New releases from Max Richter, Julius Asal, and Jean-Michel Jarre  

RON JACOBS applauds a reading of black history in the US that plots the path from autonomy to self-governance and then liberation

TOM KING relishes an enlightening history of the checkered progress of the war that humanity has waged on bacteria

ANDY HEDGECOCK is intrigued by a scholarly account of how systemic disinformation can exacerbate the perception of threat and foster hatred

New releases from Cuban pianist Aruan Ortiz, trumpeter Kenny Dorham, and London pianist Geoff Castle