Recs if you like Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis...
Barack Obama's favorite books
All of his picks since 2008, both summer reading lists and yearly round-ups.
books your pretentious friend has heard of
Abolish ICE & Borders
nonfiction books to radicalize you about ICE & borders
*Note: I also have a list for abolishing prisons you should check out ❤️
antifascist reading list
fuck 🧊 and borders in general. demilitarize our cities. free palestine.
non-fiction books about american politics🦅🦅
books to read on 4th of july and beyond. politics/history/social issues, let me know if you have any suggestions!
Abolish Ice
Everything you need to know about the current moment: the argument for open borders - stories from undocumented Americans - immigrant life in the US - the political, environmental, and social conditions that cause people to immigrate - fiction about immigrants, immigration, forced assimilation etc.
🇬🇹 🇲🇽 Latinx Heritage Month 🇨🇱 🇨🇷
Latine/Latinx/Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated from September 15 to October 15 but we can celebrate all year long by reading one of these titles!
Additional Resources: ~ https://latino.si.edu/learn/teaching-and-learning-resources/hispanic-heritage-month-resources/hispanic-heritage-month ~ https://www.census.gov/newsroom/facts-for-features/2025/hispanic-heritage-month.html
Immigrant Experience
How did we get here?
What I was taught does not explain the world as I am witnessing it. So I compiled this list as a personal curriculum for histories that are critical of empire and capitalism, and actually shows us how we got here.
The list is not comprehensive, but I hope it helps people identify the gaps in their own historical education!
☕📚 History We Were Never Taught
The history that didn’t make it into our textbooks. Stories centered on Indigenous, Black, and Global South voices. No whitewashed timelines. Just truth, context, and the receipts.
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Become radicalized
History repeats, and most of us need an education.
Includes classics on American history & contemporary looks at the many -ism’s that consume us. Some microhistories are also thrown in. See them as case studies.
This list is by no means exhaustive. Feel free to comment other titles!
Conversations That Matter
This reading list brings together books that explore how ideas, history, and storytelling shape the world we live in. Each selection invites readers to think critically about society, leadership, and change. If you have more recommendations that should be on this list please let me know.
NYT picks for the 10 best books of 2024
Fiction and nonfiction picks from the staff of the The New York Times Book Review
non-fiction books about latin america
American Imperialism
History teaches everything, including the future - Lamartine
Guatemalan Reads
Books about or written by Chapines
Books from NPR
mainly from Book of the Day, but any NPR podcast counts
Books that make me a better writer
AWE Bookclub
Our AWE Committee's Staff Book Club
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