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  • America's founding slave

    Our Weekly Read column features Fortune staffers' and contributors' takes on recently published books about the business world and beyond. We've invited the entire Fortune family -- from our writers and editors to our photo editors and designers -- to weigh in on books of their choosing based on their individual tastes or curiosities. In this installment, editor at large David Whitford reviews A Slave in the White House: Paul MORE

    Mar 9, 2012 8:14 AM ET
  • A rock 'n' roll circus

    Our Weekly Read column features Fortune staffers' and contributors' takes on recently published books about the business world and beyond. We've invited the entire Fortune family -- from our writers and editors to our photo editors and designers -- to weigh in on books of their choosing based on their individual tastes or curiosities. In this installment, deputy editor Hank Gilman reviews Every Night's a Saturday Night: The Rock 'N' MORE

    Mar 2, 2012 5:00 AM ET
  • Can journalists really tell the 'truth?'

    Our Weekly Read column features Fortune staffers' and contributors' takes on recently published books about the business world and beyond. We've invited the entire Fortune family -- from our writers and editors to our photo editors and designers -- to weigh in on books of their choosing based on their individual tastes or curiosities. In this installment, reporter Daniel Roberts reviews The Lifespan of a Fact, an argument on truth in journalism MORE

    Feb 24, 2012 10:27 AM ET
  • Murder he wrote

    Our Weekly Read column features Fortune staffers' and contributors' takes on recently published books about the business world and beyond. We've invited the entire Fortune family -- from our writers and editors to our photo editors and designers -- to weigh in on books of their choosing based on their individual tastes or curiosities. In this installment, assistant managing editor Nicholas Varchaver reviews Raymond Bonner's Anatomy of Injustice: A Murder MORE

    Feb 17, 2012 5:00 AM ET
  • Why silence is golden

    Our Weekly Read column features Fortune staffers' and contributors' takes on recently published books about the business world and beyond. We've invited the entire Fortune family -- from our writers and editors to our photo editors and designers -- to weigh in on books of their choosing based on their individual tastes or curiosities. In this installment, contributor Larry Shine reviews Susan Cain's QUIET -- The Power of Introverts in a MORE

    Feb 10, 2012 11:41 AM ET
  • An ad exec's wise warning about social media

    Our Weekly Read column features Fortune staffers' and contributors' takes on recently published books about the business world and beyond. We've invited the entire Fortune family -- from our writers and editors to our photo editors and designers -- to weigh in on books of their choosing based on their individual tastes or curiosities. In this installment, reporter Daniel Roberts reviews Who Cares Wins, a new take on corporate social responsibility MORE

    Feb 3, 2012 5:00 AM ET
  • King Larry: The story of a business monster

    Our Weekly Read column features Fortune staffers' and contributors' takes on recently published books about the business world and beyond. We've invited the entire Fortune family -- from our writers and editors to our photo editors and designers -- to weigh in on books of their choosing based on their individual tastes or curiosities. In this installment, senior features editor Timothy K. Smith reviews James D. Scurlock's King Larry, a new MORE

    Feb 3, 2012 5:00 AM ET
  • Why trust matters so much in business

    Our Weekly Read column features Fortune staffers' and contributors' takes on recently published books about the business world and beyond. We've invited the entire Fortune family -- from our writers and editors to our photo editors and designers -- to weigh in on books of their choosing based on their individual tastes or curiosities. In this installment, reporter Caitlin Keating reviews Smart Trust, The Trustworthy Leader, and The Progress Principle, three MORE

    Jan 27, 2012 12:02 PM ET
  • One historic recruiting year at Holy Cross

    Our Weekly Read column features Fortune staffers' and contributors' takes on recently published books about the business world and beyond. We've invited the entire Fortune family -- from our writers and editors to our photo editors and designers -- to weigh in on books of their choosing based on their individual tastes or curiosities. In this installment, reporter Daniel Roberts reviews Fraternity, Diane Brady's chronicle of five young black men recruited to Holy Cross, MORE

    Jan 27, 2012 5:00 AM ET
  • Dylan Ratigan's inglorious bastards

    Our Weekly Read column features Fortune staffers' and contributors' takes on recently published books about the business world and beyond. We've invited the entire Fortune family -- from our writers and editors to our photo editors and designers -- to weigh in on books of their choosing based on their individual tastes or curiosities. In this installment, executive editor Stephanie N. Mehta reviews Greedy Bastards: How We Can Stop Corporate MORE

    Jan 20, 2012 5:00 AM ET
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