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Books like On Hunger

Animal, Vegetable, Junk
by Mark Bittman • 2021
Farming gave us civilization, slavery, famine, and junk food. A provocative history of what we eat.
3.90
4k+
📜 Food Systems History🌍 Global Agriculture🏭 Industrial Agriculture🍔 Junk Food Engineering🏥 Public Health Crisis
Animal, Vegetable, Junk Summary
Animal, Vegetable, Junk 96%
Farming gave us civilization, slavery, famine, and junk food. A provocative history of what we eat.
by Mark Bittman 2021
3.90
4k+ ratings
📜 Food Systems History🌍 Global Agriculture🏭 Industrial Agriculture🍔 Junk Food Engineering🏥 Public Health Crisis
All You Can Eat
by Joel Berg • 2008
America has the food to feed everyone. Why 35 million still go hungry.
3.88
137
🍽️ Food Insecurity📋 Welfare Policy🔗 Systemic Poverty🏛️ Food Politics🎭 Charity Critique
All You Can Eat Summary
All You Can Eat 95%
America has the food to feed everyone. Why 35 million still go hungry.
by Joel Berg 2008
3.88
137 ratings
🍽️ Food Insecurity📋 Welfare Policy🔗 Systemic Poverty🏛️ Food Politics🎭 Charity Critique
Eating Tomorrow
by Timothy A. Wise • 2019
Agribusiness starves farmers and the planet. Peasant-led farming is already fixing it.
3.78
78
🍽️ Food Politics🏢 Agribusiness Critique🌾 Food Sovereignty🏞️ Land Grabbing🌱 Agro-Ecology
Eating Tomorrow Summary
Eating Tomorrow 94%
Agribusiness starves farmers and the planet. Peasant-led farming is already fixing it.
by Timothy A. Wise 2019
3.78
78 ratings
🍽️ Food Politics🏢 Agribusiness Critique🌾 Food Sovereignty🏞️ Land Grabbing🌱 Agro-Ecology
Food Politics
by Robert Paarlberg • 2010
The hidden policy battles behind every bite, from farm subsidy wars to the GMO divide.
3.49
340
🍽️ Food Politics🌾 Agricultural Policy🍞 Global Hunger💵 Farm Subsidies🚜 Industrial Agriculture
Food Politics Summary
Food Politics 94%
The hidden policy battles behind every bite, from farm subsidy wars to the GMO divide.
by Robert Paarlberg 2010
3.49
340 ratings
🍽️ Food Politics🌾 Agricultural Policy🍞 Global Hunger💵 Farm Subsidies🚜 Industrial Agriculture
Tomatoland
by Barry Estabrook • 2011
Slavery, toxic chemicals, exploited workers: the real cost of Florida's flawless supermarket tomato.
3.96
5k+
🏭 Industrial Agriculture✊ Farmworker Justice⛓️ Modern Slavery🔗 Supply Chain Ethics🏢 Corporate Accountability
Tomatoland Summary
Tomatoland 94%
Slavery, toxic chemicals, exploited workers: the real cost of Florida's flawless supermarket tomato.
by Barry Estabrook 2011
3.96
5k+ ratings
🏭 Industrial Agriculture✊ Farmworker Justice⛓️ Modern Slavery🔗 Supply Chain Ethics🏢 Corporate Accountability
Ravenous
by Henry Dimbleby • 2023
The food system feeds 8 billion while fueling obesity, chronic disease, and a third of emissions.
4.35
2k+
🏭 Food Systems🧃 Ultra-Processed Food🔬 Nutrition Science🏥 Public Health Crisis⚖️ Food Inequality
Ravenous Summary
Ravenous 94%
The food system feeds 8 billion while fueling obesity, chronic disease, and a third of emissions.
by Henry Dimbleby 2023
4.35
2k+ ratings
🏭 Food Systems🧃 Ultra-Processed Food🔬 Nutrition Science🏥 Public Health Crisis⚖️ Food Inequality
Food Fix
by Mark Hyman • 2020
Chronic disease, climate change, and inequality share one cause: the industrial food on your plate.
4.07
3k+
🌐 Food Systems🏛️ Food Policy🏭 Industrial Agriculture🌿 Regenerative Farming💰 True Cost Of Food
Food Fix Summary
Food Fix 94%
Chronic disease, climate change, and inequality share one cause: the industrial food on your plate.
by Mark Hyman 2020
4.07
3k+ ratings
🌐 Food Systems🏛️ Food Policy🏭 Industrial Agriculture🌿 Regenerative Farming💰 True Cost Of Food
The Hamlet Fire
by Bryant Simon • 2020
A chicken plant fire killed 25. The doors were locked, but deregulation built the trap.
4.12
245
🏭 Labor History🍗 Food Politics⚠️ Workplace Safety🐔 Factory Farming📉 Deregulation
The Hamlet Fire Summary
The Hamlet Fire 94%
A chicken plant fire killed 25. The doors were locked, but deregulation built the trap.
by Bryant Simon 2020
4.12
245 ratings
🏭 Labor History🍗 Food Politics⚠️ Workplace Safety🐔 Factory Farming📉 Deregulation
Sugar
by James Walvin • 2017
The Atlantic slave trade and the global obesity crisis share a single culprit.
3.46
615
🧱 Commodity Histories🌾 Colonial Agriculture⛓️ Slavery And Capitalism🍬 Sugar Industry🥤 Soda Industry
Sugar Summary
Sugar 94%
The Atlantic slave trade and the global obesity crisis share a single culprit.
by James Walvin 2017
3.46
615 ratings
🧱 Commodity Histories🌾 Colonial Agriculture⛓️ Slavery And Capitalism🍬 Sugar Industry🥤 Soda Industry
The Omnivore's Dilemma
by Richie Chevat • 2015
Most of what you eat begins as corn, and the price tag hides the real cost.
4.03
4k+
🍽️ Food Systems🐄 Factory Farming🇺🇸 American Diet🗳️ Food Politics🌾 Sustainable Agriculture
The Omnivore's Dilemma Summary
The Omnivore's Dilemma 93%
Most of what you eat begins as corn, and the price tag hides the real cost.
by Richie Chevat 2015
4.03
4k+ ratings
🍽️ Food Systems🐄 Factory Farming🇺🇸 American Diet🗳️ Food Politics🌾 Sustainable Agriculture
A History of the World in 6 Glasses
by Tom Standage • 2005
Civilization's biggest leaps came in a glass. The story of humanity told through six drinks.
3.81
34k+
🍽️ Food History📦 Commodity History🎭 Cultural History🚢 History Of Trade🏺 Material Culture
A History of the World in 6 Glasses Summary
A History of the World in 6 Glasses 93%
Civilization's biggest leaps came in a glass. The story of humanity told through six drinks.
by Tom Standage 2005
3.81
34k+ ratings
🍽️ Food History📦 Commodity History🎭 Cultural History🚢 History Of Trade🏺 Material Culture
How We Eat
by Paco Underhill • 2022
Supermarkets seduce, apps deliver, cars feed: the hidden design of modern eating.
3.50
459
🏭 Food Systems🛒 Retail Anthropology🧠 Consumer Psychology🍔 Ultra-Processed Foods🌾 Local Food Movement
How We Eat Summary
How We Eat 93%
Supermarkets seduce, apps deliver, cars feed: the hidden design of modern eating.
by Paco Underhill 2022
3.50
459 ratings
🏭 Food Systems🛒 Retail Anthropology🧠 Consumer Psychology🍔 Ultra-Processed Foods🌾 Local Food Movement
Viral Justice
by Ruha Benjamin • 2022
The cure to systemic racism might be contagious: small everyday acts that replicate and spread.
4.43
1k+
🕸️ Systemic Racism🏥 Medical Racism🤝 Community Organizing🤲 Mutual Aid🕊️ Restorative Justice
Viral Justice Summary
Viral Justice 93%
The cure to systemic racism might be contagious: small everyday acts that replicate and spread.
by Ruha Benjamin 2022
4.43
1k+ ratings
🕸️ Systemic Racism🏥 Medical Racism🤝 Community Organizing🤲 Mutual Aid🕊️ Restorative Justice
The Case Against Sugar
by Gary Taubes • 2016
Sugar was identified as a dietary villain, buried by industry, and the evidence has resurfaced.
3.84
11k+
🕵️ Food Industry Exposé🍬 Hidden Sugars🏭 Corporate Malfeasance🌍 Colonial Commodities🧁 Addictive Eating
The Case Against Sugar Summary
The Case Against Sugar 93%
Sugar was identified as a dietary villain, buried by industry, and the evidence has resurfaced.
by Gary Taubes 2016
3.84
11k+ ratings
🕵️ Food Industry Exposé🍬 Hidden Sugars🏭 Corporate Malfeasance🌍 Colonial Commodities🧁 Addictive Eating
Fast Food Nation
by Eric Schlosser • 2001
A burger's hidden cost: exploited labor, factory farms, and meat that sickened half a million.
3.75
207k+
🏭 Industrial Food System🐄 Factory Farming⚠️ Food Safety👷 Labor Exploitation🏢 Corporate Power
Fast Food Nation Summary
Fast Food Nation 93%
A burger's hidden cost: exploited labor, factory farms, and meat that sickened half a million.
by Eric Schlosser 2001
3.75
207k+ ratings
🏭 Industrial Food System🐄 Factory Farming⚠️ Food Safety👷 Labor Exploitation🏢 Corporate Power
Behind the Kitchen Door
by Sarumathi Jayaraman • 2013
Ten million workers, poverty wages, no paid sick leave: what sustainable food leaves off the menu.
3.65
489
🍽️ Restaurant Industry👩‍🍳 Restaurant Workers🌾 Food Justice✊ Labor Rights💰 Wage Inequality
Behind the Kitchen Door Summary
Behind the Kitchen Door 93%
Ten million workers, poverty wages, no paid sick leave: what sustainable food leaves off the menu.
by Sarumathi Jayaraman 2013
3.65
489 ratings
🍽️ Restaurant Industry👩‍🍳 Restaurant Workers🌾 Food Justice✊ Labor Rights💰 Wage Inequality
No Is Not Enough
by Naomi Klein • 2017
Chaos as political strategy: its roots in neoliberal failure, and the coalition that can defeat it.
4.10
11k+
🏦 Political Economy✊ Progressive Activism🌀 Crisis Politics🌍 Climate Justice💸 Economic Inequality
No Is Not Enough Summary
No Is Not Enough 93%
Chaos as political strategy: its roots in neoliberal failure, and the coalition that can defeat it.
by Naomi Klein 2017
4.10
11k+ ratings
🏦 Political Economy✊ Progressive Activism🌀 Crisis Politics🌍 Climate Justice💸 Economic Inequality
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 93%
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
Magic Pill
by Johann Hari • 2024
Weight-loss drugs finally work. That they're needed at all indicts the food system they bypass.
4.26
9k+
🏥 Obesity Epidemic🏭 Ultra-Processed Foods🧠 Appetite Regulation🌽 Food System Critique📋 Food Policy
Magic Pill Summary
Magic Pill 93%
Weight-loss drugs finally work. That they're needed at all indicts the food system they bypass.
by Johann Hari 2024
4.26
9k+ ratings
🏥 Obesity Epidemic🏭 Ultra-Processed Foods🧠 Appetite Regulation🌽 Food System Critique📋 Food Policy
40 Chances
by Howard G. Buffett • 2013
Forty planting seasons. What a farmer learned about why food aid fails and what actually works.
3.83
843
🌍 International Development🌾 Sustainable Agriculture🏞️ Soil Conservation📜 Land Rights🛒 Market-Based Aid
40 Chances Summary
40 Chances 93%
Forty planting seasons. What a farmer learned about why food aid fails and what actually works.
by Howard G. Buffett 2013
3.83
843 ratings
🌍 International Development🌾 Sustainable Agriculture🏞️ Soil Conservation📜 Land Rights🛒 Market-Based Aid
Salt Sugar Fat
by Michael Moss • 2013
The food industry knows the precise amounts of sugar, salt, and fat your brain cannot resist.
4.02
33k+
🏭 Processed Food Industry🔬 Food Engineering🧠 Biological Cravings🧒 Marketing To Children🍔 Convenience Foods
Salt Sugar Fat Summary
Salt Sugar Fat 93%
The food industry knows the precise amounts of sugar, salt, and fat your brain cannot resist.
by Michael Moss 2013
4.02
33k+ ratings
🏭 Processed Food Industry🔬 Food Engineering🧠 Biological Cravings🧒 Marketing To Children🍔 Convenience Foods
The Secret Life of Groceries
by Benjamin Lorr • 2020
Supermarket abundance rests on debt-bonded truckers, enslaved fishermen, and the illusion of choice.
3.94
15k+
🛒 Grocery Industry⛓️ Food Supply Chains⚒️ Labor Exploitation⚖️ Supply Chain Ethics🧠 Consumer Psychology
The Secret Life of Groceries Summary
The Secret Life of Groceries 93%
Supermarket abundance rests on debt-bonded truckers, enslaved fishermen, and the illusion of choice.
by Benjamin Lorr 2020
3.94
15k+ ratings
🛒 Grocery Industry⛓️ Food Supply Chains⚒️ Labor Exploitation⚖️ Supply Chain Ethics🧠 Consumer Psychology
Who Really Feeds the World? The Failures of Agribusiness and the Promise of Agroecology
by Vandana Shiva • 2015
Agribusiness didn't end hunger. Small farms, producing 70% of food on 30% of land, feed us.
3.96
436
🌱 Agroecology✊ Food Sovereignty🏭 Industrial Agriculture🪱 Living Soil🌾 Seed Sovereignty
Who Really Feeds the World? The Failures of Agribusiness and the Promise of Agroecology Summary
Who Really Feeds the World? The Failures of Agribusiness and the Promise of Agroecology 93%
Agribusiness didn't end hunger. Small farms, producing 70% of food on 30% of land, feed us.
by Vandana Shiva 2015
3.96
436 ratings
🌱 Agroecology✊ Food Sovereignty🏭 Industrial Agriculture🪱 Living Soil🌾 Seed Sovereignty
A Protest History of the United States
by Gloria J. Browne-Marshall • 2025
From Indigenous resistance to Black Lives Matter, American progress came when protest demanded it.
4.12
188
🪧 Social Movements📖 People's History✊🏿 Racial Justice🏹 Indigenous Sovereignty⚒️ Labor History
A Protest History of the United States Summary
A Protest History of the United States 93%
From Indigenous resistance to Black Lives Matter, American progress came when protest demanded it.
by Gloria J. Browne-Marshall 2025
4.12
188 ratings
🪧 Social Movements📖 People's History✊🏿 Racial Justice🏹 Indigenous Sovereignty⚒️ Labor History
Metabolical
by Robert H. Lustig • 2021
Chronic disease, gut dysfunction, and a warming planet share one driver: processed food.
4.25
7k+
🏭 Processed Food🍬 Sugar Toxicity🏛️ Food Politics🧬 Metabolic Health🦠 Gut Health
Metabolical Summary
Metabolical 93%
Chronic disease, gut dysfunction, and a warming planet share one driver: processed food.
by Robert H. Lustig 2021
4.25
7k+ ratings
🏭 Processed Food🍬 Sugar Toxicity🏛️ Food Politics🧬 Metabolic Health🦠 Gut Health
Franchise
by Marcia Chatelain • 2020
McDonald's promised Black America economic power. The Golden Arches delivered a far messier bargain.
3.82
2k+
🍔 Fast Food Industry💼 Black Capitalism⚖️ Racial Justice📢 Community Activism🎯 Targeted Advertising
Franchise Summary
Franchise 92%
McDonald's promised Black America economic power. The Golden Arches delivered a far messier bargain.
by Marcia Chatelain 2020
3.82
2k+ ratings
🍔 Fast Food Industry💼 Black Capitalism⚖️ Racial Justice📢 Community Activism🎯 Targeted Advertising
Soil Not Oil
by Vandana Shiva • 2008
Biofuels starve people, carbon markets fake progress, the real climate solution is under your feet.
4.08
535
🏭 Industrial Agriculture⚖️ Environmental Justice🌾 Food Sovereignty🌱 Organic Farming🌿 Seed Saving
Soil Not Oil Summary
Soil Not Oil 92%
Biofuels starve people, carbon markets fake progress, the real climate solution is under your feet.
by Vandana Shiva 2008
4.08
535 ratings
🏭 Industrial Agriculture⚖️ Environmental Justice🌾 Food Sovereignty🌱 Organic Farming🌿 Seed Saving
Red Skin, White Masks
by Glen Sean Coulthard • 2014
State recognition is a colonial trap: real Indigenous freedom demands turning away from it entirely.
4.46
941
🌍 Settler Colonialism🗳 Indigenous Politics📖 Decolonial Theory🌲 Land-Based Resistance💰 Anti-Capitalism
Red Skin, White Masks Summary
Red Skin, White Masks 92%
State recognition is a colonial trap: real Indigenous freedom demands turning away from it entirely.
by Glen Sean Coulthard 2014
4.46
941 ratings
🌍 Settler Colonialism🗳 Indigenous Politics📖 Decolonial Theory🌲 Land-Based Resistance💰 Anti-Capitalism
Black Rednecks and White Liberals
by Thomas Sowell • 2005
Liberals protect a dysfunctional culture that black communities learned from white Southerners.
4.37
10k+
⚖️ Racial Inequality🌍 Cultural Persistence🗣️ Victimhood Culture📚 Black Education⛓️‍💥 Abolition History
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
⚖️ Racial Inequality🌍 Cultural Persistence🗣️ Victimhood Culture📚 Black Education⛓️‍💥 Abolition History
Cooked
by Michael Pollan • 2013
Cooking made us human, then we stopped. What starting over from scratch reveals.
4.08
26k+
📜 Culinary History🔬 Food Science🫙 Fermentation🦠 Microbiome🐌 Slow Food Movement
Cooked Summary
Cooked 92%
Cooking made us human, then we stopped. What starting over from scratch reveals.
by Michael Pollan 2013
4.08
26k+ ratings
📜 Culinary History🔬 Food Science🫙 Fermentation🦠 Microbiome🐌 Slow Food Movement
White Poverty
by William J. Barber II • 2024
America's poor are mostly white. The lie that says otherwise keeps the working class fractured.
4.28
719
🏚️ Systemic Poverty🔗 Racial Division💭 Poverty Myths✝️ Prophetic Tradition✊ Civil Rights Legacy
White Poverty Summary
White Poverty 92%
America's poor are mostly white. The lie that says otherwise keeps the working class fractured.
by William J. Barber II 2024
4.28
719 ratings
🏚️ Systemic Poverty🔗 Racial Division💭 Poverty Myths✝️ Prophetic Tradition✊ Civil Rights Legacy
In Defense of Food
by Michael Pollan • 2008
Forget superfoods and nutrient math. The healthiest diet rules are older than science and simpler.
4.07
120k+
🔬 Nutrition Science🏛️ Food Politics🌍 Traditional Diets🧬 Food Reductionism🧘 Mindful Eating
In Defense of Food Summary
In Defense of Food 92%
Forget superfoods and nutrient math. The healthiest diet rules are older than science and simpler.
by Michael Pollan 2008
4.07
120k+ ratings
🔬 Nutrition Science🏛️ Food Politics🌍 Traditional Diets🧬 Food Reductionism🧘 Mindful Eating
100 Million Years of Food
by Stephen Le • 2016
Our bodies evolved for a diet we no longer eat: the mismatch is making us sick.
3.62
616
🧬 Nutritional Anthropology🔬 Evolutionary Biology🏃 Ancestral Health🍲 Traditional Cuisines🥩 Paleo Diets
100 Million Years of Food Summary
100 Million Years of Food 92%
Our bodies evolved for a diet we no longer eat: the mismatch is making us sick.
by Stephen Le 2016
3.62
616 ratings
🧬 Nutritional Anthropology🔬 Evolutionary Biology🏃 Ancestral Health🍲 Traditional Cuisines🥩 Paleo Diets
Health At Every Size
by Linda Bacon • 2008
Weight stigma kills; dieting backfires. The biology-rooted case for health without the scale.
4.18
6k+
🩺 Health At Every Size🧠 Intuitive Eating✊ Fat Acceptance⚖️ Weight Stigma💔 Emotional Eating
Health At Every Size Summary
Health At Every Size 92%
Weight stigma kills; dieting backfires. The biology-rooted case for health without the scale.
by Linda Bacon 2008
4.18
6k+ ratings
🩺 Health At Every Size🧠 Intuitive Eating✊ Fat Acceptance⚖️ Weight Stigma💔 Emotional Eating
The Trouble with Diversity
by Walter Benn Michaels • 2006
The left traded class war for culture war, and the rich couldn't believe their luck.
3.59
516
🏛️ Class Politics💸 Economic Inequality🏷️ Identity Politics🏦 Neoliberalism Critique⚖️ Wealth Redistribution
The Trouble with Diversity Summary
The Trouble with Diversity 92%
The left traded class war for culture war, and the rich couldn't believe their luck.
by Walter Benn Michaels 2006
3.59
516 ratings
🏛️ Class Politics💸 Economic Inequality🏷️ Identity Politics🏦 Neoliberalism Critique⚖️ Wealth Redistribution
The Omnivore's Dilemma
by Michael Pollan • 2006
From McDonald's to a hunted wild pig: four meals that expose what you're really eating.
4.19
211k+
🧬 Industrial Agriculture🌾 Sustainable Farming🔗 Food Systems🥬 Organic Food Critique🐄 Ethics Of Eating Animals
The Omnivore's Dilemma Summary
The Omnivore's Dilemma 92%
From McDonald's to a hunted wild pig: four meals that expose what you're really eating.
by Michael Pollan 2006
4.19
211k+ ratings
🧬 Industrial Agriculture🌾 Sustainable Farming🔗 Food Systems🥬 Organic Food Critique🐄 Ethics Of Eating Animals
The Least of All Possible Evils
by Eyal Weizman • 2012
When humanitarian law calculates acceptable civilian deaths, it also makes them thinkable.
4.19
224
🩸 Aid And Complicity🤷 Lesser Evil Logic📊 Proportionality In War🗺️ Spatial Politics🌍 Critical Geography
The Least of All Possible Evils Summary
The Least of All Possible Evils 92%
When humanitarian law calculates acceptable civilian deaths, it also makes them thinkable.
by Eyal Weizman 2012
4.19
224 ratings
🩸 Aid And Complicity🤷 Lesser Evil Logic📊 Proportionality In War🗺️ Spatial Politics🌍 Critical Geography
Justice at Work
by Marc Doussard • 2022
How coalitions fuse racial and economic justice to win policy in cities.
5.00
3
🏙️ Urban Policy✊ Labor Movements🤝 Coalition Building⚖️ Racial Justice📢 Community Organizing
Justice at Work Summary
Justice at Work 92%
How coalitions fuse racial and economic justice to win policy in cities.
by Marc Doussard 2022
5.00
3 ratings
🏙️ Urban Policy✊ Labor Movements🤝 Coalition Building⚖️ Racial Justice📢 Community Organizing
Last Harvest
by Dan Saladino • 2021
Three grains now supply half the world's calories. What happens when the backup crops are gone?
4.31
3k+
🌾 Food Biodiversity📜 Agricultural History🚜 Monoculture Critique🌱 Seed Saving🍲 Traditional Foodways
Last Harvest Summary
Last Harvest 92%
Three grains now supply half the world's calories. What happens when the backup crops are gone?
by Dan Saladino 2021
4.31
3k+ ratings
🌾 Food Biodiversity📜 Agricultural History🚜 Monoculture Critique🌱 Seed Saving🍲 Traditional Foodways
Original Sins
by Eve L. Ewing • 2025
Schools perfected America's founding crimes on Black and Native children.
4.46
2k+
📚 History Of Education🏫 Schooling And Race⚖️ Critical Race Theory🏹 Settler Colonialism💰 Racial Capitalism
Original Sins Summary
Original Sins 92%
Schools perfected America's founding crimes on Black and Native children.
by Eve L. Ewing 2025
4.46
2k+ ratings
📚 History Of Education🏫 Schooling And Race⚖️ Critical Race Theory🏹 Settler Colonialism💰 Racial Capitalism
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 Summary
The End of Policing 92%
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
Kids These Days
by Malcolm Harris • 2017
Childhood became a competition for human capital. Millennials are what that competition produces.
3.77
2k+
👥 Generational Economics💼 Human Capital Theory💸 Student Debt Crisis🔧 Precarious Labor🏛️ Neoliberal Critique
Kids These Days Summary
Kids These Days 92%
Childhood became a competition for human capital. Millennials are what that competition produces.
by Malcolm Harris 2017
3.77
2k+ ratings
👥 Generational Economics💼 Human Capital Theory💸 Student Debt Crisis🔧 Precarious Labor🏛️ Neoliberal Critique
Digital Dead End
by Virginia Eubanks • 2011
Access is not the problem. Power designs inequality into code, and the marginalized already know it.
3.86
72
💻 Digital Inequality🔬 Critical Technology Studies✏️ Participatory Design🏫 Popular Education👩‍🔬 Feminist Epistemology
Digital Dead End Summary
Digital Dead End 92%
Access is not the problem. Power designs inequality into code, and the marginalized already know it.
by Virginia Eubanks 2011
3.86
72 ratings
💻 Digital Inequality🔬 Critical Technology Studies✏️ Participatory Design🏫 Popular Education👩‍🔬 Feminist Epistemology
The Big Fat Surprise
by Nina Teicholz • 2014
Butter was framed. The science was rigged, and the foods that replaced it made everything worse.
4.28
7k+
🔬 Nutrition Science🥩 Dietary Fat Debate📜 Nutrition History🏛️ Nutrition Policy🏭 Processed Food
The Big Fat Surprise Summary
The Big Fat Surprise 92%
Butter was framed. The science was rigged, and the foods that replaced it made everything worse.
by Nina Teicholz 2014
4.28
7k+ ratings
🔬 Nutrition Science🥩 Dietary Fat Debate📜 Nutrition History🏛️ Nutrition Policy🏭 Processed Food
Eating on the Wild Side
by Jo Robinson • 2013
We spent millennia breeding nutrients out of our food. The rules for getting them back.
4.19
4k+
🔬 Nutrition Science🌿 Wild Foods📅 Seasonal Eating🌱 Heirloom Varieties🧬 Evolutionary Nutrition
Eating on the Wild Side Summary
Eating on the Wild Side 92%
We spent millennia breeding nutrients out of our food. The rules for getting them back.
by Jo Robinson 2013
4.19
4k+ ratings
🔬 Nutrition Science🌿 Wild Foods📅 Seasonal Eating🌱 Heirloom Varieties🧬 Evolutionary Nutrition
Whole
by T. Colin Campbell • 2013
Nutrition science reduced food to nutrients and missed the whole. The real medicine was buried.
3.90
7k+
🧬 Nutritional Science🥦 Plant-Based Eating🩺 Disease Reversal🧠 Systems Thinking🏥 Health Care Critique
Whole Summary
Whole 92%
Nutrition science reduced food to nutrients and missed the whole. The real medicine was buried.
by T. Colin Campbell 2013
3.90
7k+ ratings
🧬 Nutritional Science🥦 Plant-Based Eating🩺 Disease Reversal🧠 Systems Thinking🏥 Health Care Critique
America's Cultural Revolution
by Christopher F. Rufo • 2023
The bombs stopped. The ideas didn't. How the 1960s left captured every institution you trust.
4.21
1k+
⚔️ Culture Wars🏛️ American Conservatism🎓 Academic Politics✊ Student Radicalism🏗️ Institutional Capture
America's Cultural Revolution Summary
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
Hegemony How-To
by Jonathan Smucker • 2017
Activist is a political dead end: it isolates movements, excuses sympathizers, cedes power.
4.24
442
🧭 Movement Strategy🗳️ Community Organizing🧠 Gramscian Politics📢 Narrative Strategy⚡ Left Self-Critique
Hegemony How-To Summary
Hegemony How-To 92%
Activist is a political dead end: it isolates movements, excuses sympathizers, cedes power.
by Jonathan Smucker 2017
4.24
442 ratings
🧭 Movement Strategy🗳️ Community Organizing🧠 Gramscian Politics📢 Narrative Strategy⚡ Left Self-Critique
How to Create a Vegan World
by Tobias Leenaert • 2017
Purism may hold animal advocacy back. The strategic case for welcoming reducers, not just converts.
4.36
1k+
🐮 Animal Advocacy🗺️ Movement Strategy🔧 Pragmatic Activism🔄 Behavior Change🏗️ Choice Architecture
How to Create a Vegan World Summary
How to Create a Vegan World 92%
Purism may hold animal advocacy back. The strategic case for welcoming reducers, not just converts.
by Tobias Leenaert 2017
4.36
1k+ ratings
🐮 Animal Advocacy🗺️ Movement Strategy🔧 Pragmatic Activism🔄 Behavior Change🏗️ Choice Architecture
The Hungry Brain
by Stephan Guyenet • 2017
An ancient brain optimized for scarcity keeps losing to engineered modern food.
4.04
3k+
🧠 Nutritional Neuroscience🦴 Evolutionary Mismatch🍩 Food Reward Systems🍽️ Satiety Mechanisms💰 Behavioral Economics
The Hungry Brain Summary
The Hungry Brain 92%
An ancient brain optimized for scarcity keeps losing to engineered modern food.
by Stephan Guyenet 2017
4.04
3k+ ratings
🧠 Nutritional Neuroscience🦴 Evolutionary Mismatch🍩 Food Reward Systems🍽️ Satiety Mechanisms💰 Behavioral Economics
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