Exploring Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice: A Sneak Peek at Our Newest Library Additions!

College Library is thrilled to announce an upcoming, carefully curated collection of new titles, focusing on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice! Our practicum student, Benjamin Lillge, has selected twenty-two titles that delve into contemporary politics, environmental crises, healthcare disparities, and under-represented histories. These titles align with College Library’s commitment to acknowledging under-represented histories, critically exploring justice, and supporting diverse voices.

Book Jacket	Title	Publication Release Date
	Rescue, Relief, and Resistance: The Jewish Labor Committee’s Anti-Nazi Operations, 1934–1945 by Catherine Collomp, translated by Susan Emanuel Rescue, Relief, and Resistance chronicles the transnational efforts of the Jewish Labor Committee to combat Nazism and support Jewish communities during World War II.	April 2021
	Unworking: The Reinvention of the Modern Office by Jeremy Myerson and Philip Ross In Unworking: The Reinvention of the Modern Office, Jeremy Myerson and Philip Ross explore the future of hybrid or virtual offices and call for a rethinking of workplace design. Myerson and Ross advocate for “unworking,” which involves abandoning outdated office habits and rituals by embracing new ones suited for digital technology and diverse workforces.	October 2022
	Bellwether Histories: Animals, Humans, and U.S. Environments in Crisis Susan Nance and Jennifer Marks (eds.) In Bellwether Histories, Susan Nance and Jennifer Marks explore the history of animals in the globalized United States, and reveal the destructive consequences of human decisions on interspecies relationships. Nance and Marks highlight the connections between human and animal crises, challenge the belief in human exceptionalism, and emphasize the urgent need to heed the warnings that animals have been giving us about our collective climatic fate.	June 2023
	Malicious Intent: Murder and the Perpetuation of Jim Crow Health Care by David Barton Smith David Barton Smith explores the suspicious death of physician Jean Cowsert in 1966 and how it reflects the systemic racism and unequal healthcare system in the United States. Smith traces the history of failed efforts for universal healthcare and highlights ongoing disparities that impact Black Americans.	October 2023
	The Bill Gates Problem: Reckoning With the Myth of the Good Billionaire by Tim Schwab In The Bill Gates Problem: Reckoning with the Myth of the Good Billionaire, Tim Schwab explores the Gates Foundation’s immense political influence and lack of accountability, including the Foundation’s influence on global policy and international populations. Schwab’s investigation highlights the dangerous power dynamics and undemocratic nature of tax-subsidized private philanthropy.	November 2023
	The City and the Hospital: The Paradox of Medically Overserved Communities by Daniel Skinner, Jonathan R. Wynn, and Berkeley Franz The City and the Hospital: The Paradox of Medically Overserved Communities explores the paradox of economically distressed communities being medically underserved and highlights how hospitals both impact and are impacted by their surrounding communities. Skinner et al. analyze the complex relationship between hospitals and their neighborhoods by addressing issues of history, power, race, and urbanity, while suggesting policy solutions to address these issues.	November 2023
	The Summer Canada Burned: The Wildfire Season that Shocked the World by Monica Zurowski In The Summer Canada Burned: The Wildfire Season that Shocked the World, Monica Zurowski showcases over one hundred full-color photographs documenting Canada’s most devastating wildfire season to date, which in 2023 caused widespread destruction and had a far-reaching global impact. Zurowski explores the unprecedented scale and speed of the fires, the resulting air pollution, the displacement of thousands of Canadians, and the heroic efforts of firefighters.	November 2023
	Wasted Education: How We Fail Our Graduates in STEM by John D. Skrentny In Wasted Education: How We Fail Our Graduates in STEM, John D. Skrentny explores both America’s excessive focus on STEM education and industry failures to retain STEM graduates. Skrentny examines the reasons behind high industry turnover—including poor management practices, lack of job security, constant training for potentially harmful technologies, and the exclusion of marginalized groups in STEM professions	November 2023
	Water for All: Global Solutions for a Changing Climate by David Sedlak Author David Sedlak, in Water for All: Global Solutions for a Changing Climate, focuses on the world’s water crises, the challenges they present, and the potential solutions available. Sedlak offers hope for a future with abundant, affordable, and clean water for everyone.	November 2023
	Big Money Unleashed: The Campaign to Deregulate Election Spending by Ann Southworth In Big Money Unleashed: The Campaign to Deregulate Election Spending, Ann Southworth examines the historical processes and players that have deregulated election spending, including how the First Amendment hinders campaign finance regulations. Southworth explores the role of advocacy groups, attorneys, coordinated networks, the Supreme Court, and wealthy patrons in shaping the current political impasse.	December 2023
	The Return of Inflation: Money and Capital in the 21st Century by Paul Mattick In The Return of Inflation: Money and Capital in the 21st Century, Paul Mattick examines historical understandings of inflation, including inflation’s recent resurgence as a concern and the belief in slowing economic growth to control it.	December 2023
	Voices of Indigenuity Michelle Montgomery (ed.) Voices of Indigenuity is a collection of essays that highlights the importance of integrating traditional ecological knowledge [TEK] into education and environmental justice efforts, while emphasizing the need to decolonize current pedagogical curricula and research training. The book’s contributors argue that incorporating indigenous epistemologies and perspectives is crucial for fostering a healthy relationship with the environment.	December 2023
	Cops on Campus: Rethinking Safety and Confronting Police Violence Yalile Suriel, Grace Watkins, Jude Paul Matias Dizon, and John Joseph Sloan III (eds.) Cops on Campus: Rethinking Safety and Confronting Police Violence explores the rise of campus police departments; the calls to abolish, defund, and disarm them; and critical perspectives on their consequences, culture, and structure. Chapters delve into gendered and racialized violence, racial profiling, and surveillance, while also highlighting efforts by faculty, staff, and student activists to redefine and reimagine campus safety.	January 2024
	Disparities in Urban Health: The Wounds of Policies and Legal Doctrines by Edward V. Wallace In Disparities in Urban Health, Edward V. Wallace explores the effects of political and structural determinants of health on urban populations. By analyzing policies and personal stories, Wallace highlights key indicators that impact low-income communities and offers solutions for addressing disparities.	January 2024
	Just Shelter: Gentrification, Integration, Race, and Reconstruction by Ronald R. Sundstrom In this work, Ronald R. Sundstrom explores the housing crisis in the United States by discussing its effects, origins, and the need for government intervention to address racial injustices and achieve social-spatial justice. Sundstrom highlights the interconnected issues of desegregation, homelessness, gentrification, integration, and segregation, and emphasizes the importance of confronting historical racism in housing policy to solve the current crisis.	January 2024
	Cold War Deceptions: The Asia Foundation and the CIA by David H. Price In Cold War Deceptions: The Asia Foundation and the CIA, David H. Price reveals the clandestine operations of the CIA in creating funding fronts during the early Cold War to support U.S. political goals. Through extensive archival records and declassified documents, Price uncovers how the Asia Foundation, secretly funded by the CIA, influenced Asian cultural, economic, intellectual, and political developments, in part by using unwitting scholars to support pro-American and anti-communist positions.	February 2024
	Data Grab: The New Colonialism of Big Tech and How to Fight Back by Ulises A. Mejias and Nick Couldry In Data Grab: The New Colonialism of Big Tech and How to Fight Back, Ulises A. Mejias and Nick Couldry draw a parallel between colonialism and the data extraction practices of tech giants. Mejias and Couldry emphasize the need for collective resistance against the control and surveillance of personal data exercised by companies such as Alphabet, Amazon, and Meta.	March 2024
	From Rights to Lives: The Evolution of the Black Freedom Struggle Françoise N. Hamlin and Charles W. McKinney, Jr. (eds.) From Rights to Lives: The Evolution of the Black Freedom Struggle highlights similarities and shared struggles between the mid-twentieth century civil rights movement and the early twenty-first century #BlackLivesMatter movement. Hamlin and McKinney critically examine the relationship between these two moments in the Black freedom struggle, and highlight what activists can learn from successes and discontinuities for future insurgencies.	March 2024
	Work, Retire, Repeat: The Uncertainty of Retirement in the New Economy by Teresa Ghilarducci In Work, Retire, Repeat: The Uncertainty of Retirement in the New Economy, Teresa Ghilarducci exposes the dire intersections between poverty and retirement in the U.S. and argues that the notion of dignified retirement for all has been abandoned. Ghilarducci proposes that implementing relatively low-cost changes to retirement financing and management can enable people to have genuine choices in their golden years.	March 2024
	The Political Development of American Debt Relief by Emily Zackin and Chloe N. Thurston Emily Zackin and Chloe N. Thurston examine the history of American debt relief and explore how citizens have historically mobilized and demanded government protection from their financial burdens. Zackin & Thurston chart the evolution of debtor politics, from a pre-industrial safety-net in the nineteenth century to the erosion of bankruptcy protections in the twentieth century, while highlighting the influence of geographic, racial, and sectoral politics on debtor activism.	May 2024
	Broken City: Land Speculation, Inequality, and Urban Crisis by Patrick Condon In Broken City: Land Speculation, Inequality, and Urban Crisis, Patrick Condon examines the rise in urban land prices and its impact on the global housing market. Condon argues that the shift of land from a utility to an asset has led to a housing crisis, and proposes strategies to reclaim land as a common good.	June 2024
	The Rights of Nature and the Testimony of Things: Literature and Environmental Ethics from Latin America by Mark Anderson In The Rights of Nature and the Testimony of Things: Literature and Environmental Ethics from Latin America, Mark Anderson analyzes Latin American “Rights of Nature” legislation and explores how animals, plants, and environments engage in social relations and political speech. Drawing on posthumanist theoretical frameworks, Anderson analyzes literary works to reframe environmental ethics in terms of collective care and politics across species.	June 2024