After finishing Rutger Bregman's Utopia For Realists last week, I wanted to dive deeper into the concept of universal basic income (UBI). So naturally I turned to Annie Lowrey's Give People Money: How a Universal Basic Income Would End Poverty, Revolutionize Work, and Remake the World, a book I picked up about a year ago.... Continue Reading →
I first came across Rutger Bregman when my sister shared his TED Talk about poverty. It was a moving presentation that rang true with my views and ideals, and I ended up sharing the link on my Facebook, too. It wasn't until a few months later that I realized he was the author of a... Continue Reading →
A couple days ago, I finished Suketu Mehta's recent book, This Land is Our Land: An Immigrant's Manifesto. In keeping with the theme, I excitedly chose Open Borders: The Science and Ethics of Immigration next. (I received both books as Christmas gifts, but only the former was one I previously knew about and specifically asked... Continue Reading →
So far, 2020 has seen me focusing in on nonfiction books relating to politics and social issues. Following How Bernie Won and Where We Go From Here, my latest read is This Land is Our Land: An Immigrant's Manifesto, by Suketu Mehta. It's no secret that immigration is often (unfairly) attacked as something to fear... Continue Reading →
Just after finishing Jeff Weaverโs How Bernie Won โ and with Bernie Sandersโs 2016 book Our Revolution in mind โ I decided it was time to read Bernieโs latest publication, Where We Go From Here. Again, full disclosure: I supported Bernie Sanders during his 2016 run for president, and Iโm supporting him now in his... Continue Reading →
Four years ago, throughout the 2016 presidential election in the US, I was a loyal supporter of Bernie Sanders. Despite having little political involvement prior, in summer 2015, Bernie awakened in me a political fervor, and it has remained strong since. I read his book Our Revolution about six months after the election ended (and... Continue Reading →
Full disclosure: I am a broke millennial. So it should come as no surprise that, upon seeing this aptly titled self-help book, I was drawn to it and all the financial woes I hoped it would solve. I actually first bought Erin Lowry's Broke Millennial: Stop Scraping By and Get Your Financial Life Together as... Continue Reading →
From summer 2015 through the Democratic primaries, I supported Bernie Sanders in his run for president. It was disheartening to see how the primaries played out, but I voted for Hillary Clinton in the general election that November. We all know the unfortunate results of that night, though. That same month, Bernie Sanders released his... Continue Reading →
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