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From Poor Law to Welfare State

par Walter I. Trattner • 1974

How America turned helping the poor from an act of justice into a judgment on character.

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🏛️ Social Welfare History 🇺🇸 American Social Policy ⚖️ Poverty And Morality

From Poor Law to Welfare State

How America turned helping the poor from an act of justice into a judgment on character.

par Walter I. Trattner 1974 464 pages

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🏛️ Social Welfare History 🇺🇸 American Social Policy ⚖️ Poverty And Morality

Why We Can't Afford the Rich

par Andrew Sayer • 2014

Rent, interest, and capital gains: the unearned incomes that build fortunes and wreck the planet.

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🏦 Rentier Capitalism 🏝️ Tax Havens 📈 Financialization

Why We Can't Afford the Rich

Rent, interest, and capital gains: the unearned incomes that build fortunes and wreck the planet.

par Andrew Sayer 2014

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🏦 Rentier Capitalism 🏝️ Tax Havens 📈 Financialization

We Are Not Yet Equal

par Carol Anderson • 2018

Every Black American victory was met with a legal counterattack designed to undo it.

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⚖ Systemic Racism 📚 African American History 🔄 Backlash Politics

We Are Not Yet Equal

Every Black American victory was met with a legal counterattack designed to undo it.

par Carol Anderson 2018

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⚖ Systemic Racism 📚 African American History 🔄 Backlash Politics

Blind Injustice

par Mark Godsey • 2017

How good people convict the innocent: a former prosecutor on the cognitive traps built in justice.

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⚖️ Wrongful Convictions 🏛️ Criminal Justice Reform 👁️ Eyewitness Misidentification

Blind Injustice

How good people convict the innocent: a former prosecutor on the cognitive traps built in justice.

par Mark Godsey 2017 265 pages

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⚖️ Wrongful Convictions 🏛️ Criminal Justice Reform 👁️ Eyewitness Misidentification

Under Our Skin

par Benjamin Watson • 2015

Racism is sin, not sociology. An NFL player on why healing must start in the heart.

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🌉 Racial Reconciliation ✝️ Christian Social Justice 👮 Police Brutality

Under Our Skin

Racism is sin, not sociology. An NFL player on why healing must start in the heart.

par Benjamin Watson 2015 240 pages

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🌉 Racial Reconciliation ✝️ Christian Social Justice 👮 Police Brutality

A World Without Police

par Geo Maher • 2021

Police reform fails by design. The alternative is not fewer cops but stronger communities.

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🛑 Police Abolition 🔗 Systemic Racism 🏘️ Community Safety

A World Without Police

Police reform fails by design. The alternative is not fewer cops but stronger communities.

par Geo Maher 2021 288 pages

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🛑 Police Abolition 🔗 Systemic Racism 🏘️ Community Safety

Glass House

par Brian Alexander • 2017

Private equity bought a glass factory. By the time they were done, a town was destroyed.

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🏭 Deindustrialization 💰 Private Equity 💊 Opioid Epidemic

Glass House

Private equity bought a glass factory. By the time they were done, a town was destroyed.

par Brian Alexander 2017 336 pages

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🏭 Deindustrialization 💰 Private Equity 💊 Opioid Epidemic

The Eclipse of God

par Erwin W. Lutzer • 2024

The drive for a more inclusive God didn't expand the circle; it emptied the throne.

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🧠 Philosophy Of Religion 🛡️ Christian Apologetics 📖 Doctrine Of God

The Eclipse of God

The drive for a more inclusive God didn't expand the circle; it emptied the throne.

par Erwin W. Lutzer 2024 304 pages

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🧠 Philosophy Of Religion 🛡️ Christian Apologetics 📖 Doctrine Of God

Propaganda Blitz

par David Edwards • 2018

The news isn't broken. It's working exactly as designed: manufacturing consent for the powerful.

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🧐 Media Criticism 📣 War Propaganda 🏢 Corporate Power

Propaganda Blitz

The news isn't broken. It's working exactly as designed: manufacturing consent for the powerful.

par David Edwards 2018 336 pages

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🧐 Media Criticism 📣 War Propaganda 🏢 Corporate Power

One Dress. One Year.

par Bethany Winz • 2016

One girl, one dress, 365 days: a fight against trafficking that unraveled her first.

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🔗 Human Trafficking ✊ Teen Activism 🙏 Faith In Action

One Dress. One Year.

One girl, one dress, 365 days: a fight against trafficking that unraveled her first.

par Bethany Winz 2016 160 pages

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🔗 Human Trafficking ✊ Teen Activism 🙏 Faith In Action

Not Just a Pretty Face

par Stacy Malkan • 2007

168 chemicals enter your body daily through cosmetics. Not one was FDA safety-tested.

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💄 Beauty Industry 🧪 Endocrine Disruptors 🌿 Greenwashing

Not Just a Pretty Face

168 chemicals enter your body daily through cosmetics. Not one was FDA safety-tested.

par Stacy Malkan 2007 192 pages

3.96

500+ évaluations

💄 Beauty Industry 🧪 Endocrine Disruptors 🌿 Greenwashing

Going Mainstream

par Julia Ebner • 2023

How extremist ideas conquered the mainstream, one online subculture at a time.

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💻 Online Radicalization ⚡ Far-Right Extremism 🕵️ Conspiracy Theories

Going Mainstream

How extremist ideas conquered the mainstream, one online subculture at a time.

par Julia Ebner 2023 249 pages

3.74

468 évaluations

💻 Online Radicalization ⚡ Far-Right Extremism 🕵️ Conspiracy Theories

Facts and Other Lies

par Ed Coper • 2022

The internet runs on outrage, our brains are built for bias, and facts never stood a chance.

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🗳️ Political Disinformation 📡 Media Ecosystems 💻 Digital Politics

Facts and Other Lies

The internet runs on outrage, our brains are built for bias, and facts never stood a chance.

par Ed Coper 2022 394 pages

4.16

242 évaluations

🗳️ Political Disinformation 📡 Media Ecosystems 💻 Digital Politics

The Lost and the Found

par Kevin Fagan • 2025

A reporter followed two unhoused people in San Francisco. One got out. The other didn't. Here's why.

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🏠 Chronic Homelessness 🏙️ Urban Poverty 💉 Addiction And Recovery

The Lost and the Found

A reporter followed two unhoused people in San Francisco. One got out. The other didn't. Here's why.

par Kevin Fagan 2025 288 pages

4.27

500+ évaluations

🏠 Chronic Homelessness 🏙️ Urban Poverty 💉 Addiction And Recovery

The Second

par Carol Anderson • 2021

The Second Amendment was built to control Black Americans, and two centuries later, it still does.

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🎯 American Gun Politics 📜 Constitutional History 🖤 Anti-Blackness

The Second

The Second Amendment was built to control Black Americans, and two centuries later, it still does.

par Carol Anderson 2021 272 pages

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1 000+ évaluations

🎯 American Gun Politics 📜 Constitutional History 🖤 Anti-Blackness

One Nation, Uninsured

par Jill Quadagno • 2005

Organized interests, not national values, killed universal health care in the United States.

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🏥 Health Care Policy 📜 Public Health History 🏛️ Interest-Group Politics

One Nation, Uninsured

Organized interests, not national values, killed universal health care in the United States.

par Jill Quadagno 2005 274 pages

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🏥 Health Care Policy 📜 Public Health History 🏛️ Interest-Group Politics

Slaying Goliath

par Diane Ravitch • 2020

Billionaires spent billions to privatize public schools. Teachers and parents fought back and won.

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🏫 Public Education 💼 School Privatization 📝 High-Stakes Testing

Slaying Goliath

Billionaires spent billions to privatize public schools. Teachers and parents fought back and won.

par Diane Ravitch 2020 352 pages

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🏫 Public Education 💼 School Privatization 📝 High-Stakes Testing

Payal Mehta's Romance Revenge Plot

par Preeti Chhibber • 2024

After her crush humiliates her, Payal enlists her rival for the perfect romantic revenge.

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🎓 Rivals To Lovers 🌏 Diaspora Teen Life 💭 Oblivious Crush

Payal Mehta's Romance Revenge Plot

After her crush humiliates her, Payal enlists her rival for the perfect romantic revenge.

par Preeti Chhibber 2024 304 pages

3.77

322 évaluations

🎓 Rivals To Lovers 🌏 Diaspora Teen Life 💭 Oblivious Crush

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