50 Books like Federalism and the Making of America by David Brian Robertson

Buddhism

by Damien Keown • 1996

Buddhism has no god, no bible, no pope. What holds its many traditions together?

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📖 Introductory Buddhism ☸️ Buddhist Philosophy 🛕 Theravada Buddhism 🪷 Mahayana Buddhism 🧘 Meditation Practice

Buddhism 94%

Buddhism has no god, no bible, no pope. What holds its many traditions together?

by Damien Keown 1996

3.74

3k+ ratings

📖 Introductory Buddhism ☸️ Buddhist Philosophy 🛕 Theravada Buddhism 🪷 Mahayana Buddhism 🧘 Meditation Practice

Rebellion

by Robert Kagan • 2024

A 250-year rebellion against America's founding promise is closer to victory than ever.

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664

🇺🇸 American Politics 📜 Political History 🔗 White Supremacy ✝️ Christian Nationalism ⚡ Political Polarization

Rebellion 94%

A 250-year rebellion against America's founding promise is closer to victory than ever.

by Robert Kagan 2024

4.39

664 ratings

🇺🇸 American Politics 📜 Political History 🔗 White Supremacy ✝️ Christian Nationalism ⚡ Political Polarization

No Democracy Lasts Forever

by Erwin Chemerinsky • 2024

The document Americans revere was built to thwart popular rule. Now it is breaking the country.

3.93

337

🏛️ Constitutional Law 🇺🇸 American Politics 📉 Democratic Decline 🗳️ Electoral Reform ⚠️ Constitutional Crisis

No Democracy Lasts Forever 94%

The document Americans revere was built to thwart popular rule. Now it is breaking the country.

by Erwin Chemerinsky 2024

3.93

337 ratings

🏛️ Constitutional Law 🇺🇸 American Politics 📉 Democratic Decline 🗳️ Electoral Reform ⚠️ Constitutional Crisis

On Confidence

by The School of Life • 2017

Sixteen words, two centuries: how the Commerce Clause built the American state and still divides it.

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⚖️ Constitutional Law 🏛️ Supreme Court Cases 📜 American Legal History 🌐 Federalism 📦 Commerce Clause

On Confidence 94%

Sixteen words, two centuries: how the Commerce Clause built the American state and still divides it.

by The School of Life 2017

3.91

4k+ ratings

⚖️ Constitutional Law 🏛️ Supreme Court Cases 📜 American Legal History 🌐 Federalism 📦 Commerce Clause

The Project

by David A. Graham • 2025

A manual for capturing the state: gut the civil service, politicize the DOJ, and nullify Congress.

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🏛️ Presidential Power ✝️ Christian Nationalism 🐘 American Conservatism 📋 Administrative State 🗳️ State Capture

The Project 94%

A manual for capturing the state: gut the civil service, politicize the DOJ, and nullify Congress.

by David A. Graham 2025

4.02

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Presidential Power ✝️ Christian Nationalism 🐘 American Conservatism 📋 Administrative State 🗳️ State Capture

The Anti-Oligarchy Constitution

by Joseph Fishkin • 2022

A lost constitutional tradition: preventing oligarchy as the government's first duty.

4.10

🏦 Political Economy 📜 Constitutional History ⚖️ Economic Justice 🛠️ Labor History 🌾 Populism

The Anti-Oligarchy Constitution 94%

A lost constitutional tradition: preventing oligarchy as the government's first duty.

by Joseph Fishkin 2022

4.10

40 ratings

🏦 Political Economy 📜 Constitutional History ⚖️ Economic Justice 🛠️ Labor History 🌾 Populism

The Great Contradiction

by Joseph J. Ellis • 2025

To create a nation, the founders protected slavery. Indian removal was the other price of union.

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🏛️ Founding Era 📜 Constitutional History ⛓️ Slavery And The Founders 🪶 Indian Removal ⚖️ Liberty And Slavery

The Great Contradiction 94%

To create a nation, the founders protected slavery. Indian removal was the other price of union.

by Joseph J. Ellis 2025

4.20

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Founding Era 📜 Constitutional History ⛓️ Slavery And The Founders 🪶 Indian Removal ⚖️ Liberty And Slavery

The Price of Greatness

by Jay Cost • 2018

The Constitution's coauthors split over its purpose. That rift still produces American oligarchy.

3.71

245

🔔 Founding Era 📜 Constitutional Debates 💰 Hamiltonian Economics ⚖️ Madisonian Democracy 🐍 Political Corruption

The Price of Greatness 94%

The Constitution's coauthors split over its purpose. That rift still produces American oligarchy.

by Jay Cost 2018

3.71

245 ratings

🔔 Founding Era 📜 Constitutional Debates 💰 Hamiltonian Economics ⚖️ Madisonian Democracy 🐍 Political Corruption

How Democracies Die

by Steven Levitsky • 2018

Coups are relics. The new authoritarian wins the election first, then slowly silences the referees.

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🏛️ Democratic Backsliding 🌐 Comparative Politics ⚡ Political Polarization 📜 Constitutional Norms ⚖️ Checks And Balances

How Democracies Die 94%

Coups are relics. The new authoritarian wins the election first, then slowly silences the referees.

by Steven Levitsky 2018

4.16

33k+ ratings

🏛️ Democratic Backsliding 🌐 Comparative Politics ⚡ Political Polarization 📜 Constitutional Norms ⚖️ Checks And Balances

How the South Won the Civil War

by Heather Cox Richardson • 2020

Southern oligarchy lost the war but won the West, rebranding as cowboy individualism.

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🇺🇸 American Political History 🏛️ Oligarchy Studies 🐎 Frontier Mythology ⛓️ Racial Hierarchy 🗳️ Voter Suppression

How the South Won the Civil War 94%

Southern oligarchy lost the war but won the West, rebranding as cowboy individualism.

by Heather Cox Richardson 2020

4.31

5k+ ratings

🇺🇸 American Political History 🏛️ Oligarchy Studies 🐎 Frontier Mythology ⛓️ Racial Hierarchy 🗳️ Voter Suppression

On Fascism

by Matthew C. Macwilliams • 2020

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

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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

What You Should Know About Politics . . . But Don't

by Jessamyn Conrad • 2008

What every voter should know about the issues, explained without the partisan spin.

3.94

2k+

🦅 American Politics 📋 Public Policy 📚 Civic Education ⚡ Political Polarization 🔥 Culture Wars

What You Should Know About Politics . . . But Don't Summary

What You Should Know About Politics . . . But Don't 93%

What every voter should know about the issues, explained without the partisan spin.

by Jessamyn Conrad 2008

3.94

2k+ ratings

🦅 American Politics 📋 Public Policy 📚 Civic Education ⚡ Political Polarization 🔥 Culture Wars

The Second Founding

by Eric Foner • 2019

Reconstruction gave birth to a new Constitution. The Supreme Court spent a century erasing it.

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📜 Constitutional History 🏛️ Reconstruction Era 🗳️ Voting Rights ⚖️ Equal Protection 🛑 Racial Inequality

The Second Founding 93%

Reconstruction gave birth to a new Constitution. The Supreme Court spent a century erasing it.

by Eric Foner 2019

4.23

3k+ ratings

📜 Constitutional History 🏛️ Reconstruction Era 🗳️ Voting Rights ⚖️ Equal Protection 🛑 Racial Inequality

The Court v. The Voters

by Joshua A. Douglas • 2024

We trust the Court to protect voting rights. Fifty years of rulings tell a different story.

4.46

🗳️ Voting Rights ⚖️ Constitutional Law 🏛️ Supreme Court 📋 Judicial Activism ⚠️ Democratic Erosion

The Court v. The Voters 93%

We trust the Court to protect voting rights. Fifty years of rulings tell a different story.

by Joshua A. Douglas 2024

4.46

46 ratings

🗳️ Voting Rights ⚖️ Constitutional Law 🏛️ Supreme Court 📋 Judicial Activism ⚠️ Democratic Erosion

These Truths

by Jill Lepore • 2018

American politics is a 500-year argument over who counts as a person and whose truth prevails.

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🇺🇸 American Paradox 📜 National Founding Myths 🔍 Truth In Politics 📰 Media And Democracy ⛓️ Slavery And Freedom

These Truths 93%

American politics is a 500-year argument over who counts as a person and whose truth prevails.

by Jill Lepore 2018

4.40

14k+ ratings

🇺🇸 American Paradox 📜 National Founding Myths 🔍 Truth In Politics 📰 Media And Democracy ⛓️ Slavery And Freedom

The Storm Before the Calm

by George Friedman • 2020

Every eighty years America's government breaks; every fifty, its economy. Now both arrive at once.

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🏛️ American Political History 🔄 Cyclical History 🌪️ Crisis And Renewal 👥 Demographic Shifts 💾 Technology And Society

The Storm Before the Calm 93%

Every eighty years America's government breaks; every fifty, its economy. Now both arrive at once.

by George Friedman 2020

4.05

3k+ ratings

🏛️ American Political History 🔄 Cyclical History 🌪️ Crisis And Renewal 👥 Demographic Shifts 💾 Technology And Society

Broken Government

by John W. Dean • 2007

Nixon's White House counsel reveals how Republicans broke Congress, the presidency, and the courts.

4.06

331

🏛️ Separation Of Powers ⚠️ Executive Overreach 🔒 Partisan Gridlock ⚖️ Judicial Politics 📜 Constitutional Erosion

Broken Government 93%

Nixon's White House counsel reveals how Republicans broke Congress, the presidency, and the courts.

by John W. Dean 2007

4.06

331 ratings

🏛️ Separation Of Powers ⚠️ Executive Overreach 🔒 Partisan Gridlock ⚖️ Judicial Politics 📜 Constitutional Erosion

Giving Up Is Unforgivable

by Joyce Vance • 2025

Spotting the slow dismantling of democracy, and the citizen playbook for stopping it.

4.27

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🏛️ American Democracy ⚠️ Authoritarianism ⚖️ Rule Of Law 🗳️ Voting Rights 📰 Media Literacy

Giving Up Is Unforgivable 93%

Spotting the slow dismantling of democracy, and the citizen playbook for stopping it.

by Joyce Vance 2025

4.27

2k+ ratings

🏛️ American Democracy ⚠️ Authoritarianism ⚖️ Rule Of Law 🗳️ Voting Rights 📰 Media Literacy

The Case for Trump

by Victor Davis Hanson • 2019

Trump was the symptom of an establishment that had failed its own voters for decades.

4.21

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🔨 Populist Movements ⚡ Political Polarization 🏛️ Administrative State 🏭 Economic Nationalism 🏚️ Deindustrialization

The Case for Trump 93%

Trump was the symptom of an establishment that had failed its own voters for decades.

by Victor Davis Hanson 2019

4.21

2k+ ratings

🔨 Populist Movements ⚡ Political Polarization 🏛️ Administrative State 🏭 Economic Nationalism 🏚️ Deindustrialization

Founding Brothers

by Joseph J. Ellis • 2000

The American founding hung on private dinners, personal feuds, a duel, and one last letter.

3.95

48k+

🏛️ Early American Republic 📜 Founding Fathers 🤝 Political Compromise ⚔️ Political Rivalries 🔗 Slavery And The Founding

Founding Brothers 93%

The American founding hung on private dinners, personal feuds, a duel, and one last letter.

by Joseph J. Ellis 2000

3.95

48k+ ratings

🏛️ Early American Republic 📜 Founding Fathers 🤝 Political Compromise ⚔️ Political Rivalries 🔗 Slavery And The Founding

The Five Thousand Year Leap

by W. Cleon Skousen • 1981

The principles that compressed 5,000 years of political trial into a single working republic.

4.27

7k+

🏛️ Founding Fathers ⚖️ Natural Law 🗽 Classical Liberalism 🫡 Civic Virtue 📜 Originalism

The Five Thousand Year Leap 93%

The principles that compressed 5,000 years of political trial into a single working republic.

by W. Cleon Skousen 1981

4.27

7k+ ratings

🏛️ Founding Fathers ⚖️ Natural Law 🗽 Classical Liberalism 🫡 Civic Virtue 📜 Originalism

Tyranny of the Minority

by Steven Levitsky • 2023

The party fewer voters chose governs, and the rulebook was written to let them.

4.39

4k+

🗳️ Electoral Reform 📉 Democratic Backsliding 🚫 Voter Suppression 🗺️ Gerrymandering 🌐 Comparative Politics

Tyranny of the Minority 93%

The party fewer voters chose governs, and the rulebook was written to let them.

by Steven Levitsky 2023

4.39

4k+ ratings

🗳️ Electoral Reform 📉 Democratic Backsliding 🚫 Voter Suppression 🗺️ Gerrymandering 🌐 Comparative Politics

The South Was Right!

by James Ronald Kennedy • 1991

The South legally seceded. The North invaded for economic gain. The rest is propaganda.

3.93

482

🏴 Lost Cause 🏡 Southern Identity 📜 Historical Revisionism 🏛️ State Sovereignty ✂️ Secession

The South Was Right! 93%

The South legally seceded. The North invaded for economic gain. The rest is propaganda.

by James Ronald Kennedy 1991

3.93

482 ratings

🏴 Lost Cause 🏡 Southern Identity 📜 Historical Revisionism 🏛️ State Sovereignty ✂️ Secession

The Second

by Carol Anderson • 2021

The Second Amendment was built to control Black Americans, and two centuries later, it still does.

4.31

1k+

🎯 American Gun Politics 📜 Constitutional History 🖤 Anti-Blackness ⚖️ Legal History 💔 Racial Violence

The Second 93%

The Second Amendment was built to control Black Americans, and two centuries later, it still does.

by Carol Anderson 2021

4.31

1k+ ratings

🎯 American Gun Politics 📜 Constitutional History 🖤 Anti-Blackness ⚖️ Legal History 💔 Racial Violence

Crisis and Command

by John Yoo • 2010

America's greatest presidents kept breaking the rules. That was the point.

3.64

132

🏛️ Executive Power 📜 Constitutional History 🇺🇸 Presidential History 🎖️ Wartime Powers ⚖️ Separation Of Powers

Crisis and Command 93%

America's greatest presidents kept breaking the rules. That was the point.

by John Yoo 2010

3.64

132 ratings

🏛️ Executive Power 📜 Constitutional History 🇺🇸 Presidential History 🎖️ Wartime Powers ⚖️ Separation Of Powers

Republic, Lost

by Lawrence Lessig • 2011

America's government answers to funders, not voters. The corruption is legal, and it's by design.

4.18

3k+

💰 Money In Politics 🗳️ Election Reform 🔗 Systemic Corruption 🏛️ Democratic Reform 🏢 Dysfunctional Congress

Republic, Lost 92%

America's government answers to funders, not voters. The corruption is legal, and it's by design.

by Lawrence Lessig 2011

4.18

3k+ ratings

💰 Money In Politics 🗳️ Election Reform 🔗 Systemic Corruption 🏛️ Democratic Reform 🏢 Dysfunctional Congress

Did America Have a Christian Founding?

by Mark David Hall • 2019

Founders weren't deists. Christian convictions shaped the Constitution more than the Enlightenment.

3.99

379

🇺🇸 American Founding ⛪ Church And State 🕊️ Religious Liberty ✝️ Christian Founding 📜 Founders' Faith

Did America Have a Christian Founding? Summary

Did America Have a Christian Founding? 92%

Founders weren't deists. Christian convictions shaped the Constitution more than the Enlightenment.

by Mark David Hall 2019

3.99

379 ratings

🇺🇸 American Founding ⛪ Church And State 🕊️ Religious Liberty ✝️ Christian Founding 📜 Founders' Faith

A Simple Government

by Mike Huckabee • 2011

A former governor's plan for a government that does less, costs less, and meddles less.

3.73

302

🐘 American Conservatism 🏛️ Federalism 💰 Fiscal Conservatism 🧾 Tax Reform 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Social Conservatism

A Simple Government 92%

A former governor's plan for a government that does less, costs less, and meddles less.

by Mike Huckabee 2011

3.73

302 ratings

🐘 American Conservatism 🏛️ Federalism 💰 Fiscal Conservatism 🧾 Tax Reform 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Social Conservatism

The Bill of Obligations

by Richard N. Haass • 2023

Rights are half the contract. Democracy's survival depends on ten duties Americans have forgotten.

4.12

2k+

🇺🇸 American Politics 📜 Civic Duty ⚡ Political Polarization 🤝 Political Compromise 🕳️ Democratic Erosion

The Bill of Obligations 92%

Rights are half the contract. Democracy's survival depends on ten duties Americans have forgotten.

by Richard N. Haass 2023

4.12

2k+ ratings

🇺🇸 American Politics 📜 Civic Duty ⚡ Political Polarization 🤝 Political Compromise 🕳️ Democratic Erosion

The Age of Entitlement

by Christopher Caldwell • 2020

Civil rights built a rival constitution. Debt papered over the conflict. Now the bill is due.

4.04

2k+

⚖️ Civil Rights Law 🇺🇸 Postwar America 🏛️ Constitutional Crisis 🎓 Political Correctness 🏰 Elite Capture

The Age of Entitlement 92%

Civil rights built a rival constitution. Debt papered over the conflict. Now the bill is due.

by Christopher Caldwell 2020

4.04

2k+ ratings

⚖️ Civil Rights Law 🇺🇸 Postwar America 🏛️ Constitutional Crisis 🎓 Political Correctness 🏰 Elite Capture

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 92%

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

The Audacity of Hope

by Barack Obama • 2006

Two parties have turned Americans into enemies. One senator's argument that most of us are not.

3.84

170k+

🇺🇸 American Politics 📖 Political Memoir ⚡ Political Polarization 🤝 Bipartisanship 🗣️ Race In America

The Audacity of Hope 92%

Two parties have turned Americans into enemies. One senator's argument that most of us are not.

by Barack Obama 2006

3.84

170k+ ratings

🇺🇸 American Politics 📖 Political Memoir ⚡ Political Polarization 🤝 Bipartisanship 🗣️ Race In America

The Grift

by Clay Cane • 2024

From Reconstruction to Trump, the Black conservatives who enabled racism for a seat at the table.

4.32

951

🏛️ African American History 🐘 Black Conservatism 💰 Political Opportunism 🗳️ Voting Rights 📜 Reconstruction Era

The Grift 92%

From Reconstruction to Trump, the Black conservatives who enabled racism for a seat at the table.

by Clay Cane 2024

4.32

951 ratings

🏛️ African American History 🐘 Black Conservatism 💰 Political Opportunism 🗳️ Voting Rights 📜 Reconstruction Era

Allow Me to Retort

by Elie Mystal • 2022

The Constitution isn't sacred. It was built for white power and still works as designed.

4.57

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🏛️ Constitutional Law 📜 Originalism Critique ⛓️ Structural Racism 👮 Policing And Race 🗳️ Voting Rights

Allow Me to Retort 92%

The Constitution isn't sacred. It was built for white power and still works as designed.

by Elie Mystal 2022

4.57

5k+ ratings

🏛️ Constitutional Law 📜 Originalism Critique ⛓️ Structural Racism 👮 Policing And Race 🗳️ Voting Rights

The Future of Freedom

by Fareed Zakaria • 2003

Democracy without courts, rights, and restraints is just a machine for producing elected strongmen.

4.02

4k+

🌐 Comparative Politics 🗳️ Democratic Theory ⚖️ Rule Of Law 📉 Democratic Backsliding 🏛️ Classical Liberalism

The Future of Freedom 92%

Democracy without courts, rights, and restraints is just a machine for producing elected strongmen.

by Fareed Zakaria 2003

4.02

4k+ ratings

🌐 Comparative Politics 🗳️ Democratic Theory ⚖️ Rule Of Law 📉 Democratic Backsliding 🏛️ Classical Liberalism

Lawless

by Leah Litman • 2025

A political minority captured the Court. Now it's unraveling settled rights on resentment.

4.04

2k+

🏛️ Supreme Court ⚖️ Constitutional Law 🗳️ Minority Rule 📋 Judicial Politics ✊ Voting Rights

Lawless 92%

A political minority captured the Court. Now it's unraveling settled rights on resentment.

by Leah Litman 2025

4.04

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Supreme Court ⚖️ Constitutional Law 🗳️ Minority Rule 📋 Judicial Politics ✊ Voting Rights

End Times

by Peter Turchin • 2023

Ten millennia of data point to two conditions for state collapse. America now meets both.

4.06

3k+

📊 Quantitative History 💥 Political Instability 👑 Elite Theory ✊ Revolution Theory 🏚️ State Collapse

End Times 92%

Ten millennia of data point to two conditions for state collapse. America now meets both.

by Peter Turchin 2023

4.06

3k+ ratings

📊 Quantitative History 💥 Political Instability 👑 Elite Theory ✊ Revolution Theory 🏚️ State Collapse

A Patriot's History of the United States

by Larry Schweikart • 2004

The conservative reply to Zinn: America's record, from Columbus to 9/11, earns its patriotism.

4.11

4k+

🇺🇸 American Exceptionalism 🦅 Patriotic History 📈 Economic History 📜 Founding Era ⚖️ Limited Government

A Patriot's History of the United States Summary

A Patriot's History of the United States 92%

The conservative reply to Zinn: America's record, from Columbus to 9/11, earns its patriotism.

by Larry Schweikart 2004

4.11

4k+ ratings

🇺🇸 American Exceptionalism 🦅 Patriotic History 📈 Economic History 📜 Founding Era ⚖️ Limited Government

The United States Constitution in Film

by Eric Kasper • 2018

How Hollywood has tracked and shaped America's constitutional debates, from presidents to privacy.

⚖️ Constitutional Law 🎬 Film And Law 🇺🇸 American Politics 🏛️ Popular Constitutionalism 🔍 Cultural Analysis

The United States Constitution in Film Summary

The United States Constitution in Film 92%

How Hollywood has tracked and shaped America's constitutional debates, from presidents to privacy.

by Eric Kasper 2018

⚖️ Constitutional Law 🎬 Film And Law 🇺🇸 American Politics 🏛️ Popular Constitutionalism 🔍 Cultural Analysis

The Politics Industry

by Katherine M. Gehl • 2020

Two parties rigged the political market. One election redesign can open it.

4.30

706

🗳️ Electoral Reform 🏛️ Political Duopoly 📊 Ranked Choice Voting 🔓 Gridlock Solutions 🇺🇸 American Democracy

The Politics Industry 92%

Two parties rigged the political market. One election redesign can open it.

by Katherine M. Gehl 2020

4.30

706 ratings

🗳️ Electoral Reform 🏛️ Political Duopoly 📊 Ranked Choice Voting 🔓 Gridlock Solutions 🇺🇸 American Democracy

The Dying Citizen

by Victor Davis Hanson • 2021

The four forces dismantling American citizenship are one crisis, each speeding the others.

4.35

2k+

🗽 American Citizenship 🏴 National Identity 📉 Middle Class Decline 🏢 Bureaucratic State 🎭 Identity Politics Critique

The Dying Citizen 92%

The four forces dismantling American citizenship are one crisis, each speeding the others.

by Victor Davis Hanson 2021

4.35

2k+ ratings

🗽 American Citizenship 🏴 National Identity 📉 Middle Class Decline 🏢 Bureaucratic State 🎭 Identity Politics Critique

Strangers in Their Own Land

by Arlie Russell Hochschild • 2016

Conservative voters do not lack facts. They hold a different story about who cuts the line.

4.12

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🇺🇸 American Conservatism 🧱 Political Polarization 🏭 Environmental Justice 👷 Working Class Politics 🧠 Motivated Reasoning

Strangers in Their Own Land 92%

Conservative voters do not lack facts. They hold a different story about who cuts the line.

by Arlie Russell Hochschild 2016

4.12

18k+ ratings

🇺🇸 American Conservatism 🧱 Political Polarization 🏭 Environmental Justice 👷 Working Class Politics 🧠 Motivated Reasoning

When They Call You a Terrorist

by Patrisse Khan-Cullors • 2018

Reagan built a movement. Each successor broke a promise. Trump ran on the shattered trust.

4.49

26k+

🐘 Conservative Populism 🌐 Anti-Globalism 🗳️ Party Realignment 🦅 Neoconservatism ☕ Tea Party Movement

When They Call You a Terrorist 92%

Reagan built a movement. Each successor broke a promise. Trump ran on the shattered trust.

by Patrisse Khan-Cullors 2018

4.49

26k+ ratings

🐘 Conservative Populism 🌐 Anti-Globalism 🗳️ Party Realignment 🦅 Neoconservatism ☕ Tea Party Movement

Nation of Victims

by Vivek Ramaswamy • 2022

America turned grievance into social currency, and the bill is coming due.

3.90

1k+

🗳️ Victimhood Culture 🎭 Identity Politics ⚖️ Meritocracy Debates 🏛️ Constitutional Law 📜 Critical Race Theory

Nation of Victims 92%

America turned grievance into social currency, and the bill is coming due.

by Vivek Ramaswamy 2022

3.90

1k+ ratings

🗳️ Victimhood Culture 🎭 Identity Politics ⚖️ Meritocracy Debates 🏛️ Constitutional Law 📜 Critical Race Theory

The Great Divergence

by Kenneth Pomeranz • 2000

Europe's industrial breakthrough wasn't its own genius. It took colonial land and underground coal.

3.68

1k+

📚 Comparative History 🏭 Industrial Revolution 🏫 California School ⛓️ Colonial Resources ⚔️ State Competition

The Great Divergence 92%

Europe's industrial breakthrough wasn't its own genius. It took colonial land and underground coal.

by Kenneth Pomeranz 2000

3.68

1k+ ratings

📚 Comparative History 🏭 Industrial Revolution 🏫 California School ⛓️ Colonial Resources ⚔️ State Competition

Our Declaration

by Danielle S. Allen • 2014

The Declaration's forgotten argument: equality is the only real shield against domination.

3.83

888

🏛️ Political Philosophy 📜 Founding Principles 🗳️ Democratic Theory ⚖️ Civic Equality 🧠 Collective Intelligence

Our Declaration 92%

The Declaration's forgotten argument: equality is the only real shield against domination.

by Danielle S. Allen 2014

3.83

888 ratings

🏛️ Political Philosophy 📜 Founding Principles 🗳️ Democratic Theory ⚖️ Civic Equality 🧠 Collective Intelligence

Reading the Constitution

by Stephen Breyer • 2024

Text isn't enough. A Supreme Court justice shows what else judges must consider.

3.98

1k+

🏛️ Judicial Philosophy 📜 Constitutional Interpretation ⚖️ Legal Pragmatism 🌱 Living Constitutionalism 🔍 Originalism Critique

Reading the Constitution 92%

Text isn't enough. A Supreme Court justice shows what else judges must consider.

by Stephen Breyer 2024

3.98

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Judicial Philosophy 📜 Constitutional Interpretation ⚖️ Legal Pragmatism 🌱 Living Constitutionalism 🔍 Originalism Critique

Un-Trumping America

by Dan Pfeiffer • 2020

The GOP was built for Trump long before he came down the escalator.

4.20

3k+

🗳️ Democratic Reform 🗳️ Voting Rights 📺 Media Strategy 💰 Campaign Finance 🔧 Labor Unions

Un-Trumping America 92%

The GOP was built for Trump long before he came down the escalator.

by Dan Pfeiffer 2020

4.20

3k+ ratings

🗳️ Democratic Reform 🗳️ Voting Rights 📺 Media Strategy 💰 Campaign Finance 🔧 Labor Unions

How Civil Wars Start

by Barbara F. Walter • 2022

America is now an anocracy, the regime type three times likelier to fracture into civil war.

4.24

6k+

🔬 Civil War Studies 📉 Democratic Backsliding 🌐 Comparative Politics 🪓 Ethnic Factionalism ⚠️ Domestic Extremism

How Civil Wars Start 92%

America is now an anocracy, the regime type three times likelier to fracture into civil war.

by Barbara F. Walter 2022

4.24

6k+ ratings

🔬 Civil War Studies 📉 Democratic Backsliding 🌐 Comparative Politics 🪓 Ethnic Factionalism ⚠️ Domestic Extremism

Abraham Lincoln, Philosopher Statesman

by Joseph R. Fornieri • 2013

Lincoln's secret: he wrestled with eternal principles before he ever grasped for power.

4.67

🏛️ Statesmanship ⚔️ Civil War Era 🦉 Practical Wisdom ⚖️ Moral Leadership 🗣️ Rhetoric And Persuasion

Abraham Lincoln, Philosopher Statesman Summary

Abraham Lincoln, Philosopher Statesman 92%

Lincoln's secret: he wrestled with eternal principles before he ever grasped for power.

by Joseph R. Fornieri 2013

4.67

6 ratings

🏛️ Statesmanship ⚔️ Civil War Era 🦉 Practical Wisdom ⚖️ Moral Leadership 🗣️ Rhetoric And Persuasion

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