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The Anti-Oligarchy Constitution
by Joseph Fishkin • 2022
A lost constitutional tradition: preventing oligarchy as the government's first duty.
4.10
40
🏦 Political Economy📜 Constitutional History⚖️ Economic Justice🛠️ Labor History🌾 Populism
The Anti-Oligarchy Constitution Summary
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 Conscience of a Liberal
by Paul Krugman • 2007
Extreme inequality didn't just happen: a political movement used race to dismantle the middle class.
3.97
6k+
📊 Income Inequality🏛️ Political Economy🗳️ Racial Politics🏥 Universal Healthcare🛡️ Welfare State Politics
The Conscience of a Liberal Summary
The Conscience of a Liberal 94%
Extreme inequality didn't just happen: a political movement used race to dismantle the middle class.
by Paul Krugman 2007
3.97
6k+ ratings
📊 Income Inequality🏛️ Political Economy🗳️ Racial Politics🏥 Universal Healthcare🛡️ Welfare State Politics
The Upswing
by Robert D. Putnam • 2020
America swings between "we" and "me" eras. The pivot decade was the 1960s.
3.94
2k+
📈 Economic History🏛️ Political Polarization🏘️ Civic Decline💰 Income Inequality🤝 Social Capital
The Upswing Summary
The Upswing 94%
America swings between "we" and "me" eras. The pivot decade was the 1960s.
by Robert D. Putnam 2020
3.94
2k+ ratings
📈 Economic History🏛️ Political Polarization🏘️ Civic Decline💰 Income Inequality🤝 Social Capital
The Republic for Which It Stands
by Richard White • 2017
America rebuilt itself after 1865 into something no one voted for. A history of broken promises.
4.16
2k+
🏛️ Reconstruction Era💰 Gilded Age🔨 Labor History🌳 Environmental History⚖️ Jim Crow Origins
The Republic for Which It Stands Summary
The Republic for Which It Stands 93%
America rebuilt itself after 1865 into something no one voted for. A history of broken promises.
by Richard White 2017
4.16
2k+ ratings
🏛️ Reconstruction Era💰 Gilded Age🔨 Labor History🌳 Environmental History⚖️ Jim Crow Origins
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 Summary
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
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.
4.31
5k+
🇺🇸 American Political History🏛️ Oligarchy Studies🐎 Frontier Mythology⛓️ Racial Hierarchy🗳️ Voter Suppression
How the South Won the Civil War Summary
How the South Won the Civil War 93%
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
The Color of Money
by Mehrsa Baradaran • 2017
Why Black-owned banks, born from exclusion, could never close the gap they were meant to fix.
4.47
2k+
🏦 Racial Wealth Gap🏛️ Banking History⚖️ Structural Inequality🏠 Redlining🌾 Jim Crow Economy
The Color of Money Summary
The Color of Money 93%
Why Black-owned banks, born from exclusion, could never close the gap they were meant to fix.
by Mehrsa Baradaran 2017
4.47
2k+ ratings
🏦 Racial Wealth Gap🏛️ Banking History⚖️ Structural Inequality🏠 Redlining🌾 Jim Crow Economy
The Color of Law
by Richard Rothstein • 2017
Federal policy, not private prejudice, segregated America. The proof is in the mortgage manuals.
4.44
47k+
🏘️ Residential Segregation🔴 Redlining🏛️ Housing Policy🏙️ Urban Planning⚖️ Systemic Racism
The Color of Law Summary
The Color of Law 93%
Federal policy, not private prejudice, segregated America. The proof is in the mortgage manuals.
by Richard Rothstein 2017
4.44
47k+ ratings
🏘️ Residential Segregation🔴 Redlining🏛️ Housing Policy🏙️ Urban Planning⚖️ Systemic Racism
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
The Black History of the White House
by Clarence Lusane • 2011
Enslaved laborers built the White House. The racial reckoning inside its walls has never stopped.
4.15
434
🏛️ White House History⛓️ Slavery And Resistance🚋 Jim Crow Era🏗️ Reconstruction✊ Civil Rights Movement
The Black History of the White House Summary
The Black History of the White House 93%
Enslaved laborers built the White House. The racial reckoning inside its walls has never stopped.
by Clarence Lusane 2011
4.15
434 ratings
🏛️ White House History⛓️ Slavery And Resistance🚋 Jim Crow Era🏗️ Reconstruction✊ Civil Rights Movement
The Price of Civilization
by Jeffrey D. Sachs • 2010
What broke the American economy wasn't policy. It was a moral collapse at the top.
3.84
2k+
🏛️ Political Economy📉 American Decline🗽 Civic Decline🏢 Corporate Influence⚖️ Economic Inequality
The Price of Civilization Summary
The Price of Civilization 93%
What broke the American economy wasn't policy. It was a moral collapse at the top.
by Jeffrey D. Sachs 2010
3.84
2k+ ratings
🏛️ Political Economy📉 American Decline🗽 Civic Decline🏢 Corporate Influence⚖️ Economic Inequality
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 Summary
The Age of Entitlement 93%
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
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
Ghetto
by Mitchell Duneier • 2015
The ghetto was built in Venice. It took 500 years for America to perfect it.
3.75
583
🏙️ Urban History💡 Intellectual History🧱 Racial Segregation🏚️ Concentrated Poverty🚫 Housing Discrimination
Ghetto Summary
Ghetto 92%
The ghetto was built in Venice. It took 500 years for America to perfect it.
by Mitchell Duneier 2015
3.75
583 ratings
🏙️ Urban History💡 Intellectual History🧱 Racial Segregation🏚️ Concentrated Poverty🚫 Housing Discrimination
From Here to Equality
by William A. Darity Jr. • 2020
A ten-to-one wealth gap, built by slavery and Jim Crow. The economic argument for reparations.
4.38
602
💸 Racial Wealth Gap⚖️ Reparations Debate🔗 Systemic Racism📊 Wealth Inequality📜 Black Economic History
From Here to Equality Summary
From Here to Equality 92%
A ten-to-one wealth gap, built by slavery and Jim Crow. The economic argument for reparations.
by William A. Darity Jr. 2020
4.38
602 ratings
💸 Racial Wealth Gap⚖️ Reparations Debate🔗 Systemic Racism📊 Wealth Inequality📜 Black Economic History
Black Folk
by Blair L.M. Kelley • 2023
Forged in slavery, the Black working class built power through community, not just wages.
4.49
417
🔨 American Labor History💰 Black Economic History🏭 Working Class Studies✊ Labor Organizing👩🏿 Black Women Workers
Black Folk Summary
Black Folk 92%
Forged in slavery, the Black working class built power through community, not just wages.
by Blair L.M. Kelley 2023
4.49
417 ratings
🔨 American Labor History💰 Black Economic History🏭 Working Class Studies✊ Labor Organizing👩🏿 Black Women Workers
Poverty, by America
by Matthew Desmond • 2023
Poverty in America persists by design, fueled by exploitation and welfare that flows to the top.
4.27
64k+
🏚️ Housing Exploitation🛠️ Labor Exploitation💰 Affluent Welfare🏘️ Residential Segregation🚧 Opportunity Hoarding
Poverty, by America Summary
Poverty, by America 92%
Poverty in America persists by design, fueled by exploitation and welfare that flows to the top.
by Matthew Desmond 2023
4.27
64k+ ratings
🏚️ Housing Exploitation🛠️ Labor Exploitation💰 Affluent Welfare🏘️ Residential Segregation🚧 Opportunity Hoarding
The Origins of the Urban Crisis
by Thomas J. Sugrue • 1996
Detroit collapsed from job loss and housing segregation decades before the 1967 riot finished it.
4.24
2k+
🏙️ Urban History⚖️ Racial Inequality🏭 Deindustrialization🏠 Housing Segregation✈️ White Flight
The Origins of the Urban Crisis Summary
The Origins of the Urban Crisis 92%
Detroit collapsed from job loss and housing segregation decades before the 1967 riot finished it.
by Thomas J. Sugrue 1996
4.24
2k+ ratings
🏙️ Urban History⚖️ Racial Inequality🏭 Deindustrialization🏠 Housing Segregation✈️ White Flight
Goliath
by Matt Stoller • 2019
A century ago, America broke the trusts. An intellectual counterrevolution brought them back.
4.23
1k+
⚖️ Antitrust Policy🏢 Corporate Power🔄 Neoliberalism📜 New Deal Economics🎓 Chicago School Economics
Goliath Summary
Goliath 92%
A century ago, America broke the trusts. An intellectual counterrevolution brought them back.
by Matt Stoller 2019
4.23
1k+ ratings
⚖️ Antitrust Policy🏢 Corporate Power🔄 Neoliberalism📜 New Deal Economics🎓 Chicago School Economics
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 92%
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
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
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
A People’s History of the United States
by Howard Zinn • 1980
The history you learned in school is a cover story for class war, genocide, and slave revolts.
4.09
268k+
📖 Revisionist History🔍 History From Below🦅 American Empire🏚️ Settler Colonialism✊ Class Struggle
A People’s History of the United States Summary
A People’s History of the United States 92%
The history you learned in school is a cover story for class war, genocide, and slave revolts.
by Howard Zinn 1980
4.09
268k+ ratings
📖 Revisionist History🔍 History From Below🦅 American Empire🏚️ Settler Colonialism✊ Class Struggle
The Forgotten Man
by Amity Shlaes • 2007
The 1929 crash didn't cause a decade of misery. Government experiments did, and the taxpayer paid.
3.91
6k+
🏚️ Great Depression🇺🇸 Us Economic History📜 New Deal Criticism📈 Free Market Economics🗳️ Public Choice Theory
The Forgotten Man Summary
The Forgotten Man 92%
The 1929 crash didn't cause a decade of misery. Government experiments did, and the taxpayer paid.
by Amity Shlaes 2007
3.91
6k+ ratings
🏚️ Great Depression🇺🇸 Us Economic History📜 New Deal Criticism📈 Free Market Economics🗳️ Public Choice Theory
The Second Founding
by Eric Foner • 2019
Reconstruction gave birth to a new Constitution. The Supreme Court spent a century erasing it.
4.23
3k+
📜 Constitutional History🏛️ Reconstruction Era🗳️ Voting Rights⚖️ Equal Protection🛑 Racial Inequality
The Second Founding Summary
The Second Founding 92%
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 Crisis of the Old Order 1919-33
by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. • 1957
An aristocrat's reluctant turn toward populism, set against the crash of an economic order.
4.19
455
🇺🇸 Presidential Biography🗽 Interwar America🌱 Political Origins🌊 Progressive Era🏛️ Aristocratic Legacy
The Crisis of the Old Order 1919-33 Summary
The Crisis of the Old Order 1919-33 92%
An aristocrat's reluctant turn toward populism, set against the crash of an economic order.
by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. 1957
4.19
455 ratings
🇺🇸 Presidential Biography🗽 Interwar America🌱 Political Origins🌊 Progressive Era🏛️ Aristocratic Legacy
Black AF History
by Michael Harriot • 2023
Stolen land, stolen labor, and Black genius: the history your textbook skipped.
4.60
10k+
🇺🇸 American History✊ Antiracism🔄 Revisionist History⛓️ Systemic Racism💰 Racial Wealth Gap
Black AF History Summary
Black AF History 92%
Stolen land, stolen labor, and Black genius: the history your textbook skipped.
by Michael Harriot 2023
4.60
10k+ ratings
🇺🇸 American History✊ Antiracism🔄 Revisionist History⛓️ Systemic Racism💰 Racial Wealth Gap
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 Summary
We Are Not Yet Equal 92%
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 Warmth of Other Suns
by Isabel Wilkerson • 2010
Three lives: a sharecropper, a picker, a surgeon. Their flight from the South rewired America.
4.48
119k+
🚂 Great Migration⛓️ Jim Crow Era🏙️ Urban History🗣️ Oral History🏠 Housing Discrimination
The Warmth of Other Suns Summary
The Warmth of Other Suns 92%
Three lives: a sharecropper, a picker, a surgeon. Their flight from the South rewired America.
by Isabel Wilkerson 2010
4.48
119k+ ratings
🚂 Great Migration⛓️ Jim Crow Era🏙️ Urban History🗣️ Oral History🏠 Housing Discrimination
The Sum of Us
by Heather McGhee • 2021
The zero-sum story on race is a lie that has cost all Americans trillions. Here is how.
4.62
22k+
🧱 Structural Racism💰 Racial Economics⚖️ Zero-Sum Thinking🌍 Environmental Justice🗳️ Voter Suppression
The Sum of Us Summary
The Sum of Us 92%
The zero-sum story on race is a lie that has cost all Americans trillions. Here is how.
by Heather McGhee 2021
4.62
22k+ ratings
🧱 Structural Racism💰 Racial Economics⚖️ Zero-Sum Thinking🌍 Environmental Justice🗳️ Voter Suppression
The Speech
by Bernie Sanders • 2010
The floor speech that indicted tax cuts, trade deals, and deregulation for gutting the middle class.
4.20
916
📊 Economic Inequality🏢 Corporate Power🗳️ Progressive Politics📉 Wall Street Critique💵 Campaign Finance
The Speech Summary
The Speech 92%
The floor speech that indicted tax cuts, trade deals, and deregulation for gutting the middle class.
by Bernie Sanders 2010
4.20
916 ratings
📊 Economic Inequality🏢 Corporate Power🗳️ Progressive Politics📉 Wall Street Critique💵 Campaign Finance
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 Summary
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
How the Other Half Banks
by Mehrsa Baradaran • 2015
Banks get public support but exclude the poor. The public option that restores the social contract.
4.09
626
🏦 Banking History📜 Financial Regulation🇺🇸 Us Economic Policy🎣 Predatory Lending🚫 Financial Exclusion
How the Other Half Banks Summary
How the Other Half Banks 92%
Banks get public support but exclude the poor. The public option that restores the social contract.
by Mehrsa Baradaran 2015
4.09
626 ratings
🏦 Banking History📜 Financial Regulation🇺🇸 Us Economic Policy🎣 Predatory Lending🚫 Financial Exclusion
The Big Change
by Frederick Lewis Allen • 1952
America went from farmers to superpower in fifty years: the metamorphosis that reshaped its soul.
3.95
243
📖 American History🕰️ Early 20th Century🔄 Economic Transformation📈 Social Mobility🏢 Corporate America
The Big Change Summary
The Big Change 92%
America went from farmers to superpower in fifty years: the metamorphosis that reshaped its soul.
by Frederick Lewis Allen 1952
3.95
243 ratings
📖 American History🕰️ Early 20th Century🔄 Economic Transformation📈 Social Mobility🏢 Corporate America
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
18k+
🇺🇸 American Conservatism🧱 Political Polarization🏭 Environmental Justice👷 Working Class Politics🧠 Motivated Reasoning
Strangers in Their Own Land Summary
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
Civil Rights
by Thomas Sowell • 1984
The assumption that unequal outcomes prove discrimination is false, and its policies backfire.
4.40
989
🧨 Civil Rights Critique💰 Race And Economics⚖️ Affirmative Action Debate🌍 Cultural Explanations🗳️ Public Choice Theory
Civil Rights Summary
Civil Rights 92%
The assumption that unequal outcomes prove discrimination is false, and its policies backfire.
by Thomas Sowell 1984
4.40
989 ratings
🧨 Civil Rights Critique💰 Race And Economics⚖️ Affirmative Action Debate🌍 Cultural Explanations🗳️ Public Choice Theory
Outclassed
by Joan C. Williams • 2025
The Left lost the working class to economic precarity and condescension. How to win them back.
4.20
248
👷 Class Politics🇺🇸 American Populism📢 Political Messaging🎓 Educational Sorting🎭 Cultural Capital
Outclassed Summary
Outclassed 92%
The Left lost the working class to economic precarity and condescension. How to win them back.
by Joan C. Williams 2025
4.20
248 ratings
👷 Class Politics🇺🇸 American Populism📢 Political Messaging🎓 Educational Sorting🎭 Cultural Capital
Democracy and Social Ethics
by Jane Addams • 1902
Democracy is a social ethic requiring cross-class mixing and mutual understanding.
3.94
170
🕰️ Progressive Era💡 American Pragmatism⚖️ Social Ethics🤝 Cross-Class Empathy🎗️ Philanthropy Reform
Democracy and Social Ethics Summary
Democracy and Social Ethics 92%
Democracy is a social ethic requiring cross-class mixing and mutual understanding.
by Jane Addams 1902
3.94
170 ratings
🕰️ Progressive Era💡 American Pragmatism⚖️ Social Ethics🤝 Cross-Class Empathy🎗️ Philanthropy Reform
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 Summary
Occupy 92%
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
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 Summary
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
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 Summary
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
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
Bernie Sanders Guide to Political Revolution
by Bernie Sanders • 2017
The top 0.1% owns as much as the bottom 90%. A progressive senator's guide for changing that.
3.99
2k+
💸 Economic Inequality🏥 Universal Healthcare🎓 College Affordability✊ Workers Rights🌍 Climate Action
Bernie Sanders Guide to Political Revolution Summary
Bernie Sanders Guide to Political Revolution 92%
The top 0.1% owns as much as the bottom 90%. A progressive senator's guide for changing that.
by Bernie Sanders 2017
3.99
2k+ ratings
💸 Economic Inequality🏥 Universal Healthcare🎓 College Affordability✊ Workers Rights🌍 Climate Action
What We Owe Each Other
by Minouche Shafik • 2021
The safety net is fraying from childhood to old age. A single plan to rewire it.
3.85
1k+
🏛️ Social Policy📉 Economic Inequality👷 Labor Markets🎓 Education Reform👶 Early Childhood
What We Owe Each Other Summary
What We Owe Each Other 92%
The safety net is fraying from childhood to old age. A single plan to rewire it.
by Minouche Shafik 2021
3.85
1k+ ratings
🏛️ Social Policy📉 Economic Inequality👷 Labor Markets🎓 Education Reform👶 Early Childhood
These Truths
by Jill Lepore • 2018
American politics is a 500-year argument over who counts as a person and whose truth prevails.
4.40
14k+
🇺🇸 American Paradox📜 National Founding Myths🔍 Truth In Politics📰 Media And Democracy⛓️ Slavery And Freedom
These Truths Summary
These Truths 92%
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
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 Summary
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 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
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 92%
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
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 Summary
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
The Case for Colonialism
by Bruce Gilley • 2023
Start new colonies from scratch. The controversial solution to a century of post-colonial disaster.
4.32
191
📚 Revisionist History🏗️ State Building👑 Imperial History🌍 Post-Colonial States⏳ Modernization Theory
The Case for Colonialism Summary
The Case for Colonialism 91%
Start new colonies from scratch. The controversial solution to a century of post-colonial disaster.
by Bruce Gilley 2023
4.32
191 ratings
📚 Revisionist History🏗️ State Building👑 Imperial History🌍 Post-Colonial States⏳ Modernization Theory
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