Social Services & Welfare
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Fragmented Democracy: Medicaid, Federalism, and Unequal Politics
$30.00 Add to cartMedicaid is the single largest public health insurer in the United States, covering upwards of 70 million Americans. Crucially, Medicaid is also an intergovernmental program that yokes poverty to fede… [more below]
- Author: Michener, Jamila
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 236
- Publish Date: March 22 2018
- ISBN10: 131664958X
- Language: English
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Gods of Mischief: My Undercover Vendetta to Take Down the Vagos Outlaw Motorcycle Gang
$18.99 Add to cartThis harrowing, no-holds-barred true story is the “brash account of a reformed bad boy’s decision to help the federal government take down Green Nation, the Vagos outlaw motorcycle gang” (Kirkus Revie… [more below]
- Author: Rowe, George
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: February 11 2014
- ISBN10: 1451667353
- Language: English
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You Are The Prize: Seeing Yourself Beyond the Imperfections of Your Trauma
$19.99 Add to cartYou Are the Prize: Seeing Yourself Beyond the Imperfections of Your Trauma explores the journey and struggles in author Amnoni Myers’ life. She learned to succeed in a world full of intricacies and su
- Author: Myers, Amnoni Laren
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 190
- Publish Date: January 25 2022
- ISBN10: 1636765025
- Language: English
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Social Security Disability Revealed: Why it’s so hard to access benefits and what you can do about it
$19.99 Add to cartThis behind the scenes look at the Social Security disability program demystifies the complicated system for applicants, advocates, and policy makers, so they can understand how to improve the deliver
- Author: Bishins, Spencer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 260
- Publish Date: July 04 2022
- ISBN10: 9798986371627
- Language: English
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Charmers & Con Artists: And Their Flip Side
$15.00 Add to cartThis is a psychological study of charmers, con artists, and their hidden alter-ego, the abusers — how they got that way, various profile examples, and how to recover from their artistry of killing yo… [more below]
- Author: Scott, Sandra
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 04 2014
- ISBN10: 1632325950
- Language: English
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There Shall Be No Needy: Pursuing Social Justice Through Jewish Law and Tradition
$28.99 Add to cartHow can a Jewish approach to social justice offer positive change for America?
“Ancient texts offer significant wisdom about human nature, economic cycles, the causes of inequality, and our obligations
- Author: Jacobs, Jill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 290
- Publish Date: February 01 2010
- ISBN10: 1580234259
- Language: English
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America, Goddam: Violence, Black Women, and the Struggle for Justice
$24.95 Add to cartOne of the Best Nonfiction Books of 2022, Kirkus Reviews
A powerful account of violence against Black women and girls in the United
“A righteous indictment of racism and misogyny.”–Publishers Weekly- Author: Lindsey, Treva B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 342
- Publish Date: August 08 2023
- ISBN10: 0520397444
- Language: English
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Life and Death
$19.95 Add to cartFrom Simon & Schuster, Life and Death by Andrea Dworkin is the unapologetic writing on the continuing war against women.
In this important work, Dworken gathers essays published between 1987 and 1995,- Author: Dworkin, Andrea
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: March 10 1997
- ISBN10: 0743236262
- Language: English
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The Basics of Starting a Child-Care Business: The Business of Child Care
$21.95 Read moreAs more families shift to both parents working outside the home, the demand for high-quality child care continues to rise, creating ample opportunity for entrepreneurs like you. Now that you’ve identi… [more below]
- Series: The Business of Child Care
- Author: Forestieri, Marnie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: May 01 2020
- ISBN10: 0876598378
- Language: English
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America, Goddam: Violence, Black Women, and the Struggle for Justice
$31.18 Add to cartOne of the Best Nonfiction Books of 2022, Kirkus Reviews
A powerful account of violence against Black women and girls in the United
“A righteous indictment of racism and misogyny.”–Publishers Weekly- Author: Lindsey, Treva B.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 342
- Publish Date: April 05 2022
- ISBN10: 520384490
- Language: English
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Uncle Sam’s Plantation: How Big Government Enslaves America’s Poor and What We Can Do about It
$19.99 Add to cartUncle Sam’s Plantation is an incisive look at how government manipulates, controls, and ultimately devastates the lives of the poor–and what Americans must do to stop it. Once a hustler and welfare a
- Author: Parker, Star
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: August 16 2010
- ISBN10: 1595552235
- Language: English
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The Price We Pay: What Broke American Health Care–And How to Fix It
$18.99 Add to cartNew York Times bestseller
From the New York Times bestselling author comes an eye-opening, urgent look at America’s broken health care sys
Business Book of the Year–Association of Business Journalists- Author: Makary, Marty
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 08 2021
- ISBN10: 1635575915
- Language: English
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Kids Need to Be Safe: A Book for Children in Foster Care
$12.99 Add to cart“Kids are important… They need safe places to live, and safe places to play.” For some kids, this means living with foster parents. In simple words and full-color illustrations, this book explains w… [more below]
- Series: Kids Are Important
- Author: Nelson, Julie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: December 15 2005
- ISBN10: 1575421925
- Language: English
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Good Soldiers Don’t Rape: The Stories We Tell about Military Sexual Violence
$29.99 Add to cartSexual violence is a significant problem within many Western militaries. Despite international attention to the issue and global #MeToo and #TimesUp movements highlighting the impact of sexual violenc… [more below]
- Author: MacKenzie, Megan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 180
- Publish Date: July 06 2023
- ISBN10: 1009273930
- Language: English
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The Welfare State: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartWelfare states vary across nations and change over time. And the balance between markets and government; free enterprise and social protection is perennially in question. But all developed societies h… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Garland, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: June 01 2016
- ISBN10: 0199672660
- Language: English
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Social Security Works for Everyone!: Protecting and Expanding America’s Most Popular Social Program
$17.99 Add to cartSocial Security expansion is back on the agenda, at a time when Americans need it more than ever–here’s what it should look like (and why it matters to everyday people all over the country)
“Altman a
- Author: Altman, Nancy J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 13 2021
- ISBN10: 1620976226
- Language: English
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On Violence and on Violence Against Women
$20.00 Add to cartA blazingly insightful, provocative study of violence against women from the peerless feminist critic.
Why has violence, and especially violence against women, become so much more prominent and visibl- Author: Rose, Jacqueline
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: May 17 2022
- ISBN10: 1250849373
- Language: English
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Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada’s Quest to Change Harlem and America
$17.99 Add to cartNew York Times bestselling author Paul Tough’s Whatever It Takes is “one of the best books ever written about how poverty influences learning, and vice versa” (The Washington Post).
What would it take?… [more below]
- Author: Tough, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 10 2009
- ISBN10: 0547247966
- Language: English
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Abolition and Social Work: Possibilities, Paradoxes, and the Practice of Community Care
$24.95 Add to cartA critical anthology exploring the debates, conundrums, and promising practices around abolition and social work in academia and within impacted communities.
Within social work–a profession that has b
- Author: Kim, Mimi E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: April 30 2024
- ISBN10: 9798888900918
- Language: English
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Survival Spanish for Social Services
$25.00 Add to cartSurvival Spanish for Social Services is designed for adults working in any area of the social services profession. No experience in the Spanish language is needed for success. This book contains hundr… [more below]
- Author: Melton, Myelita
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 102
- Publish Date: March 08 2010
- ISBN10: 0978699882
- Language: English
