United: Thoughts on Finding Common Ground and Advancing the Common Good
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A passionate new voice in American politics, United States Senator Cory Booker makes the case that the virtues of empathy, responsibility, and action must guide our nation toward a brighter future.
Raised in northern New Jersey, Cory Booker went to Stanford University on a football scholarship, accepted a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University, then studied at Yale Law School. Graduating from Yale, his options were limitless.
He chose public service.
He chose to move to a rough neighborhood in Newark, New Jersey, where he worked as a tenants' rights lawyer before winning a seat on the City Council. In 2006, he was elected mayor, and for more than seven years he was the public face of an American city that had gone decades with too little positive national attention and investment. In 2013, Booker became the first African American elected to represent New Jersey in the U.S. Senate.
In United, Cory Booker draws on personal experience to issue a stirring call to reorient our nation and our politics around the principles of compassion and solidarity. He speaks of rising above despair to engage with hope, pursuing our shared mission, and embracing our common destiny.
Here is his account of his own political education, the moments-some entertaining, some heartbreaking, all of them enlightening-that have shaped his civic vision. Here are the lessons Booker learned from the remarkable people who inspired him to serve, men and women whose example fueled his desire to create opportunities for others. Here also are his observations on the issues he cares about most deeply, from race and crime and the crisis of mass incarceration to economic and environmental justice.
"Hope is the active conviction that despair will never have the last word," Booker writes in this galvanizing audiobook. In a world where we too easily lose touch with our neighbors, he argues, we must remember that we all rise or fall together-and that we must move beyond mere tolerance for one another toward a deeper connection: love.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5United was an exceptional way to come to understand Cory’s values, beliefs, character and the life experiences that have formed him. I had known that his positions on many of the issues we face as a nation were in agreement with my own. The book has taught me so much more. Cory is more than smart. He has learned from mentors and first hand experiences that have melded him to be the kind of man our country needs to lead us, inspire us and transform our nation into a country that cares about each other and the world. I encourage everyone who desires to learn more about this man to take the time to read or listen to the book (narrated by Cory) . It will help you to feel confident in your decision for America in 2020. Each of us need to be committed to being informed in our selection.