1. The Afterlife of Data: What Happens to Your Information When You Die and Why You Should Care
By Carl Öhman
Explores what should be done with the data related to online identities or "digital remains" left behind after a person dies. Discusses the ethical, political, and economic issues related to who owns and controls digital remains, including the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology that emulates or "preserves" a deceased person. Addresses why and how we should manage, protect, and preserve digital remains in a manner that considers the living and the dead and not just profit.
University of Chicago Press, 2024, 199 pages
302.231 OH38 2024

 

2. Dismantling Mass Incarceration: A Handbook for Change
By Premal Dharia
Highlights the social and racial injustices inherent in the American criminal justice system and provides varied perspectives from advocates, experts, and the formerly incarcerated on how to confront the issue of mass incarceration. Compiles essays, anecdotes, and data analyses concerning reform of America’s prison system, with special emphases on police; prosecutors; public defenders; judges; prisons; and life after incarceration.
FSG Originals, 2024, 468 pages
365.70973 D533 2024

 

3. Statistics for Public Policy: A Practical Guide to Being Mostly Right (or at Least Respectably Wrong)
By Jeremy G. Weber
Provides guidance on how to use statistical information in a public policy setting. Presents seven core practices to bring clarity to statistics and data that will be useful for policymakers and aides. Covers understanding data and statistics, the importance of statistics in a policy setting, correlation and causality, creating informative tables, handling discrepancies, and more.
University of Chicago Press, 2024, 185 pages
300.151 W373 2024

 

4. The Political Determinants of Health
By Daniel E. Dawes
Analyzes the political determinants in health model and its role in advancing inequities in the U.S. healthcare system. Argues that by understanding the origins and the impact of three specific political determinants of health – voting, government, and policy – society will be better equipped to develop and implement actionable solutions to close the health gap. Includes discussion of the health equity movement, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and oppositional efforts to undermine more equitable and inclusive health care policies.
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020, 216 pages
362.10973 D269 2020

 

5. Forgetting to Be Afraid: A Memoir
By Wendy Davis
Details the life and experiences of former State Senator Wendy Davis. Written by Davis, this memoir discusses her early life and family; her path to public service; and her work in the Texas Senate from 2009 to 2015. Highlights some of her main policy goals while in the Senate, such as payday loans, education, and SB 1636, 82nd Legislature, R.S., a bill on sexual-assault evidence. Mentions her filibuster from 2011 of SB 1811, 82nd Legislature, R.S. and the impact the bill had on education funding. Discusses in detail her thirteen-hour filibuster from June 25, 2013 of SB 5, 83rd Legislature, 1st C.S., an anti-abortion bill.
Blue Rider Press, 2014, 304 pages
328.764 D299F 2014

 

6. Let Her Speak: Transcript of Texas State Senator Wendy Davis's June 25, 2013, Filibuster of the Texas State Senate
By Wendy Davis
This is a transcription of the thirteen-hour filibuster by former State Senator Wendy Davis of SB 5, 83rd Legislature, 1st C.S. from June 25, 2013. It includes all discussions recorded on the Senate video during the filibuster.
Counterpath, 2013, 206 pages
362.1988 D261 2013

 

7. The Power of the Texas Governor: Connally to Bush
By Brian McCall
Examines the gubernatorial powers in Texas government with a focus on the period from 1963 to 2000. Profiles governors' campaigns, political actions, and legacies. Discusses the relationship between these governors and the Legislature. Details the broader political background that influenced policy decisions and governing successes and failures. Written by former State Representative Brian McCall, who served in the Texas Legislature from 1991 to 2010. Includes discussions of former Governors John Connally, Preston Smith, Dolph Briscoe, William P. Clements, Mark White, Ann Richards, and George W. Bush.
University of Texas Press, 2009, 163 pages
976.4063 M124P 2008