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"Universities have also ignored their faculty members, and this is why they have put up, I think, such a pathetically weak and collaborationist response to the current repression."

How people feel about the economy right now, the questions we should be asking, and why progressives are reviving the economic bill of rights that FDR proposed in 1944.

Activities includes nonprofit organizations in the Charlottesville area and events that are open to the public.

Activities includes nonprofit organizations in the Charlottesville area and events that are open to the public.

Ellen Schrecker's 'The Lost Promise' uncovers the intricacies of 1960s academia, offering insights into today's challenges in higher education.

Following up on book recommendations that appeared in this space on Dec. 17, here are more ideas from friends whose opinions on what to read are worth sharing:

Monica Potts, author of "The Forgotten Girls: A Memoir of Friendship and Lost Promise in Rural America," grew up in the Arkansas Ozarks in a small town where educational and employment opportunities were limited.

After a promising infancy, streaming is stuck in a nasty adolescence. Fans of great TV must act to help preserve what works, because consumers can and do have a say in all this.

Editor's note: The opinions of the smart, well-read women in my Denver book club mean a lot, and often determine what the rest of us choose to pile onto our bedside tables (or not). Sure, you could read advertising blurbs on Amazon, but wouldn't you be more likely to believe a neighbor with no skin in the game over a corporation being fed words by publishers? So in this series, we are sharing these mini-reviews with you. Have any to offer? Email bellis@denverpost.com.

Monica Potts’s book The Forgotten Girls is a document of the effects of poverty, sexism, and, of course, the rapacious capitalism that has abandoned communities across America.