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Sep 20, 2017
Will be continually adding to this but there have been some amazing books and films exploring current affairs.

There has been a wave of essential books and films / documentaries to counter current times. Here are some from 2017.


So You Want to Talk About Race

So You Want to Talk About Race

Ijeoma Oluo

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In So You Want to Talk About Race, editor-at-large of the Establishment Ijeoma Oluo offers a...

Trumpocracy: The Corruption of the American Republic

Trumpocracy: The Corruption of the American Republic

David Frum

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As the President of the United States, Donald Trump continually voices admiration for brutal...


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Together We Rise: Behind the Scenes at the Protest Heard Around the World

Together We Rise: Behind the Scenes at the Protest Heard Around the World

Women’s March Organizers and Conde Nast

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WITH ESSAYS BY: ROWAN BLANCHARD - SENATOR TAMMY DUCKWORTH - AMERICA FERRERA - ROXANE GAY - ILANA...


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Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging

Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging

Afua Hirsch

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Where are you really from? You’re British. Your parents are British. You were raised in...


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Tell Me How it Ends: An Essay in Forty Questions

Tell Me How it Ends: An Essay in Forty Questions

Valeria Luiselli

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A moving, eye-opening polemic about the US-Mexico border and what happens to the tens of thousands...


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Suswatibasu (1701 KP) Sep 20, 2017

No problem! This year has been mammoth for current affairs related books and films!