"In this lively collection of conversations some of our nation's greatest minds explore the inspiring story of America as a grand experiment in democracy. Exploring the diverse make-up of our country's DNA through interviews with historians, diplomats, music legends, and sports giants, The American Experiment captures the arc of a young country reinventing itself in real-time. Through these enlightening conversations, the American spirit comes alive,...

"When Chad Sanders landed his first job in lily-white Silicon Valley, he quickly concluded that to be successful at work meant playing a certain social game. Each meeting was drenched in white slang and the privileged talk of international travel or folk concerts in San Francisco, which led Chad to believe he needed to emulate whiteness to be successful. So Chad changed. He changed his wardrobe, his behavior, his speech--everything that connected...

"From rural Alaska to coastal Florida, a vivid account of Americans working to protect the places they call home in an era of climate crisis"--

Captures the experiences of some of the nearly four thousand children and young adults held at Manzanar during World War II under Executive Order 9066, an act that authorized the U.S. Army to undertake the rapid removal of more than one hundred thousand Japanese and Japanese Americans from the West Coast.