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Start: 1:00 pm
End: 2:00 pm
Rich Benjamin, a fellow at Demos, a nonprofit think-tank supporting an equitable economy and inclusive democracy, made a 27,000-mile journey around the United States to test the premise that America is a post-racial society. In his road-tripping he discovered a country more divided by class than by race, but still pervaded by structural racism.
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 7:00 pm
Flannery has been a leader in efforts to change human behavior to avoid planetary catastrophe. “In the next forty to ninety years humanity will exceed …the capacity of Earth to supply our needs, thereby greatly exacerbating the risk of widespread starvation,” Flannery says. In the coming decades, the Earth’s climate system will pass a point of no return. Why are we failing to cut back on consumption and live in a more sustainable manner?
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All our in-store events are free and open to the public. All event titles are 20% off for members during the month in which the author appears at the store. Click here for directions. There is ample parking available in the lot behind the store and in the surrounding neighborhood.
If you can't come to an event and still want an autographed copy of the book, you may purchase titles in advance either in the store, over the phone (202.364.1919 or 1.800.722.0790), or through our website. When buying online, simply use the checkout comments field to indicate that you would like us to request the author's signature at our event before shipping it to you. Event recordings on CD or MP3 are also available in the store and online.
All event-related inquiries can be sent to our Events Coordinator, Mike Giarratano, at events@politics-prose.com. For Children and Teens' Events, contact Gussie Lewis at glewis@politics-prose.com.