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Swedish author and scholar Johan Norberg joins Brian Anderson to discuss his new book Audio Transcript Brian Anderson: Welcome back to the Ten Blocks podcast. And hello again, if you're watching on the Manhattan Institute to YouTube channel, I'm Brian Anderson, the editor of City Journal. I'm honored to be joined today by Johan Norberg. Johan joins us from Sweden, he's well-known to an American audience as an author, lecturer, documentary filmmaker. He writes on a numerous range of topics, globalization, popular science, a lot more economic growth. He's a senior fellow at the Cato Institute...

Her second-grade daughter is reading "Marley Dias Gets it Done ," authored by Marley Dias, a 14-year-old activist, writer and founder of the #1000BlackGirlBooks campaign, who is a native of West Orange. "She is an avid reader," Auer said of her daughter. "Reading books like that, it inspires her because she sees herself and she is so excited."  For Black History Month in February, the borough's Diversity and Inclusion Committee, which Auer leads, donated books to the Memorial Elementary School library that  kids can enjoy year-round.  "Our committee likes to think of innovative ways ...

Wicked Local The awesome staff over at Somerville Public Library shared their adult and children's book recommendations for Black History Month reads. "Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks," by Jason Reynolds  "A novel with ten tales about what happens after the dismissal bell rings. It does cover some really intense subjects, bullying, cancer and even a chapter on boogers. Both age-appropriate and tastefully done." - Annamarie, Children’s Librarian "South to a Very Old Place ," by Albert Murray "In 1970 the editor of Harper's asked the African-American writer Albert Murray to take a...

The Response to the Capitol Riot Is Whitewashing the History of Black Insurrection A turn toward nationalism following the MAGA storm on D.C. erases the Black radical tradition of rebellion—and endangers its future. Mark Makela/Getty Images In 1811, between 200 and 500 enslaved Black people armed themselves in a revolt that began on a sugar plantation a few miles outside of New Orleans. Charles Deslondes, a slave driver of Haitian descent, marshaled an insurrection against the slaver Manuel Andry, turning the tools of the plantation—the ax, the sugarcane knife—against his master. “A...