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• In the wake of the Christchurch, New Zealand mosque massacres, Bring the War Home author Kathleen Belew explained to WNYC’s The Takeaway how the underlying ideology is not “nationalist” but instead specifically transnationalist—and predicated on white supremacy; she also discussed the malignant growth of white supremacist extremist ideology on PBS NewsHour.
• On WHYY’s Radio Times, Tony Jack, author of The Privileged Poor, explained how the college admissions system favors students with privilege—and disadvantages their peers.
• At The New Republic, Brandon Garrett, author of Convicting the Innocent, Too Big to Jail, and End of Its Rope, compared public reactions to Paul Manafort’s sentence (for felonies that included tax fraud, mortgage fraud, money laundering, conspiracy, and obstruction of justice) and to California’s death penalty ban—explaining what the differences reveal about our broken criminal justice system.

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February 14: Conceived in Freedom, Dedicated to Women’s History: An Appreciation of Anne Firor Scott

Historian and activist Anne Firor Scott, who helped pioneer and advance the field of women’s history, passed away on February 5. Susan Ware, whose forthcoming book Why They Marched: Untold Stories of the Women Who Fought for the Right to Vote is dedicated to Anne, honors her dear friend…