Títulos en Activistas

In 1995, the FDA approved the release of protease inhibitors, the first effective treatment for AIDS. For countless people, the drug offered a reprieve from what had been a death sentence; for others, it was too late. In the US alone, over 318,000 people had already died from AIDS-related complications - among them the singer Michael Callen and the poet Essex Hemphill. Meticulously researched and evocatively told, Hold Tight Gently is the celebrated historian Martin Duberman’s poignant memorial to those lost to AIDS and to two of the great unsung heroes....

“Offers hope in the face of desperate odds” – ELLE Magazine, ELLE’s Most Anticipated Books of Summer 2020 “[D]isturbing and unforgettable memoir…This wrenching story brings to vivid life the plight of the many families separated at the U.S.-Mexico border.” – Publisher’s Weekly...

In this explosive memoir, a political consultant and technology whistleblower reveals the disturbing truth about the multi-billion-dollar data industry, revealing to the public how companies are getting richer using our personal information and exposing how Cambridge Analytica exploited...

In this rousing call to leadership, the self-described millennial spokesperson for the culture, CNN’s designated ""woke AF"" former commentator, and the youngest national press secretary in the history of the United States shares her take-no-prisoners approach to life, politics, and career...

Un crocevia di episodi fantastici, avventurosi, alcuni assurdi. L'America Latina racchiude universi molto diversi tra loro che hanno in comune la magia di racconti unici. In "Altramerica", Filippo Femia racconterà queste storie di vita attraverso la voce dei protagonisti. Persone comuni che a volte hanno incrociato la Storia con la S maiuscola. Ogni episodio un Paese, per un viaggio che dal muro al confine Stati Uniti-Messico arriva fino alla Tierra del Fuego.

Convertido en superpotencia militar y económica luego de la victoria obtenida en la Segunda Guerra Mundial, Estados Unidos pasó a disfrutar de un período creciente de prosperidad que daba crédito al denominado “sueño americano”. Sin embargo, el influjo de aquella era dorada no alcanzaba a la mayor parte de la comunidad negra, la cual seguía ocupando el estrato más bajo de la opulenta sociedad norteamericana, excluida de los beneficios de que gozaban sus compatriotas blancos.

När Johan Wendt startade Mattecentrum 2008 hade han aldrig hört talas om socialt entreprenörskap. Han ville bara arbeta med något som fick honom att må bra och gjorde honom lycklig. I boken "Den dummaste jävla idé jag någonsin hört" berättar Johan sin historia, han delar också generöst med sig av tips om hur du lyckas som social entreprenör, var du hittar pengar till din idé, hur man arbetar med PR, om organisation och ledarskap och hur man tror på sig själv och sin idé även när ingen annan gör det.

Man skulle ikke tro, at Stockholm nærmede sig efteråret. Det var den 20. august 2018 og hele sommeren havde Sverige både slået rekorder for varme og antallet af skovbrande. Mens politikerne så stille til, besluttede den 15-årige skoleelev Greta Thunberg at gøre oprør. Så i stedet for at vende tilbage til skolen, satte hun sig foran det svenske parlament, hvor såede frøene til den klimabevægelse, der på under et år fik millioner af mennesker til at strejke for klimaet. Gretas protest startede med et enkelt papskilt i Stockholm, men har siden udviklet sig til demonstrationer verden over.

"I varje våldtagen kvinna ser jag min hustru, i varje våldtagen mor ser jag min egen mor, i varje våldtaget barn ser jag mina egna." Så säger Denis Mukwege, mottagare av Nobels fredspris 2018. Mukwege började som en vanlig läkare i östra Kongo, men har i hela sitt liv engagerat sig för att motverka sexuellt våld mot kvinnor. Landets mångåriga och utdragna konflikter har lett till ett tillstånd som är svårt att leva i för kvinnor. Detta engagemang ledde till ett mordförsök mot honom 2012. Läs den dramatiska historian om en verklig hjältes liv.

Ein Krimi aus der Wirklichkeit: Das dramatische Leben des Paulus van Husen, glänzend und humorvoll von ihm selbst erzählt, erst kürzlich entdeckt. Wie ihn der Erste Weltkrieg aus einem wohlgeordneten Leben wirft, wie er in die internationale Politik gerät, dann in Konflikt mit den Nazis, wie er dem SS-Mörder Heydrich Auge in Auge widersteht, sich dem Kreisauer Kreis anschließt, Stauffenberg begegnet, mit Glück das KZ überlebt und am Ende der oberste Richter Nordrhein-Westfalens wird, das alles ist fesselnd geschrieben wie ein Roman.

Januar 1933: Adolf Hitler wird deutscher Reichskanzler. Noch ahnt niemand, dass sein Regime Deutschland zerstören wird. Doch schon zwei Tage später warnt der junge Pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer im Rundfunk vor dem "Ver-Führer". Nach langem inneren Ringen entscheidet er sich schließlich, als Doppelagent gegen Hitler zu arbeiten. Das kostet ihn 1945 im KZ Flossenbürg das Leben. Metaxas erzählt Bonhoeffers Geschichte und lässt ihn in zum Teil wenig bekannten Briefen zu Wort kommen

In Siria, alle porte di Damasco, la città ribelle di Daraya è alle corde per l'assedio implacabile dell'esercito di Assad. Un inferno che dura da quattro lunghissimi anni, scanditi dai bombardamenti con i barili esplosivi, gli attacchi con il gas, la morsa della fame che stringe gli abitanti isolati. Per reagire alla violenza del regime, alla mortificazione emotiva, al senso di sconfitta e terrore che pervade la popolazione, quaranta giovani volontari decidono di dedicarsi a cercare e mettere al sicuro migliaia di libri finiti sotto le macerie delle case e delle scuole.

Le 8 juin 2016, le Québec entier est en émoi. Les médias viennent d'annoncer qu'une femme a été sauvagement attaquée par un chien de type pitbull, dans la cour arrière de sa propre demeure, et qu'elle a succombé à ses blessures au terme de souffrance inimaginables. Christiane Vadnais a été cruellement tuée par une bête déchaînée – un drame infernal qui plonge sa famille dans le deuil et le désespoir.

Glimmer of Hope is the official, definitive book from The March for Our Lives founders, who came together in the aftermath of one of the deadliest mass-shootings in American history to lead an ongoing movement to end gun violence in all communities. Glimmer of Hope illustrates how a group of...

Times of great change did not occur by man's desire for change, but through protest and persistence. Across the globe, it seems we are in an era of protest and drive. Not since the '60s have we seen political divides and awareness of this magnitude, and it is shaping all aspects of our day to day life. While some feel lost in despair and fear, we can look to the past and rise up ourselves. Protest changes the world like nothing else has to date. What change do you want to fight for?

Shenandoah Chefalo is on a wholly dysfunctional journey through a childhood with neglectful, drug- and alcohol-addicted parents. She endures numerous moves in the middle of the night with just minutes to pack, multiple changes in schools, hunger, cruelty, and loneliness. Finally at the age of 13, Shen had had enough. After being abandoned by her mother for months at her grandmother's retirement community, she asks to be put into foster care. Surely she would fare better at a stable home than living with her mother?

Nevertheless, she persisted. These three words became an inspiring battle cry across the United States in 2017, but the woman to whom they refer has been fighting passionately all of her life. Raised in a tough working-class home in Oklahoma, Elizabeth Warren went on to become a revered scholar, a law professor, a US Senator, and an unlikely political star.

Twenty-nine-year-old plus-size blogger Stephanie Yeboah has experienced racism and fat-phobia throughout her life. From being bullied at school to being objectified and humiliated in her dating life, Stephanie's response to discrimination has always been to change the narrative around body-image and what we see as beautiful. Featuring stories of every day misogynoir and being fetishised, to navigating the cesspit of online dating and experiencing loneliness, Stephanie shares her thoughts on the treatment of Black women throughout history.

A “profound and soul-nourishing memoir” (Oprah Daily) from an African girl whose near-death experience sparked a lifelong dedication to humanitarian work that helps bring change across the world. When severe drought hit her village in Zimbabwe, Elizabeth Nyamayaro, then only eight, had no...

An LA Times Best Book of the Year, Christopher Award Winner, and Chautauqua Prize Finalist! “Engrossing... examines the major events of the mid 19th century through the lives of three key figures in the abolitionist and women’s rights movements.” —Smithsonian From the executive editor of...