Category: Political 5tuff
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The Best “Mostly” Non-Fiction of 2024–25
Here is why you should read Troubled, Trust, The Boys of Riverside, Behind the Beautiful Forevers, and Articulate.
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Debate, Not Silence: Why Confronting Controversial Issues is Essential to Equity
Gallaudet’s debate with Georgetown about curing deafness reminds us that progress requires opponents, not echoes.
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Why Heterodoxy Needs Deaf America: An Interview with Free the Inquiry
Heterodoxy is how Gallaudet stands out, how Deaf America survives, and how the country breathes.
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Best Non-Fiction of 2023 (and Honorable Mentions)
As depressing as 2023 was, it would have been far worse if not for these books, which kept me thinking and laughing throughout.
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Political Truths, According to My 8-Year-Old Son
In the spirit of Vivek Ramaswamy’s “sacred and undeniable truths,” here are five truths about the 2024 presidential election, according to my 8-year-old.
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Climbing Everest and Saving Democracy: Scott and Shayna’s Courage in a Cowardly Age
Want to save U.S. democracy? Cultivate more courageous citizens like Scott Lehmann and Shayna Unger who dare to be different.
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Best Non-Fiction of 2022 (and Honorable Mentions)
Think 2022 was strange? It would have been stranger for me if not for those non-fiction books.
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40 for 40: What I Wish I’d Known at 20
Here are 40 counterintuitive things I wish I’d known when I was 20.
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Best Nonfiction of 2021 (and Honorable Mentions)
For the fourth year in a row, here are five of the best nonfiction books I’ve read in the past 365 days.
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Best Non-Fiction of 2020 (and Honorable Mentions)
For all of the anxieties of 2020, it could have been worse if not for those non-fiction books that kept me awake, thinking and feeling, deep into the year.
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Best Non-Fiction of 2019
This is why you should read Sprawlball, I’ll Be Gone in the Dark, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom, King of the World and Man’s Search for Meaning.
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5tern Haiku
You know the rules, right? Three lines. Five syllables, then seven, then five again. I decided to write five of ’em because they say we will never understand each other until we reduce the language to 17 syllables. And yes, because this is 5tern.com.
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Deaf President Now 31 Years Later: Reflections & Questions
We can learn some lessons about the Deaf President Now protest, 31 years later.
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How Small Choices Can Save Democracy
In this age of polarization, gridlock and bigotry, we can still revitalize our democracy with the most basic choices.
Brendan Stern 