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Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism

by Sarah Wynn-Williams

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Exit Party

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Out of Hitler's Shadow: Debt, Guilt, and the German Economic Miracle

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The Queen: The Forgotten Life Behind an American Myth by Josh Levin

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More often than not, the hungry, jobless people showcased in these sorts of features were white. In the early 1970s, as welfare cheats took the blame for rising public aid costs, 70 percent of the photos in newsmagazine items on poverty had ...more

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He has an interesting phrase that stuck with me, also, 'the deserving poor'. Very interesting read. Finished it last night.

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“Americans today know little about the terrorism that engulfed the South during Grant’s presidency. It has been suppressed by a strange national amnesia. The Klan’s ruthless reign is a dark, buried chapter in American history. The Civil War is far better known than its brutal aftermath.”
― Ron Chernow, Grant

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