50 Books like Copaganda

Profit and Punishment

by Tony Messenger • 2021

When courts depend on fines to stay open, the poor become the revenue.

4.26

658

🏛️ Criminal Justice Reform 🔗 Mass Incarceration ⚖️ Systemic Inequality 💰 Policing Poverty 🔍 Investigative Journalism

Profit and Punishment 95%

When courts depend on fines to stay open, the poor become the revenue.

by Tony Messenger 2021

4.26

658 ratings

🏛️ Criminal Justice Reform 🔗 Mass Incarceration ⚖️ Systemic Inequality 💰 Policing Poverty 🔍 Investigative Journalism

A Colony in a Nation

by Christopher L. Hayes • 2017

Slave patrols built American policing. It still treats poor neighborhoods as occupied territory.

4.18

6k+

⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform 🔗 Mass Incarceration 🧱 Structural Racism 🏛️ Dual Justice System 🚔 Order Policing

A Colony in a Nation 95%

Slave patrols built American policing. It still treats poor neighborhoods as occupied territory.

by Christopher L. Hayes 2017

4.18

6k+ ratings

⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform 🔗 Mass Incarceration 🧱 Structural Racism 🏛️ Dual Justice System 🚔 Order Policing

Criminal (In)Justice

by Rafael A. Mangual • 2022

Two percent of counties produce half the murders. Decarceration makes those places deadlier.

4.13

222

⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform 🔒 Mass Incarceration 👮 Policing Reform 🔪 Violent Crime 🚪 Decarceration Debate

Criminal (In)Justice 95%

Two percent of counties produce half the murders. Decarceration makes those places deadlier.

by Rafael A. Mangual 2022

4.13

222 ratings

⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform 🔒 Mass Incarceration 👮 Policing Reform 🔪 Violent Crime 🚪 Decarceration Debate

From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation

by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor • 2016

Police violence won't end with reform. The problem is the economic system behind the badge.

4.47

2k+

🧱 Structural Racism ⛓️ Mass Incarceration 👮🏿 Police Violence 🫥 Colorblind Ideology 🏦 Capitalism And Racism

From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation Summary

From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation 95%

Police violence won't end with reform. The problem is the economic system behind the badge.

by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor 2016

4.47

2k+ ratings

🧱 Structural Racism ⛓️ Mass Incarceration 👮🏿 Police Violence 🫥 Colorblind Ideology 🏦 Capitalism And Racism

The Culture of Fear

by Barry Glassner • 1999

Crime is down, fear is up: the institutions that manufacture dread and the damage they cause.

3.70

4k+

🗞️ Media Sensationalism 😱 Moral Panics 🏛️ Politics Of Fear 📊 Statistical Literacy ⚠️ Risk Perception

The Culture of Fear 94%

Crime is down, fear is up: the institutions that manufacture dread and the damage they cause.

by Barry Glassner 1999

3.70

4k+ ratings

🗞️ Media Sensationalism 😱 Moral Panics 🏛️ Politics Of Fear 📊 Statistical Literacy ⚠️ Risk Perception

Manufacturing Consent

by Mark Achbar • 1994

No conspiracy, no censorship: why the news in a free society still serves the powerful.

4.41

699

📖 Critical Media Studies 📊 Political Economy 🔍 Propaganda Studies 🏢 Corporate Media 📡 Political Communication

Manufacturing Consent 94%

No conspiracy, no censorship: why the news in a free society still serves the powerful.

by Mark Achbar 1994

4.41

699 ratings

📖 Critical Media Studies 📊 Political Economy 🔍 Propaganda Studies 🏢 Corporate Media 📡 Political Communication

The Silenced Majority

by Amy Goodman • 2012

The news decides which wars and uprisings didn't happen. Here is what they buried.

4.06

251

📻 Independent Media 📺 Media Criticism 🔍 Investigative Journalism ✊ Grassroots Movements 💸 Economic Inequality

The Silenced Majority 94%

The news decides which wars and uprisings didn't happen. Here is what they buried.

by Amy Goodman 2012

4.06

251 ratings

📻 Independent Media 📺 Media Criticism 🔍 Investigative Journalism ✊ Grassroots Movements 💸 Economic Inequality

The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison

by Jeffrey H. Reiman • 1979

The justice system ignores corporate harm and targets the poor. That failure is its real job.

3.94

589

⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform 🔍 Critical Criminology 💰 Class And Inequality 🏢 White-Collar Crime 🔒 Mass Incarceration

The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison Summary

The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison 94%

The justice system ignores corporate harm and targets the poor. That failure is its real job.

by Jeffrey H. Reiman 1979

3.94

589 ratings

⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform 🔍 Critical Criminology 💰 Class And Inequality 🏢 White-Collar Crime 🔒 Mass Incarceration

United States of Distraction

by Mickey Huff • 2019

Six companies own nearly all American media. The product is a public too distracted for democracy.

3.74

114

🗞️ Media Criticism 📰 News Literacy 📡 Propaganda Studies 🏢 Corporate Media 🤥 Disinformation Age

United States of Distraction 94%

Six companies own nearly all American media. The product is a public too distracted for democracy.

by Mickey Huff 2019

3.74

114 ratings

🗞️ Media Criticism 📰 News Literacy 📡 Propaganda Studies 🏢 Corporate Media 🤥 Disinformation Age

Are Prisons Obsolete?

by Angela Y. Davis • 2003

Prisons are modern slavery, built for profit rather than safety. Reform only makes them stronger.

4.51

31k+

⛓️ Prison Abolition 🏛️ Mass Incarceration 🕊️ Restorative Justice 🏭 Prison Industrial Complex ✊🏾 Black Feminism

Are Prisons Obsolete? 94%

Prisons are modern slavery, built for profit rather than safety. Reform only makes them stronger.

by Angela Y. Davis 2003

4.51

31k+ ratings

⛓️ Prison Abolition 🏛️ Mass Incarceration 🕊️ Restorative Justice 🏭 Prison Industrial Complex ✊🏾 Black Feminism

Propaganda and the Public Mind

by Noam Chomsky • 1998

How humanitarian words sell one bombing and bury another, and the machinery behind the script.

4.06

1k+

📡 Propaganda Studies 🎙️ Media Criticism 🧠 Mass Persuasion 🗣️ Doublespeak 🏛️ State Capture

Propaganda and the Public Mind 94%

How humanitarian words sell one bombing and bury another, and the machinery behind the script.

by Noam Chomsky 1998

4.06

1k+ ratings

📡 Propaganda Studies 🎙️ Media Criticism 🧠 Mass Persuasion 🗣️ Doublespeak 🏛️ State Capture

The Tyranny of Good Intentions

by Paul Craig Roberts • 2000

Good intentions retooled criminal justice into a weapon, and the Constitution is losing.

4.06

127

⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform 📜 Constitutional Law 🏛️ Prosecutorial Power 🔒 Government Overreach 🔗 Mass Incarceration

The Tyranny of Good Intentions 94%

Good intentions retooled criminal justice into a weapon, and the Constitution is losing.

by Paul Craig Roberts 2000

4.06

127 ratings

⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform 📜 Constitutional Law 🏛️ Prosecutorial Power 🔒 Government Overreach 🔗 Mass Incarceration

The End of Policing

by Alex S. Vitale • 2017

What if the police exist not to protect you but to manage inequality?

4.18

12k+

🛑 Police Abolition 🔗 Mass Incarceration 📖 School Criminalization 💊 War On Drugs 🚔 Aggressive Policing

The End of Policing 94%

What if the police exist not to protect you but to manage inequality?

by Alex S. Vitale 2017

4.18

12k+ ratings

🛑 Police Abolition 🔗 Mass Incarceration 📖 School Criminalization 💊 War On Drugs 🚔 Aggressive Policing

Manufacturing Consent

by Edward S. Herman • 1988

You are not the news audience. Advertisers are, and they are the real censors.

4.23

25k+

📰 Media Criticism 📊 Political Economy 🏢 Corporate Media 📢 Propaganda Studies 🔍 News Selection Bias

Manufacturing Consent 94%

You are not the news audience. Advertisers are, and they are the real censors.

by Edward S. Herman 1988

4.23

25k+ ratings

📰 Media Criticism 📊 Political Economy 🏢 Corporate Media 📢 Propaganda Studies 🔍 News Selection Bias

Smart on Crime

by Kamala Harris • 2009

Tough on crime filled prisons without making us safe; a prosecutor's case for being smart instead.

3.75

346

🏛️ Criminal Justice Reform ⛓️ Mass Incarceration 🚪 Reentry Programs 🤝 Community Policing 🛡️ Victim Advocacy

Smart on Crime 94%

Tough on crime filled prisons without making us safe; a prosecutor's case for being smart instead.

by Kamala Harris 2009

3.75

346 ratings

🏛️ Criminal Justice Reform ⛓️ Mass Incarceration 🚪 Reentry Programs 🤝 Community Policing 🛡️ Victim Advocacy

Static

by Amy Goodman • 2006

When government lies, the press should expose it. Instead, they broadcast the script.

4.05

384

📺 Media Criticism 🌐 U.S. Foreign Policy 🔍 Investigative Journalism 🤫 Government Secrecy 📢 Whistleblowing

Static 94%

When government lies, the press should expose it. Instead, they broadcast the script.

by Amy Goodman 2006

4.05

384 ratings

📺 Media Criticism 🌐 U.S. Foreign Policy 🔍 Investigative Journalism 🤫 Government Secrecy 📢 Whistleblowing

Insane

by Alisa Roth • 2018

Jails hold more people with mental illness than hospitals. Incarceration makes them sicker.

4.07

1k+

🏥 Mental Illness In Jails 🔒 Mass Incarceration 🏚️ Deinstitutionalization ⛓️ Solitary Confinement 👮 Police Reform

Insane 93%

Jails hold more people with mental illness than hospitals. Incarceration makes them sicker.

by Alisa Roth 2018

4.07

1k+ ratings

🏥 Mental Illness In Jails 🔒 Mass Incarceration 🏚️ Deinstitutionalization ⛓️ Solitary Confinement 👮 Police Reform

National Security Cinema

by Matthew Alford • 2017

The Pentagon secretly approved or killed your favorite movies, one script at a time.

3.81

113

📢 Propaganda Studies 🎬 Military-Entertainment Complex 📺 Media Manipulation 📜 Historical Revisionism 🏢 Media Consolidation

National Security Cinema 93%

The Pentagon secretly approved or killed your favorite movies, one script at a time.

by Matthew Alford 2017

3.81

113 ratings

📢 Propaganda Studies 🎬 Military-Entertainment Complex 📺 Media Manipulation 📜 Historical Revisionism 🏢 Media Consolidation

The Vision of the Anointed

by Thomas Sowell • 1995

Why failed policies survive: how the elite turns evidence into heresy and failure into virtue.

4.40

3k+

🧐 Public Policy 📢 Social Criticism 📊 Statistical Fallacies 💥 Policy Failure 🎭 Ideological Bias

The Vision of the Anointed 93%

Why failed policies survive: how the elite turns evidence into heresy and failure into virtue.

by Thomas Sowell 1995

4.40

3k+ ratings

🧐 Public Policy 📢 Social Criticism 📊 Statistical Fallacies 💥 Policy Failure 🎭 Ideological Bias

Hate Inc.

by Matt Taibbi • 2019

The news isn't failing to inform you. It's succeeding at its real job: selling your outrage.

4.09

6k+

📰 Media Criticism 😡 Outrage Economy 🎭 Media Manipulation 🏛️ Partisan Division 📱 News Addiction

Hate Inc. 93%

The news isn't failing to inform you. It's succeeding at its real job: selling your outrage.

by Matt Taibbi 2019

4.09

6k+ ratings

📰 Media Criticism 😡 Outrage Economy 🎭 Media Manipulation 🏛️ Partisan Division 📱 News Addiction

White Rage

by Carol Anderson • 2016

Every time Black Americans advance, a calculated policy backlash rolls it back.

4.46

15k+

🌍 African American History 🔥 Racial Backlash 🏗️ Reconstruction 🚫 Jim Crow 🗳️ Voter Suppression

White Rage 93%

Every time Black Americans advance, a calculated policy backlash rolls it back.

by Carol Anderson 2016

4.46

15k+ ratings

🌍 African American History 🔥 Racial Backlash 🏗️ Reconstruction 🚫 Jim Crow 🗳️ Voter Suppression

The Other Side of Prospect

by Nicholas Dawidoff • 2022

A murder in New Haven, a false confession, and the forces that made both inevitable.

4.43

462

🏚️ Urban Decay ⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform ⛓️ Wrongful Conviction 💬 False Confessions 🩸 Community Violence

The Other Side of Prospect 93%

A murder in New Haven, a false confession, and the forces that made both inevitable.

by Nicholas Dawidoff 2022

4.43

462 ratings

🏚️ Urban Decay ⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform ⛓️ Wrongful Conviction 💬 False Confessions 🩸 Community Violence

We Are Not Yet Equal

by Carol Anderson • 2018

Every Black American victory was met with a legal counterattack designed to undo it.

4.40

798

⚖ Systemic Racism 📚 African American History 🔄 Backlash Politics 🗳 Voter Suppression 🔗 Mass Incarceration

We Are Not Yet Equal 93%

Every Black American victory was met with a legal counterattack designed to undo it.

by Carol Anderson 2018

4.40

798 ratings

⚖ Systemic Racism 📚 African American History 🔄 Backlash Politics 🗳 Voter Suppression 🔗 Mass Incarceration

The Sing Sing Files

by Dan Slepian • 2024

The system keeps innocent people in. A journalist's twenty years inside Sing Sing reveal how.

4.46

3k+

🎯 Wrongful Convictions ⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform 🔍 Investigative Journalism 👁️ Eyewitness Testimony 🏛️ Mass Incarceration

The Sing Sing Files 93%

The system keeps innocent people in. A journalist's twenty years inside Sing Sing reveal how.

by Dan Slepian 2024

4.46

3k+ ratings

🎯 Wrongful Convictions ⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform 🔍 Investigative Journalism 👁️ Eyewitness Testimony 🏛️ Mass Incarceration

We Need New Stories

by Nesrine Malik • 2021

The stories we tell about free speech, gender, and national virtue protect power, not truth.

4.02

996

🎭 Political Myths 📰 Media Criticism 🌐 Cultural Myths ⛓️ Systemic Inequality 🗣️ Free Speech Debates

We Need New Stories 93%

The stories we tell about free speech, gender, and national virtue protect power, not truth.

by Nesrine Malik 2021

4.02

996 ratings

🎭 Political Myths 📰 Media Criticism 🌐 Cultural Myths ⛓️ Systemic Inequality 🗣️ Free Speech Debates

Attack from Within

by Barbara McQuade • 2024

The one freedom America cannot defend itself against is the one it cherishes most: free speech.

4.13

2k+

📡 Disinformation Warfare 📰 Media Manipulation 🏛️ Authoritarian Tactics 🧠 Cognitive Biases 💻 Digital Polarization

Attack from Within 93%

The one freedom America cannot defend itself against is the one it cherishes most: free speech.

by Barbara McQuade 2024

4.13

2k+ ratings

📡 Disinformation Warfare 📰 Media Manipulation 🏛️ Authoritarian Tactics 🧠 Cognitive Biases 💻 Digital Polarization

Propaganda Blitz

by David Edwards • 2018

The news isn't broken. It's working exactly as designed: manufacturing consent for the powerful.

4.28

184

🧐 Media Criticism 📣 War Propaganda 🏢 Corporate Power 🎭 Manufacturing Consent 📡 Media Ownership

Propaganda Blitz 93%

The news isn't broken. It's working exactly as designed: manufacturing consent for the powerful.

by David Edwards 2018

4.28

184 ratings

🧐 Media Criticism 📣 War Propaganda 🏢 Corporate Power 🎭 Manufacturing Consent 📡 Media Ownership

The Muslims Are Coming!

by Arun Kundnani • 2014

The domestic war on terror manufactured the threats it claimed to fight and built a new racism.

4.33

601

🛡️ Counterterrorism Policy ⚖️ Muslim Civil Rights 🔍 Islamophobia Studies 👁️ State Surveillance 🎯 Racial Profiling

The Muslims Are Coming! 93%

The domestic war on terror manufactured the threats it claimed to fight and built a new racism.

by Arun Kundnani 2014

4.33

601 ratings

🛡️ Counterterrorism Policy ⚖️ Muslim Civil Rights 🔍 Islamophobia Studies 👁️ State Surveillance 🎯 Racial Profiling

Manifest Injustice

by Barry Siegel • 2013

The clemency board voted unanimously to free him. Then the governor, facing reelection, said no.

4.10

178

🚨 Wrongful Conviction 🕊️ Innocence Movement 🔬 Flawed Forensics 🏛️ Politics And Justice 🗝️ Prison Survival

Manifest Injustice 93%

The clemency board voted unanimously to free him. Then the governor, facing reelection, said no.

by Barry Siegel 2013

4.10

178 ratings

🚨 Wrongful Conviction 🕊️ Innocence Movement 🔬 Flawed Forensics 🏛️ Politics And Justice 🗝️ Prison Survival

Tangled Up in Blue

by Rosa Brooks • 2021

A law professor joined the police. The training is built to save officers, not the public.

4.06

2k+

🚔 Policing Reform ⚖️ Biased Policing 🎯 Police Training 🔗 Criminal Justice Reform ✋ Use Of Force

Tangled Up in Blue 93%

A law professor joined the police. The training is built to save officers, not the public.

by Rosa Brooks 2021

4.06

2k+ ratings

🚔 Policing Reform ⚖️ Biased Policing 🎯 Police Training 🔗 Criminal Justice Reform ✋ Use Of Force

Manifesting Justice

by Valena E. Beety • 2022

Wrongful convictions target women and queer people differently. A legal method to fight back.

4.33

126

⚖️ Wrongful Convictions 🔄 Criminal Justice Reform 🫂 Restorative Justice 🔗 Mass Incarceration 🕊️ Innocence Movement

Manifesting Justice 93%

Wrongful convictions target women and queer people differently. A legal method to fight back.

by Valena E. Beety 2022

4.33

126 ratings

⚖️ Wrongful Convictions 🔄 Criminal Justice Reform 🫂 Restorative Justice 🔗 Mass Incarceration 🕊️ Innocence Movement

America's Original Sin

by Jim Wallis • 2016

The racial wound at America's founding never closed. A faith leader's plan for a multiracial future.

4.07

2k+

✊ Racial Justice ⚪ White Privilege ⛓️ Mass Incarceration ⛪ Church And Race ✝️ Christian Social Justice

America's Original Sin 93%

The racial wound at America's founding never closed. A faith leader's plan for a multiracial future.

by Jim Wallis 2016

4.07

2k+ ratings

✊ Racial Justice ⚪ White Privilege ⛓️ Mass Incarceration ⛪ Church And Race ✝️ Christian Social Justice

Slanted

by Sharyl Attkisson • 2020

How newsrooms kill inconvenient stories, and the words that tell you they're doing it.

4.31

1k+

📰 Media Bias 🎭 Narrative Control 🗣️ Weaponized Language 🕹️ Media Manipulation 🔍 Investigative Journalism

Slanted 93%

How newsrooms kill inconvenient stories, and the words that tell you they're doing it.

by Sharyl Attkisson 2020

4.31

1k+ ratings

📰 Media Bias 🎭 Narrative Control 🗣️ Weaponized Language 🕹️ Media Manipulation 🔍 Investigative Journalism

Punishment Without Crime

by Alexandra Natapoff • 2018

Thirteen million people are swept through local courts each year, and no one is watching.

4.16

441

🏛️ Misdemeanor Courts 💰 Cash Bail 🧾 Fines And Fees 🔗 Debtors Prisons ⛓️ Collateral Consequences

Punishment Without Crime 93%

Thirteen million people are swept through local courts each year, and no one is watching.

by Alexandra Natapoff 2018

4.16

441 ratings

🏛️ Misdemeanor Courts 💰 Cash Bail 🧾 Fines And Fees 🔗 Debtors Prisons ⛓️ Collateral Consequences

On Fascism

by Matthew C. Macwilliams • 2020

Forty percent of Americans carry latent authoritarianism, waiting for fear to flip the switch.

3.96

738

🏛️ American Politics 📏 Authoritarian Personality 😨 Fear-Based Politics 🏚️ Democratic Erosion ⚖️ Civil Liberties

On Fascism 93%

Forty percent of Americans carry latent authoritarianism, waiting for fear to flip the switch.

by Matthew C. Macwilliams 2020

3.96

738 ratings

🏛️ American Politics 📏 Authoritarian Personality 😨 Fear-Based Politics 🏚️ Democratic Erosion ⚖️ Civil Liberties

None of the Above

by Shani Robinson • 2019

An Atlanta teacher indicted for cheating tells what the trial never let her say.

3.94

190

🏫 Public Education 📝 High-Stakes Testing ⛓️ School-To-Prison Pipeline 🔒 Mass Incarceration 💼 Corporate Education Reform

None of the Above 93%

An Atlanta teacher indicted for cheating tells what the trial never let her say.

by Shani Robinson 2019

3.94

190 ratings

🏫 Public Education 📝 High-Stakes Testing ⛓️ School-To-Prison Pipeline 🔒 Mass Incarceration 💼 Corporate Education Reform

The Smear

by Sharyl Attkisson • 2017

Billion-dollar industry of leaks, astroturf, and dark money controls the news. Insider shows how.

4.22

1k+

🎯 Character Assassination 📰 Media Manipulation 🤥 Fake News 💰 Dark Money 📢 Propaganda Techniques

The Smear 93%

Billion-dollar industry of leaks, astroturf, and dark money controls the news. Insider shows how.

by Sharyl Attkisson 2017

4.22

1k+ ratings

🎯 Character Assassination 📰 Media Manipulation 🤥 Fake News 💰 Dark Money 📢 Propaganda Techniques

Dark Alliance

by Gary Webb • 1998

The CIA's Contra army needed money. The cocaine they smuggled to get it fueled LA's crack epidemic.

4.30

2k+

🕵️ Investigative Journalism 💥 Crack Epidemic 🕶️ Covert Operations 💊 Drug War Origins 🌎 Cold War Interventions

Dark Alliance 93%

The CIA's Contra army needed money. The cocaine they smuggled to get it fueled LA's crack epidemic.

by Gary Webb 1998

4.30

2k+ ratings

🕵️ Investigative Journalism 💥 Crack Epidemic 🕶️ Covert Operations 💊 Drug War Origins 🌎 Cold War Interventions

Anatomy of Fake News

by Nolan Higdon • 2020

Censorship backfires against fake news. Tech fixes flop. The only cure is a skill schools abandoned.

4.00

📰 Media Literacy 📋 News Literacy 🔍 Disinformation Studies 📢 Propaganda Analysis 💰 Attention Economy

Anatomy of Fake News 93%

Censorship backfires against fake news. Tech fixes flop. The only cure is a skill schools abandoned.

by Nolan Higdon 2020

4.00

35 ratings

📰 Media Literacy 📋 News Literacy 🔍 Disinformation Studies 📢 Propaganda Analysis 💰 Attention Economy

A World Without Police

by Geo Maher • 2021

Police reform fails by design. The alternative is not fewer cops but stronger communities.

3.97

329

🛑 Police Abolition 🔗 Systemic Racism 🏘️ Community Safety 🤝 Restorative Justice 🤲 Mutual Aid

A World Without Police 93%

Police reform fails by design. The alternative is not fewer cops but stronger communities.

by Geo Maher 2021

3.97

329 ratings

🛑 Police Abolition 🔗 Systemic Racism 🏘️ Community Safety 🤝 Restorative Justice 🤲 Mutual Aid

The Origins of Woke

by Richard Hanania • 2023

Wokeness is a legal compliance regime, not a cultural shift. Here is the repeal roadmap.

3.71

282

🧑‍⚖️ Civil Rights Law 🏛️ Political History 🐙 Institutional Capture 📋 Affirmative Action 🏢 Corporate Compliance

The Origins of Woke 93%

Wokeness is a legal compliance regime, not a cultural shift. Here is the repeal roadmap.

by Richard Hanania 2023

3.71

282 ratings

🧑‍⚖️ Civil Rights Law 🏛️ Political History 🐙 Institutional Capture 📋 Affirmative Action 🏢 Corporate Compliance

How to Be an Antiracist

by Ibram X. Kendi • 2019

Racist policies produce racist ideas, not ignorance. The only real options are complicity or action.

4.36

120k+

🏗️ Structural Racism 📖 Modern Antiracism 📚 Critical Race Theory 🔀 Intersectionality ⚖️ Systemic Inequity

How to Be an Antiracist 93%

Racist policies produce racist ideas, not ignorance. The only real options are complicity or action.

by Ibram X. Kendi 2019

4.36

120k+ ratings

🏗️ Structural Racism 📖 Modern Antiracism 📚 Critical Race Theory 🔀 Intersectionality ⚖️ Systemic Inequity

Trust Me, I'm Lying

by Ryan Holiday • 2012

Blogs run on lies. A former insider shows who supplies them and why truth loses.

3.85

12k+

📰 Media Manipulation 📈 Attention Economy 🔍 Misinformation 😡 Outrage Culture 🎙️ Media Criticism

Trust Me, I'm Lying 92%

Blogs run on lies. A former insider shows who supplies them and why truth loses.

by Ryan Holiday 2012

3.85

12k+ ratings

📰 Media Manipulation 📈 Attention Economy 🔍 Misinformation 😡 Outrage Culture 🎙️ Media Criticism

One Person, No Vote

by Carol Anderson • 2018

Voter suppression survived the Voting Rights Act: quieter, more surgical, and decisive in 2016.

4.38

3k+

🗳️ Voter Suppression 🗺️ Gerrymandering 🧱 Structural Racism ⚖️ Civil Rights Law 📜 Election Law

One Person, No Vote 92%

Voter suppression survived the Voting Rights Act: quieter, more surgical, and decisive in 2016.

by Carol Anderson 2018

4.38

3k+ ratings

🗳️ Voter Suppression 🗺️ Gerrymandering 🧱 Structural Racism ⚖️ Civil Rights Law 📜 Election Law

The Skin We're In

by Desmond Cole • 2020

A year of Black resistance that forced Canada to face the racism its politeness hides.

4.44

10k+

🏛️ Systemic Racism 🍁 Canadian Politics 🇨🇦 Black Canadian Experience 🚨 Police Violence ✊🏾 Black Activism

The Skin We're In 92%

A year of Black resistance that forced Canada to face the racism its politeness hides.

by Desmond Cole 2020

4.44

10k+ ratings

🏛️ Systemic Racism 🍁 Canadian Politics 🇨🇦 Black Canadian Experience 🚨 Police Violence ✊🏾 Black Activism

Doppelganger

by Naomi Klein • 2023

Mistaken for her alt-right double, a leftist author maps the mirror world devouring our politics.

4.19

37k+

🗳️ Political Memoir 🕳️ Conspiracy Theories 🎭 Digital Identity 📰 Media Criticism 🛡️ Information Warfare

Doppelganger 92%

Mistaken for her alt-right double, a leftist author maps the mirror world devouring our politics.

by Naomi Klein 2023

4.19

37k+ ratings

🗳️ Political Memoir 🕳️ Conspiracy Theories 🎭 Digital Identity 📰 Media Criticism 🛡️ Information Warfare

How Propaganda Works

by Jason F. Stanley • 2015

How coded language and elite myths rig democratic debate, and why the educated fall hardest.

3.59

859

🔍 Propaganda Studies 🗳️ Political Language 💬 Philosophy Of Language ⚖️ Epistemic Injustice 🧠 Ideology Critique

How Propaganda Works 92%

How coded language and elite myths rig democratic debate, and why the educated fall hardest.

by Jason F. Stanley 2015

3.59

859 ratings

🔍 Propaganda Studies 🗳️ Political Language 💬 Philosophy Of Language ⚖️ Epistemic Injustice 🧠 Ideology Critique

The Hate Next Door

by Matson Browning • 2023

An undercover cop infiltrates white supremacy. The scariest part: how ordinary it looks.

4.16

577

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4.16

577 ratings

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Black Rednecks and White Liberals Summary

Black Rednecks and White Liberals 92%

Liberals protect a dysfunctional culture that black communities learned from white Southerners.

by Thomas Sowell 2005

4.37

10k+ ratings

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America's Cultural Revolution 92%

The bombs stopped. The ideas didn't. How the 1960s left captured every institution you trust.

by Christopher F. Rufo 2023

4.21

1k+ ratings

⚔️ Culture Wars 🏛️ American Conservatism 🎓 Academic Politics ✊ Student Radicalism 🏗️ Institutional Capture

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