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   The American Dream has always included the idea of satisfying employment and upward mobility, but a new book by Deepak Singh sketches out a less rosy reality.

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Book Review: Samuel Stein’s Capital City – Gentrification and the Real Estate State

Gentrification is a natural byproduct of capital investments guiding urban development. Urban planners are either praised or criticized for designing our cities.


Pocono Mountain Public Library – Where God kisses the mountains

This month, Patricia Vaccarino writes about the Pocono Mountain Public Library in Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania. 

 


Life on the Indian River Lagoon

The key to understanding people and the world around us begins with education. One way to learn about the world is by developing a love of books. Each month, we profile a library. Large, small, urban, rural, post-modern, quaint or neo-classic; do you have a library that you love? Tell us about it. This month, Patricia Vaccarino writes about the Indian River County Library in Vero Beach, Florida.


This Library Can Sing and Dance

Say you want to listen to every Broadway show tune ever recorded. Maybe you’re looking for ancient news clippings about Cole Porter. Perhaps, you’d love to hear how the great choreographer Jerome Robbins used New York City as a source of inspiration for his work. Where would you go to learn more?  


Citizen Jean

Jean Godden looks back on her decades-long newspaper career and her 12 years on the Seattle City Council, which began at an age when most people hope to be retired.