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  Litigating the Pandemic -...

  Susan M. Sterett

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  As officials scrambled in 2020 to manage the spread of COVID, the reverberations of the crisis reached well beyond immediate public health concerns. The governance problems that emerged in the pandemic would be problems in other climate-related disasters, too. 
   
   
   
  Many of these governance problems wound up in court. Businesses filed insurance claims for lost commerce; when the claims were denied, some companies sued. As state governments ordered closures and otherwise tried to adapt, interest organizations that had long sought to limit government authority challenged them in court. Political officials railed against litigation they argued would stop businesses from reopening. The United States, like other countries, governs partly through litigation, and litigation is one way of seeing the multiple governance failures during the pandemic. 
   
   
   
  Drawing on databases of cases filed, news reports, and other sources, Susan M. Sterett argues that governing during the pandemic must include the human institutions intertwined with the effects of the virus. Those institutions reveal problems well beyond the reach of technical expertise. Failures in private insurance as a way of governing risk, conflicts about the primacy of religion, government authority, and health, are problems that predated the pandemic and will persist in future disasters.

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  How to Steal a Presidential...

  Lawrence Lessig, Matthew Seligman

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  From two distinguished experts on election law, an alarming look at how the American presidency could be stolen—by entirely legal means 
   
  Even in the fast and loose world of the Trump White House, the idea that a couple thousand disorganized protestors storming the U.S. Capitol might actually prevent a presidential succession was farfetched. Yet perfectly legal ways of overturning election results actually do exist, and they would allow a political party to install its own candidate in place of the true winner. 
   
  Lawrence Lessig and Matthew Seligman work through every option available for subverting a presumptively legitimate result—from vice-presidential intervention to election decertification and beyond. While many strategies would never pass constitutional muster, Lessig and Seligman explain how some might. They expose correctable weaknesses in the system, including one that could be corrected only by the Supreme Court. 
   
  Any strategy aimed at hacking a presidential election is a threat to democracy. This book is a clarion call to shore up the insecure system for electing the president before American democracy is forever compromised. 
   
  Lawrence Lessig is the Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership at Harvard Law School. Matthew Seligman is a fellow at the Constitutional Law Center at Stanford Law School and a partner at Stris & Maher LLP.

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  Black Panther Speeches

  Fred Hampton

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  Black Panther Speeches – Fred Hampton is a powerful and historic collection of speeches delivered by one of the most charismatic and revolutionary leaders of the Black Panther Party. Fred Hampton’s electrifying words, filled with passion, conviction, and an unwavering commitment to justice, echo the struggles and aspirations of a movement fighting against systemic oppression. In this audiobook, listeners will experience Hampton’s raw and unfiltered voice as he speaks on topics such as unity, revolution, and the power of the people. His ability to inspire, educate, and mobilize communities remains as relevant today as it was during his lifetime. Whether you are a student of history, an activist, or simply someone who values the power of spoken truth, The Black Panther Speeches offers a compelling and unforgettable listening experience.

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  A Relational Agenda - How...

  Guy Brandon, Michel Schlüter,...

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  What framework can guide Christian engagement with major economic, social and political issues in public life in 21st century Europe?
  What other schools of thought exist apart from Catholic Social Teaching and Christian Democracy?
  
  Sallux has collaborated with the Jubilee Centre in Cambridge over several years to apply a new framework, agenda and strategy for Christian social reform, called Relational Thinking. It starts with the Christian belief that human beings are created by a relational God to form relational societies – the contemporary application of the ancient adage to 'love our neighbour as ourselves'.
  
  This book is a compilation of fi ve reports, two of which discuss the overall concept of Relational Thinking, while the others demonstrate how it can be applied to three contemporary issues: the need for monetary reform, the challenges of artifi cial intelligence and the ethics of remuneration. You can fi nd other examples of issues being analysed from a relational perspective, from business to city transformation.
  
  Deeply biblical, Relational Thinking builds bridges through the language of relationships to connect Christians with people of other faiths or none, and o er a fresh approach to Europe's greatest public policy challenges today.

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  Slavery Gone For Good - Modern...

  Cory Edmund Endrulat

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  What Is Slavery? Do YOU Know How To Define Slavery? 
  Does Slavery Still Exist? 
  Is Slavery Natural? 
  You may have been taught about Slavery in school, but there's more to what you must know! In this easy-to-read light-weight book, you will learn everything you need to know about Slavery. 
  What you will learn in "Slavery Gone For Good": 
  - Simple and clear definitions about Slavery, freedom, rights and more! 
  - A brief history of Slavery 
  - How slavery manifests 
  - The different forms of Slavery 
  - A unique perspective based solely on common sense (reason), equality and justice, not any ideology 
  - Over 50 quotes from former slaves, abolitionists, philosophers and more! 
  - The mentalities involved with Slavery 
  - What you can teach others and your children, and for generations to come! 
  - Unifying and timeless principles that can be learned and utilized worldwide! 
  - A more inquisitive view of Slavery with a unique question and answer format 
  - Practical action-steps, both individual and collective, for freedom! 
  - Requirements for the abolition of Slavery 
  - How YOU are contributing to Slavery 
  - Common views of definitions versus more clarified and descriptive definitions 
  - Resources to expand upon the topics presented, for this knowledge that few peoples are presently aware about! 
  “Once you learn to read, you will be forever free” - Frederick Douglass, Former Slave, Abolitionist

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  Corporations Are Not People -...

  Jeffrey D. Clements, Bill Myers

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  A revised and updated edition of the definitive guide to overturning Citizens United. 
   
   
    
  Since the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling that the rights of things—money and corporations—matter more than the rights of people, America has faced a crisis of democracy. In this timely and thoroughly updated second edition, Jeff Clements describes the strange history of this bizarre ruling, its ongoing destructive effects, and the growing movement to reverse it. 
   
    
    
  He includes a new chapter, "Do Something!," showing how—state by state and community by community—Americans are using creative strategies and tools to renew democracy and curb unbalanced corporate power. Since the first edition, sixteen states, one-hundred-sixty members of Congress, and five hundred cities and towns have called for a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United, and the list is growing. This is a fight we can win! 
   
   
    
  "More relevant than ever, this updated edition of Corporations Are Not People chronicles the remarkably vibrant, nationwide grassroots movement to 'get money out and voters in.' " —Katrina vanden Heuvel, Editor and Publisher, The Nation

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