The 2022 Minnie Feldman Memorial Lecture by Tony Nappo:

Defending American Democracy & Rebuilding the Common Good

America is facing global and domestic challenges today that require an engaged and committed citizenry.  Geographic, political, economic, and social issues demand our attention and a renewed commitment to the ideals and principles that form the fundamentals of our government.  Enjoy an opportunity to revisit American foundational history, explore the current conditions and concerns that confront us, and share solutions and directions that may determine the success of our quest to achieve “a more perfect union.”

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*Suggested Reading List Click each title to see availability in our library catalog

•  Blight, David W.  Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom.  New York: Simon & Schuster, 2018.

•   Boushey, Heather.  Unbound.  Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2019.

•  Khanna, Ro.  Dignity in a Digital Age.  New York: Simon & Schuster, 2022.

•  Klein, Ezra.  Why We’re Polarized.  New York: Avid Reader Press, 2020.

•  Levitsky and Ziblatt.  How Democracies Die.  New York: Broadway Books, 2019.

•  McGhee, Heather. The Sum of Us.  What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together.  New York: One World, 2021.

•  Putnam, Robert D.  The Upswing.  How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again.  New York: Simon & Schuster, 2020.

•  Reich, Robert B.  The Common Good.  New York: Vintage, 2018.

•  Sandel, Michael J.  Justice: What’s the Right Thing to Do?  New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009.

•  Sandel, Michael J.  The Tyranny of Merit: What’s Become of the Common Good?  New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2020.

•  Smith, Steven.  Reclaiming Patriotism in an Age of Extremes.  New Haven: Yale University Press, 2021.

•  Snyder, Timothy.  On Tyranny.  New York: Tim Duggan Books, 2017.

•  Snyder, Timothy.  The Road to Unfreedom.  New York: Tim Duggan Books, 2018.

•  Wilkerson, Isabel.  Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents.  New York: Random House, 2020.