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Supermajority co-Founder Alicia Garza participates in Supercharge: Women All In, a virtual day of action hosted by Supermajority, on Sept. 26. Getty Images/Getty Images for Supermajority hide caption
Black Lives Matter Co-Founder On Her New Book, 'The Purpose of Power'
"I am / a nonstop ball of energy. / Powerful and full of light. / I am a go-getter. A difference maker. / A leader." Derrick Barnes and Gordon C. James/Penguin Young Readers hide caption
Here's a sampling of books Code Switch readers recommended. Natalie Escobar/NPR hide caption
Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin, by Megan Rosenbloom Farrar, Straus and Giroux hide caption
In his book How To, Randall Munroe explores whether you could open enough water bottles to fill a swimming pool — using nuclear weapons. Riverhead Books hide caption
Randall Munroe's Absurd Scientific Advice For Real-World Problems
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks on March 2 during a press conference to discuss the first positive case of coronavirus in New York state. Angela Weiss /AFP via Getty Images hide caption
In 'American Crisis,' New York Gov. Cuomo Gives Halftime Review Of Pandemic Response
The National Road: Dispatches From a Changing America, by Tom Zoellner Counterpoint hide caption
A volunteer loads food into a cart at a mobile pantry in Detroit in April 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an uptick in the demand at food banks. Gregory Shamus/Getty Images hide caption
'This Is An Opportunity': Fareed Zakaria On 'Lessons For A Post-Pandemic World'
James Baldwin poses while at home in Saint Paul de Vence, South of France during September of 1985. Ulf Andersen/Getty Images hide caption