One World is proud to be a home for authors, journalists, and activists who give us new language to understand our past, present, and future. With much at stake in the upcoming election cycle, we want to help voters better understand issues of the day—by reading stories about our collective past.
Our Read & Vote initiative offers a curated list of books that examine the health of our society and key ballot issues from some of today’s leading thinkers, like Eric Holder, Ibram X. Kendi, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Nikole Hannah-Jones, Heather McGhee, Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, and others.
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As we head into another crucial election cycle, we hope you’ll join us to Read & Vote.
These books offer concrete plans and steps for activists, organizers, or anyone looking to make a difference. Read them and learn how to take action, protect our democracy, and be part of the change.
Our Unfinished March
An action plan for reversing the tide of voter suppression.
See No Stranger
A timely book on building movements that don’t leave anyone behind.
For the People
An inspiring vision of how people can take back power to reform criminal justice.
The Purpose of Power
An essential guide to building transformative movements to address the challenges of our time.
Watch Alicia Garza, author of THE PURPOSE OF POWER, discuss the most important takeaway from her book and how it relates to today’s political landscape.
Some of the key issues on the ballot include immigration, climate change, healthcare, education, crime, reproductive rights, and criminal justice reform. Understanding what is at stake and how these issues form the foundation of social justice are critical when casting your vote.
These books by leaders in their fields ask vital questions—and provide insightful solutions.
Just Mercy
Read & Know What's At Stake: Criminal Justice Reform
Ghettoside
Read & Know What's At Stake:
Crime & Policing
For the People
Read & Know What's At Stake: Criminal Justice Reform
Director of the Equal Justice Initiative and author of JUST MERCY, Bryan Stevenson, discusses the importance of voting for the future of our justice system and beyond.
How to Raise an Antiracist
Read & Know What's At Stake: Social Justice & Education
All We Can Save
Read & Know What's At Stake: Climate Protection
The Emergency
Read & Know What's At Stake: Health Care
Don't miss Thomas Fisher discussing his book, THE EMERGENCY, and how segregation shapes how resources and healthcare services are allocated.
The Undocumented Americans
Read & Know What's At Stake: Immigration
What the Eyes Don't See
Read & Know What's At Stake: Health Care
Whether you will be voting for the first time or the 21st time, Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, author of THE UNDOCUMENTED AMERICANS, gives you a little extra motivation for casting your ballot.
Don't miss this message from Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, author of WHAT THE EYES DON'T SEE, about the importance of a healthy democracy.
Before we take action, we have to understand how we got here. Delve into our collective history with works by former Attorney General Eric Holder, Heather McGhee, and more.
The Sum of Us
How to Be an Antiracist
The 1619 Project
Read Heather McGhee’s THE SUM OF US to understand how economic inequalities are intertwined with racism, and how these inequalities cause uneven access to democracy, which costs all of us.
The Purpose of Power
The Cruelty Is the Point
We Were Eight Years in Power
Our Unfinished March
Read WE WERE EIGHT YEARS IN POWER to understand how the wave of multiracial democracy ended with the return of white supremacy rule and how this unreconciled history is intimately tied to present-day politics.
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