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"An important contribution to the current immigration debate." —Kirkus Reviews

"Will help readers gain a significantly more sophisticated understanding of the context and on-the-ground reality of undocumented migrants in the U.S." —Publishers Weekly

"A must-read for organizers, immigrant advocates, policy wonks, and citizens who care about our history and values as a nation. This book puts a human face on the immigration debate." —Eliseo Medina, international secretary-treasurer of the Service Employees International Union and former vice president of the United Farm Workers

"The heart of David Bacon's whole body of work is in human stories, and this book validates its ideas with vivid testimony, in their own words, from those most affected." —John W. Wilhelm, president of UNITEHERE!

"Combining evocative personal narratives with penetrating geopolitical analysis, this compelling study vividly reveals the devastating effects on Mexico of the global class war of the past decades and their impact on the United States." —Noam Chomsky

Read the introduction. Visit David Bacon's website.

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Published in honor of the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr. includes twenty selections that celebrate the life's work of our most visionary thinkers. Collectively, they further cement the most powerful and enduring words of a man who touched the conscience of the nation and world.

"Patel probes like a professor, inspires like a preacher, and writes like a poet. I really loved this book; it is a tale that is truly hard to put down." —Robert D. Putnam, author of American Grace

Read a selection.

"A provocative and pleasurable romp through contemporary gender politics. Gaga Feminism is as fun as it is illuminating." —Ariel Levy, author of Female Chauvinist Pigs

Read the introduction.