Vote (Seriously, Do it!) - a podcast by Book Riot

This week Alice and Kim talk all about voting, including some of its complications and contested history. Plus, new books on the Great Migration, caste systems, and more!

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New BooksWandering in Strange Lands: A Daughter of the Great Migration Reclaims Her Roots by Morgan Jerkins

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel WilkersonFinish the Fight! The Brave and Revolutionary Women Who Fought for the Right to Vote by Veronica Chambers

Our Lady of Perpetual Hunger: A Memoir by Lisa DonovanBooks About Voting

How the Post Office Created America by Winifred GallagherShe Votes: How U.S. Women Won Suffrage, and What Happened Next by Bridget Quinn

One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression is Destroying Democracy by Carol AndersonThe Right to Vote: The Contested History of Democracy in the United States by Alexander Keyssar

What You Need to Know About Voting–and Why by Kimberly L. WehleReading Now

Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close by Aminatou Sow and Ann FriedmanThe Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher
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