Presents the stories of inspiring women the author has met from around the world over the course of her twenty years of championing the causes of feminism, as well as stories of injustices that women still face around the world--from child marriage to workplace inequality. Argues that more people need to find ways to lift women up, which statistics show naturally lifts up all humanity.
how Washington made the rich richer-- and turned its back on the middle class
Hacker, Jacob S.
Chronicles how American politics were transformed beginning in the late 1970s when big business and conservatives achieved deregulation which cut taxes for the wealthy and defeated labor unions resulting in a widening gap between the wealthiest and the middle class. Includes chapter notes and an index.
Class and Race examines how African Americans, Native Americans, and other groups have grappled with class structures in American society, studying the ways in which racism has shaped those structures and continues to do so today.
Discusses the major egalitarian victories in United States history, and the politics that have shaped social movementsthat have transformed the nation's political and moral character.
When a set of prosperous dots on one page and another set of impoverished dots on the other meet, readers are taken through their struggle to bridge their differences.
