Politics

The Catholic Case for Trump

by Austin Ruse; read by John Pruden

This book examines more than a dozen issues and makes the case that a Faithful Catholic can find not just a reason, but a Catholic reason, to vote for Trump. This is a must-listen book for all Catholic voters. Learn More

Keeping Hope Alive

by Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr.; edited by Grace Ji-Sun Kim; read by Ron Butler

These speeches and sermons, delivered both to the downtrodden and the powerful, from Senegal and Bangkok to Chicago, include the famous speeches Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr., delivered at the Democratic Party conventions of 1984 and 1988 following his historic campaigns for the presidential nomination. Learn More

A Map Is Only One Story

Edited by Nicole Chung & Mensah Demary; read by Cindy Kay

One of The Millions's Most Anticipated Books of the Year
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Selected from the archives of Catapult magazine, the essays in A Map Is Only One Story highlight the human side of immigration policies and polarized rhetoric, as twenty writers share provocative personal stories of existing between languages and cultures. Learn More

Let Them Eat Tweets

by Jacob S. Hacker & Paul Pierson; read by Peter Berkrot

A groundbreaking account of the dangerous marriage of plutocratic economic priorities and right-wing populist appeals—and how it threatens the pillars of American democracy. Learn More

No Safe Spaces

edited by Dennis Prager, Mark Joseph, & Adam Carolla; read by John McLain

In this book and the accompanying movie, Dennis Prager, Mark Joseph, and Adam Carolla expose the attack on free speech and free thought on college campuses across America. Learn More

Democracy and Equality

by Geoffrey R. Stone and David A. Strauss; read by Tom Perkins

A powerfully argued evaluation of the Warren Court's legacy, in commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the end of the Warren Court. Learn More

Free to Move

by Ilya Somin; read by Peter Lerman

In Free to Move, Ilya Somin explains how broadening opportunities for foot voting can greatly enhance political liberty for millions of people around the world. Learn More

Divested

by Ken-Hou Lin & Megan Tobias Neely

Divested is a clear, comprehensive, and convincing account of the forces driving economic inequality in America. Learn More

Crystal Eastman

by Amy Aronson; read by Elizabeth Wiley

As the first biography of Crystal Eastman, this book gives renewed voice to a woman who spoke freely and passionately in debates still raging today—gender equality and human rights, nationalism and globalization, political censorship and media control, worker benefits and family balance, and the monumental questions of war, sovereignty, and freedom. Learn More

Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop

by Lee Drutman; read by Christopher Grove

Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop makes a compelling case for large scale electoral reform—importantly, reform not requiring a constitutional amendment—that would give America more parties, making American democracy more representative, more responsive, and ultimately more stable. Learn More

Renewable Energy

by Nick Jelley; read by Danny Campbell

This Very Short Introduction describes the main renewable sources of energy—solar, wind, hydropower, and biomass—as well as the less well-developed ones—geothermal, tidal, and wave. Learn More

Break Every Yoke

by Joshua Dubler & Vincent Lloyd; read by Leon Nixon

Changes in the American religious landscape enabled the rise of mass incarceration. Religious ideas and practices also offer a key for ending mass incarceration. These are the bold claims advanced by Break Every Yoke, the joint work of two activist-scholars of American religion. Learn More

The Strange Case of Donald J. Trump

by Dan P. McAdams; read by Matthew Josdal

The Strange Case of Donald J. Trump provides a coherent and nuanced psychological portrait of Donald Trump, drawing upon biographical events in the subject's life and contemporary scientific research and theory in personality, developmental, and social psychology. Learn More