’s murder—one of the darkest moments in the region’s history—has become an economic driver for the Delta.
Virtual Tour: Remembering Emmet Till, by The Civil Rights Trail
Sumner and the nearby town of Money are pivotal sites in the story of Emmett Till's brutal murder and the subsequent trial of his killers. Today, you can visit historical markers associated with his slaying, as well as the courthouse—now an interpretive center—where his killers were tried. Visiting these sites offers a unique opportunity for reflection on one of the most notorious and violent incidents of the Civil Rights Movement.
Water, Equity and Security
"Making Room for Floods in the Midwest" by Eileen Shader, American Rivers
In the coming weeks and months, the communities and landowners across the Midwest will want to act as quickly as possible to get back on their feet. A key step will be deciding whether to rebuild back the way things were, or to choose new options that could make us more prepared for the next flood.
"Midwestern Flooding Isn't a Natural Disaster" by Christine A. Klein, The Atlantic
Floods and hurricanes happen. The hazard itself is not the disaster—it’s our habits, our building codes.
The Future of Work
Inventing the Future: Postcapitalism and a World Without Work, by Nick Srnicek and Alex Williams
A bold new manifesto for life after capitalism. Against the confused understanding of our high-tech world by both the right and the left, this book claims that the emancipatory and future-oriented possibilities of our society can be reclaimed.
Intelligence and Spirit, by Reza Negarestani
The history of philosophy conceived as the elaboration of a program for artificial general intelligence; intelligence understood as the impersonal and collective evolution of a thought that constructs itself according to a view from nowhere and nowhen.
