U.S. Senator Cory Booker will be at Labyrinth Books in conversation with Princeton University Professor of Religion and African American Studies Eddie Glaude on Monday, March 28 at 6 p.m. The program will be introduced by Alan Krueger, who served as chairman of President Barack Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers and as a member of his Cabinet from November 2011 to August 2013.

In his new, New York Times bestselling book United: Thoughts on Finding Common Ground and Advancing the Common Good (Ballantine $29.95) Mr. Booker makes the case that the virtues of empathy, responsibility, and action must guide the nation toward a brighter future. According to the Huffington Post, “What sets Senator Booker’s work apart from that of similar political books is that it seeks to elevate discourse rather than bring down opponents of the opposite partisan persuasion. This is a refreshing take, one that is truly worthy of study and contemplation.”

Raised in northern New Jersey, Cory Booker chose to move to a rough neighborhood in Newark, N.J., after graduating from Yale Law School. Here, he worked as a tenants’ rights lawyer before winning a seat on the City Council. In 2006, he was elected mayor, and in 2013, Booker became the first African American elected to represent New Jersey in the U.S. Senate.

Eddie S. Glaude Jr. is chair of the Department of African American Studies at Princeton University. His most recent book is Democracy in Black: How Race Still Enslaves the American Sou. Alan Krueger is the author of What Makes A Terrorist: Economics and the Roots of Terrorism and of Education Matters: A Selection of Essays on Education.

This event is free and open to the public but those planning to attend should r.s.v.p to info-pr@labyrinthbooks.com.

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