Recommended reading
Following are some books that I recommend. For more information, you can click on any that interest you.
Jackpot: How the Super-Rich Really Live―and How Their Wealth Harms Us
A senior editor at Mother Jones dives into the lives of the extremely rich, showing the fascinating realm they inhabit—and how this realm harms us all.
read moreTangled Up in Blue: Policing the American City
Rosa Brooks presents a revelatory account of what it’s like inside the “blue wall of silence” from street shootings and domestic violence calls to the behind-the-scenes police work during Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential inauguration.
read moreLucky: How Joe Biden Barely Won the Presidency
The inside story of the historic 2020 presidential election and Joe Biden’s harrowing ride to victory
read moreOn Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal
#1 New York Times and internationally bestselling author Naomi Klein makes the case for a Green New Deal in this “keenly argued, well-researched, and impassioned” manifesto (The Washington Post).
read moreKill Switch: The Rise of the Modern Senate and the Crippling of American Democracy
An insider’s account of how politicians representing a radical white minority of Americans have used “the world’s greatest deliberative body” to hijack our democracy.
read moreReinventing Yourself in Your Retirement Years: Find Joy, Excitement, and Purpose After You Retire
Lee Gale Gruen’s book offers a detailed guide for retirees, those soon to retire, baby boomers, and seniors to reinvent themselves in this new stage of their lives by finding joy, excitement, and purpose in their retirement.
read moreThe Jakarta Method: Washington’s Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World
The hidden story of the wanton slaughter backed by the USA.
read moreThe Populist’s Guide to 2020: A New Right and New Left are Rising
The Populist’s Guide to 2020 examines the populist right and populist left to explain the rise of the Trump and Sanders movements.
read moreHow Trump Stole 2020: The Hunt for America’s Vanished Voters
Yes, the election’s stolen but investigative reporter Greg Palast shows you how to steal it back!
read moreRecommended Read: When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir
A powerful memoir co-written by Patrisse Khan-Cullors, cofounder of Black Lives Matter and founder and chair of Dignity and Power Now.
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