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In the 1950s manufacturing generated nearly 30 percent of US income. Over the past 55 years that share has gradually declined to less than 12 percent at the same time that real estate, finance, and Wall Street trading have grown. While manufacturing's share of the US economy shrinks, it expands in countries such as China and Germany that have a strong industrial policy.

Monthly instalments of spoken verse written to crystallise, organise and consolidate the author’s thoughts on ’matters of the day’. Note: The specific poem descriptions are intentionally left blank.

In Making All Black Lives Matter, award-winning historian and longtime activist Barbara Ransby outlines the scope and genealogy of this movement, documenting its roots in Black feminist politics and situating it squarely in a Black radical tradition, one that is anti-capitalist, internationalist, and focused on some of the most marginalized members of the Black community.

In this updated edition, The Making of Black Lives Matter presents a condensed and accessible intellectual history of the #BlackLivesMatter movement and expands on the movement's relevancy. This edition includes a new introduction that explores how the movement's core ideas have been challenged, re-affirmed, and re-imagined during the white nationalism of the Trump years, as well as a new chapter that examines the ideas and importance of Angela Davis and Amiri Baraka as significant participants in the Black Power Movement and Black Arts Movement, respectively.

Welcome to Making the Miles Matter, the podcast where married co-hosts Dave and Mary Price dive into making the most of every moment—regardless of where you are on the map! While not so much about utilizing travel points or running those extra miles, these episodes are geared towards starting conversations and inviting others in to make sure our everyday moments matter. As co-owners of A Mouse and A Beach Travel Company, Dave and Mary openly share tales of their journeys, their family fun (or sometimes mishaps), and will invite special guests that pop in and share their expertise. Expect ...

There are more things in the world nowadays that “matter”. Career? Finances? Kids? All of these things can easily get in the way of a vitally important one -relationships. Welcome to Making Marriage Matter! The unofficial Podcast for helping you navigate bumps, humps, and every day lumps in your marriage. Come and journey with Rob and Ashley as they share vulnerable reality, fill your life with laughter, and reveal truths to Making Marriage Matter. Want to submit an idea for a topic, join our email List, or get monthly freebies? Head on over to our instagram @makingmarriagematterpodcast!...

The Making School Matter podcast is a journey toward the discovery of how school should be a place of meaningful agency rather than something that happens to children. We explore best practices of engaging learners as they make meaning and connect to the world beyond the walls of schools and the lives they might lead in it. University Liggett School is located in Southeast Detroit and is known for emboldening learners by giving them the tools and the confidence to answer their own questions and cultivate their passions, thereby assuring an understanding of the world that is deeply, ...

Stay Woke directly addresses these stark injustices and builds on the lessons of racial inequality and intersectionality the Black Lives Matter movement has challenged its fellow citizens to learn. In this essential primer, Tehama Lopez Bunyasi and Candis Watts Smith inspire listeners to address the pressing issues of racial inequality, and provide a basic toolkit that will equip listeners to become knowledgeable participants in public debate, activism, and politics.

The Sunday Times bestseller THE STORY OF BRITAIN during the long reign of Queen Elizabeth II. Find out how Britain changed in this entrancing, lively portrait of Britain’s Elizabethan Age by bestselling writer and broadcaster Andrew Marr Britain changed fundamentally during the Queen’s long...

An accessible blueprint to embolden our daughters to be critical thinkers, fearless doers, and joyful change agents for our future—from the proud mother of teen activist Marley Dias, founder of 1000BLACKGIRLBOOKS. “A stunning and pathbreaking how-to guide and memoir for every mom, dad, or...

The George Floyd riots that have precipitated great changes throughout American society were not spontaneous events. Americans did not suddenly rise up in righteous anger, take to the streets, and demand not just that police departments be defunded but that all the structures, institutions, and systems of the United States—all supposedly racist—be overhauled. The 12,000 or so demonstrations and 633 related riots that followed Floyd’s death took organizational muscle. The movement’s grip on institutions from the classroom to the ballpark required ideological commitment.