What Laura Reads

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Empire of Cotton: A Global History by Sven Beckert

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The Black Family in the Age of Mass Incarceration

Politicians are suddenly eager to disown failed policies on American prisons, but they have failed to reckon with the history. Reconsidering Daniel Patrick Moynihan’s report on “The Negro Family,” 50 years later.

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The Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan

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On Immunity: An Inoculation by Eula Biss

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The Women of Hollywood Speak Out

Female executives and filmmakers are ready to run studios and direct blockbuster pictures. What will it take to dismantle the pervasive sexism that keeps them from doing it?

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Forward the Foundation by Isaac Asimov

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Moral Disorder by Margaret Atwood

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Programmers: Stop Calling Yourselves Engineers

It undermines a long tradition of designing and building infrastructure in the public interest.

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The Dragon Reborn by Robert Jordan

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Headscarves and Hymens: Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution by Mona Eltahawy

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Amazon's Ingenious Scheme to Undermine Black Friday

Amazon isn't just taking the pain out of Black Friday shopping. It's undermining the holiday completely.

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The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan

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Living and Dying on Airbnb — Matter

My dad died in an Airbnb rental, and he’s not the only one. What can the company do to improve safety?

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The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

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The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan

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Why I Provide Abortions

I went back home to Alabama because women in the South are being denied the abortions that are their legal right.

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Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie