50 Books like Public Citizens

Republic, Lost

by Lawrence Lessig • 2011

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

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3k+

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

Republic, Lost 93%

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

Life Without Lawyers

by Philip K. Howard • 2009

America didn't add too many laws. Law itself became the mindset, and common sense lost.

3.65

176

⚖️ Legal Reform 📋 Tort Reform 🏛️ Bureaucratic Dysfunction 🛡️ Liability Culture 🗽 Classical Liberalism

Life Without Lawyers 93%

America didn't add too many laws. Law itself became the mindset, and common sense lost.

by Philip K. Howard 2009

3.65

176 ratings

⚖️ Legal Reform 📋 Tort Reform 🏛️ Bureaucratic Dysfunction 🛡️ Liability Culture 🗽 Classical Liberalism

Getting to Green

by Frederic C. Rich • 2016

No major environmental law has passed in 25 years. Here's why, and how to fix it.

4.02

106

🌿 Environmental Policy 🇺🇸 American Conservation 🪓 Political Polarization 🌡️ Climate Change Politics 🛡️ Stewardship Ethics

Getting to Green 93%

No major environmental law has passed in 25 years. Here's why, and how to fix it.

by Frederic C. Rich 2016

4.02

106 ratings

🌿 Environmental Policy 🇺🇸 American Conservation 🪓 Political Polarization 🌡️ Climate Change Politics 🛡️ Stewardship Ethics

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

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 92%

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

The Project

by David A. Graham • 2025

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

4.02

2k+

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

The Project 92%

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

Giving Up Is Unforgivable

by Joyce Vance • 2025

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

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2k+

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

Giving Up Is Unforgivable 92%

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

Notes on Resistance

by Noam Chomsky • 2022

Four crises are converging. The institutions that caused them are now blocking every fix.

4.30

405

🌍 Us Foreign Policy 🏛️ American Politics ✊ Political Resistance 🌱 Grassroots Organizing 📰 Media Criticism

Notes on Resistance 92%

Four crises are converging. The institutions that caused them are now blocking every fix.

by Noam Chomsky 2022

4.30

405 ratings

🌍 Us Foreign Policy 🏛️ American Politics ✊ Political Resistance 🌱 Grassroots Organizing 📰 Media Criticism

How Change Happens

by Leslie R. Crutchfield • 2018

Six factors determine whether a movement wins or dies. None of them start in Washington.

3.74

160

📢 Social Movements ✊ Community Organizing 🗳️ Political Strategy 📖 Narrative Change 🏗️ Movement Building

How Change Happens 92%

Six factors determine whether a movement wins or dies. None of them start in Washington.

by Leslie R. Crutchfield 2018

3.74

160 ratings

📢 Social Movements ✊ Community Organizing 🗳️ Political Strategy 📖 Narrative Change 🏗️ Movement Building

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

Reveille for Radicals

by Saul D. Alinsky • 1946

Democracy requires organized conflict and leaders from the bottom. A 1946 manual, still unheeded.

3.84

589

🤝 Community Organizing 🌱 Grassroots Democracy 👥 Indigenous Leadership 🎯 Self-Interest Politics ⚔️ Conflict As Catalyst

Reveille for Radicals 92%

Democracy requires organized conflict and leaders from the bottom. A 1946 manual, still unheeded.

by Saul D. Alinsky 1946

3.84

589 ratings

🤝 Community Organizing 🌱 Grassroots Democracy 👥 Indigenous Leadership 🎯 Self-Interest Politics ⚔️ Conflict As Catalyst

Diagnosis

by Jane M. Hightower • 2008

Your tuna sandwich contains a neurotoxin, and the government knew it long before your doctor did.

3.53

🔬 Environmental Toxicology 🏛️ Public Health Policy 💼 Regulatory Capture 🍽️ Food Politics 🔍 Medical Detective Stories

Diagnosis 92%

Your tuna sandwich contains a neurotoxin, and the government knew it long before your doctor did.

by Jane M. Hightower 2008

3.53

34 ratings

🔬 Environmental Toxicology 🏛️ Public Health Policy 💼 Regulatory Capture 🍽️ Food Politics 🔍 Medical Detective Stories

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 92%

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 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 92%

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

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 92%

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

Government Gangsters

by Kash Patel • 2023

Federal law enforcement has been captured by unelected officials wielding it as a political weapon.

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2k+

🏛️ Institutional Corruption 👁️ Surveillance State ⚖️ Politicized Justice 📰 Media Bias 🐘 Conservative Populism

Government Gangsters 92%

Federal law enforcement has been captured by unelected officials wielding it as a political weapon.

by Kash Patel 2023

4.46

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Institutional Corruption 👁️ Surveillance State ⚖️ Politicized Justice 📰 Media Bias 🐘 Conservative Populism

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 92%

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

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.

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18k+

🇺🇸 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

The Triumph of Doubt

by David Michaels • 2020

Tobacco wrote the manual for burying inconvenient science. Every other industry now uses it.

4.08

222

🏭 Corporate Malfeasance 🩺 Public Health Policy 🤥 Science Denialism 📢 Disinformation Campaigns 🏛️ Regulatory Capture

The Triumph of Doubt 92%

Tobacco wrote the manual for burying inconvenient science. Every other industry now uses it.

by David Michaels 2020

4.08

222 ratings

🏭 Corporate Malfeasance 🩺 Public Health Policy 🤥 Science Denialism 📢 Disinformation Campaigns 🏛️ Regulatory Capture

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

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

Dark Money

by Jane Mayer • 2016

One family's oil fortune built a secret political machine that now rivals the Republican Party.

4.31

27k+

🐘 American Conservatism 💰 Campaign Finance 🧠 Think Tank Influence 🌡️ Climate Denial 🌿 Astroturf Politics

Dark Money 92%

One family's oil fortune built a secret political machine that now rivals the Republican Party.

by Jane Mayer 2016

4.31

27k+ ratings

🐘 American Conservatism 💰 Campaign Finance 🧠 Think Tank Influence 🌡️ Climate Denial 🌿 Astroturf Politics

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 92%

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

Liberty and Tyranny

by Mark R. Levin • 2004

The Constitution was not repealed, it was reinterpreted: the conservative case for reversal.

4.17

8k+

🏛️ American Conservatism 📜 Originalism ⚖️ Natural Law Theory 🔗 Limited Government 💸 Welfare State Critique

Liberty and Tyranny 92%

The Constitution was not repealed, it was reinterpreted: the conservative case for reversal.

by Mark R. Levin 2004

4.17

8k+ ratings

🏛️ American Conservatism 📜 Originalism ⚖️ Natural Law Theory 🔗 Limited Government 💸 Welfare State Critique

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 92%

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

This Is an Uprising

by Mark Engler • 2016

Nonviolence is not a virtue. It is a technology of conflict, and it brings down regimes.

4.20

1k+

🕊️ Civil Resistance 📢 Social Movements 🧱 Movement Building ⚡ Disruption Tactics 🪧 Mass Protest

This Is an Uprising 92%

Nonviolence is not a virtue. It is a technology of conflict, and it brings down regimes.

by Mark Engler 2016

4.20

1k+ ratings

🕊️ Civil Resistance 📢 Social Movements 🧱 Movement Building ⚡ Disruption Tactics 🪧 Mass Protest

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 92%

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

Where Law Ends

by Andrew Weissmann • 2020

What happens when the president can fire you and pardon the people you are investigating?

4.38

1k+

🗳️ Election Interference ⚖️ Obstruction Of Justice 👑 Executive Power 🕵️ Federal Investigations 📜 Rule Of Law

Where Law Ends 91%

What happens when the president can fire you and pardon the people you are investigating?

by Andrew Weissmann 2020

4.38

1k+ ratings

🗳️ Election Interference ⚖️ Obstruction Of Justice 👑 Executive Power 🕵️ Federal Investigations 📜 Rule Of Law

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

2k+

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

The Case for Trump 91%

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

This Land Is Our Land

by Ken Ilgunas • 2018

America once roamed freely across private land. Europe has the rules that could bring that back.

4.01

330

🚶‍♂️ Right To Roam 🏡 Land Ownership 🏞 Public Lands 🥾 Walking 🌍 Commons

This Land Is Our Land 91%

America once roamed freely across private land. Europe has the rules that could bring that back.

by Ken Ilgunas 2018

4.01

330 ratings

🚶‍♂️ Right To Roam 🏡 Land Ownership 🏞 Public Lands 🥾 Walking 🌍 Commons

Ending Parkinson's Disease

by Ray Dorsey • 2020

Parkinson's is the fastest-growing brain disease, and the chemicals causing it are still legal.

4.31

328

🌍 Environmental Health 🧠 Neurological Disorders 📋 Public Health Policy ⚗️ Chemical Regulation 📢 Disease Activism

Ending Parkinson's Disease 91%

Parkinson's is the fastest-growing brain disease, and the chemicals causing it are still legal.

by Ray Dorsey 2020

4.31

328 ratings

🌍 Environmental Health 🧠 Neurological Disorders 📋 Public Health Policy ⚗️ Chemical Regulation 📢 Disease Activism

The Big Burn

by Timothy Egan • 2009

Congress tried to kill the Forest Service; a 3.2-million-acre fire saved it instead.

4.14

19k+

🗳️ Progressive Era 🌲 Conservation Movement 🔥 Wildfire History 🏞️ Public Lands 🌿 Fire Ecology

The Big Burn 91%

Congress tried to kill the Forest Service; a 3.2-million-acre fire saved it instead.

by Timothy Egan 2009

4.14

19k+ ratings

🗳️ Progressive Era 🌲 Conservation Movement 🔥 Wildfire History 🏞️ Public Lands 🌿 Fire Ecology

The Fifth Risk

by Michael Lewis • 2018

Why a $40,000 health clinic in rural America reveals a government most Americans never see.

4.09

48k+

🔬 Science Policy 🇺🇸 Trump Administration 📊 Open Data 🌀 Risk Management 🌎 Rural America

The Fifth Risk 91%

Why a $40,000 health clinic in rural America reveals a government most Americans never see.

by Michael Lewis 2018

4.09

48k+ ratings

🔬 Science Policy 🇺🇸 Trump Administration 📊 Open Data 🌀 Risk Management 🌎 Rural America

Fight Oligarchy

by Bernie Sanders • 2025

Three billionaires behind one president. The diagnosis of American oligarchy, and the cure.

4.36

4k+

🏛️ American Oligarchy 💰 Wealth Inequality 🏢 Corporate Power ✊ Grassroots Organizing 👷 Working Class Politics

Fight Oligarchy 91%

Three billionaires behind one president. The diagnosis of American oligarchy, and the cure.

by Bernie Sanders 2025

4.36

4k+ ratings

🏛️ American Oligarchy 💰 Wealth Inequality 🏢 Corporate Power ✊ Grassroots Organizing 👷 Working Class Politics

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 91%

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

Blessed Unrest

by Paul Hawken • 2007

A vast, leaderless movement is quietly restoring both the earth and human dignity.

3.94

2k+

🌍 Environmental Activism ⚖️ Climate Justice 🌱 Grassroots Movements 🕸️ Decentralized Networks 🔄 Systems Thinking

Blessed Unrest 91%

A vast, leaderless movement is quietly restoring both the earth and human dignity.

by Paul Hawken 2007

3.94

2k+ ratings

🌍 Environmental Activism ⚖️ Climate Justice 🌱 Grassroots Movements 🕸️ Decentralized Networks 🔄 Systems Thinking

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 91%

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

Our Time Is Now

by Stacey Abrams • 2020

The machinery of voter suppression: purged rolls, gerrymandered maps, and a census that undercounts.

4.41

8k+

🗳️ Voting Rights 🏛️ Electoral Reform 🪪 Identity Politics 🌱 Grassroots Organizing ⚠️ Authoritarian Populism

Our Time Is Now 91%

The machinery of voter suppression: purged rolls, gerrymandered maps, and a census that undercounts.

by Stacey Abrams 2020

4.41

8k+ ratings

🗳️ Voting Rights 🏛️ Electoral Reform 🪪 Identity Politics 🌱 Grassroots Organizing ⚠️ Authoritarian Populism

Vote for US

by Joshua A. Douglas • 2019

How to fix American elections from the ground up, with reforms that are already winning.

4.17

🗳️ Elections And Voting ✊ Voting Rights 🌱 Grassroots Organizing 💰 Campaign Finance Reform 📊 Ranked Choice Voting

Vote for US 91%

How to fix American elections from the ground up, with reforms that are already winning.

by Joshua A. Douglas 2019

4.17

65 ratings

🗳️ Elections And Voting ✊ Voting Rights 🌱 Grassroots Organizing 💰 Campaign Finance Reform 📊 Ranked Choice Voting

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 91%

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

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 91%

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

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 91%

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

It's OK to Be Angry About Capitalism

by Bernie Sanders • 2023

The 0.1% own more than the bottom 90%. That outcome is not a bug in American capitalism.

4.10

8k+

🇺🇸 American Progressivism 📉 Economic Inequality ✊ Labor Unions 🏥 Universal Healthcare 🌹 Democratic Socialism

It's OK to Be Angry About Capitalism Summary

It's OK to Be Angry About Capitalism 91%

The 0.1% own more than the bottom 90%. That outcome is not a bug in American capitalism.

by Bernie Sanders 2023

4.10

8k+ ratings

🇺🇸 American Progressivism 📉 Economic Inequality ✊ Labor Unions 🏥 Universal Healthcare 🌹 Democratic Socialism

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 91%

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

Occupy

by Noam Chomsky • 2012

Occupy's tents came down. The national argument it started about concentrated wealth never stopped.

3.59

2k+

🪙 Income Inequality 🗳️ Money In Politics 🏗️ Movement Building 🏢 Corporate Power 🏭 Economic Democracy

Occupy 91%

Occupy's tents came down. The national argument it started about concentrated wealth never stopped.

by Noam Chomsky 2012

3.59

2k+ ratings

🪙 Income Inequality 🗳️ Money In Politics 🏗️ Movement Building 🏢 Corporate Power 🏭 Economic Democracy

Requiem for the American Dream

by Noam Chomsky • 2017

Inequality isn't a bug. It's a feature, engineered through media, regulation, and economic policy.

4.21

4k+

⚖️ Wealth Inequality 🇺🇸 American Politics 📊 Neoliberalism 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 📺 Media And Power

Requiem for the American Dream 91%

Inequality isn't a bug. It's a feature, engineered through media, regulation, and economic policy.

by Noam Chomsky 2017

4.21

4k+ ratings

⚖️ Wealth Inequality 🇺🇸 American Politics 📊 Neoliberalism 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 📺 Media And Power

Behind the Green Mask

by Rosa Koire • 2011

A veteran appraiser found that green policies are a UN blueprint to abolish private property.

4.28

365

🗺️ Land Use Policy 🏠 Property Rights 🌍 Agenda 21 🎭 Manufactured Consent 🏚️ Eminent Domain Abuse

Behind the Green Mask 91%

A veteran appraiser found that green policies are a UN blueprint to abolish private property.

by Rosa Koire 2011

4.28

365 ratings

🗺️ Land Use Policy 🏠 Property Rights 🌍 Agenda 21 🎭 Manufactured Consent 🏚️ Eminent Domain Abuse

Consequences of Capitalism

by Noam Chomsky • 2020

The system that breeds inequality also engineers the discontent that threatens to bring it down.

4.33

2k+

🏛️ Political Economy 📺 Media Criticism ✊ Anti-Capitalism 🏦 Neoliberalism 🗳️ Democratic Decline

Consequences of Capitalism 91%

The system that breeds inequality also engineers the discontent that threatens to bring it down.

by Noam Chomsky 2020

4.33

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 📺 Media Criticism ✊ Anti-Capitalism 🏦 Neoliberalism 🗳️ Democratic Decline

Keeping the Republic

by Mitch Daniels • 2011

A governor's playbook for cutting debt and restoring self-reliance, minus the Washington fantasies.

4.02

252

💰 Fiscal Conservatism 🏛️ Limited Government 📉 Fiscal Policy 🗳️ Civic Virtue 🫡 Political Leadership

Keeping the Republic 91%

A governor's playbook for cutting debt and restoring self-reliance, minus the Washington fantasies.

by Mitch Daniels 2011

4.02

252 ratings

💰 Fiscal Conservatism 🏛️ Limited Government 📉 Fiscal Policy 🗳️ Civic Virtue 🫡 Political Leadership

The Two Percent Solution

by Matt Miller • 2003

America's biggest domestic problems cost two percent of GDP to fix. That's the whole argument.

3.98

🏛️ Domestic Policy 🏥 Healthcare Reform 📚 Education Reform 💰 Campaign Finance 🤝 Bipartisan Solutions

The Two Percent Solution 91%

America's biggest domestic problems cost two percent of GDP to fix. That's the whole argument.

by Matt Miller 2003

3.98

89 ratings

🏛️ Domestic Policy 🏥 Healthcare Reform 📚 Education Reform 💰 Campaign Finance 🤝 Bipartisan Solutions

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