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Fascism: A Warning
Madeleine Albright, que tinha acabado de lançar o livro Fascism: A Warning [Fascismo: Um alerta], sobre a ascensão do autoritarismo mundo afora.
Maria Ressa • Como enfrentar um ditador: A luta pelo nosso futuro (Portuguese Edition)
Bill Clinton was moderating this panel. On it were Mauricio Macri, a former businessman who had defeated Argentina’s
Anand Giridharadas • Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World
Peres subsequently served in a number of significant roles beyond his being a member of the Knesset, including minister of foreign affairs, minister of defense, minister of finance, and prime minister from 1984 to 1986. Now, committed to Rabin’s vision of peace, he pushed on with Oslo. In November and December 1995, Israel redeployed out of all the
... See moreDaniel Gordis • Israel: A Concise History of a Nation Reborn
established the President’s Commission on the Status of Women,
Elaine Tyler May • Homeward Bound: American Families in the Cold War Era
Perkins spent the twelve years of Roosevelt’s presidency doing more than anyone other than FDR himself to make the New Deal a reality. Everything on her list became law, most notably social security, changing the basic relation of Americans to their government. She also desegregated the Labor Department cafeteria, tried (and failed) to bring large
... See moreGeorge Packer • Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal
Thirty years later, Perkins would be appointed by President Franklin Roosevelt as secretary of labor—the first woman member of a presidential cabinet. Appalled by what she witnessed at the Triangle fire, and how preventable the deaths could have been had the employees had better working conditions—as simple as fire escapes and unlocked doors—Perkin
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