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Committed to publishing strong and unconventional points of view, controversial opinions, translations, and new voices.

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Metropolitan Books @MetropolitanBks Sep 12, 2022

Tip of the hat to @JohnHMcWhorter for recommending THE ENIGMA OF CLARENCE THOMAS, a penetrating analysis of Thomas's jurisprudence, by Metropolitan author @CoreyRobin:
nytimes.com/2022/09/09/opi…
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www.nytimes.com Opinion | A Great Podcast, a Worthy Memoir and a Curdled Take on Clarence Thomas (Published 2022) A fall syllabus.

Metropolitan Books @MetropolitanBks Sep 12, 2022

"I call on students in reverse order. By the end of the semester, everyone’s talking."
For the first issue of her newsletter WHO WE ARE TO EACH OTHER, @jessnordell, author of END OF BIAS, interviews visionary educator @FedericoArdila.
Subscribe below!
jessicanordell.substack.com/p/joy-and-powe…

jessicanordell.substack.com Joy & power in math and life Speaking with visionary educator Federico Ardila

Metropolitan Books @MetropolitanBks Sep 7, 2022

"Conversations about debt are never purely about economics."
Do not sleep on Metropolitan author @astradisastra's fantastic @nytopinion essay on debt, power, and the uneven distribution of shame:
nytimes.com/2022/09/06/opi…

www.nytimes.com Opinion | Debtors, Unite! You Have Nothing to Lose but Your Shame. (Published 2022) Conversations about debt are never purely about economics. They are always also conversations about power and morality.

Metropolitan Books @MetropolitanBks Sep 3, 2022

We mourn the loss of Barbara Ehrenreich, cherished friend, trailblazing thinker, writer, and activist, who never stopped taking down the fat cats or fighting for the people with wit, rage, and relish. We are forever grateful for this greatest of snarling, loving citizens.

Metropolitan Books @MetropolitanBks Aug 31, 2022

"What keeps us going, ultimately, is our love for each other...It’s what ordinary people have to do...You have to defend each other. You have to fight."
The great Mike Davis, Metropolitan author of THE ECOLOGY OF FEAR, for @guardian:
theguardian.com/us-news/2022/a…

www.theguardian.com Mike Davis, California’s ‘prophet of doom’, on activism in a dying world: ‘Despair is useless’ His warnings of ecological and social breakdown have proved accurate. But with months to live, Davis is anything but defeated