🔫 Gun Policy

Rigorous examinations of firearms legislation, Second Amendment debates, and the data behind gun violence. These books seek clarity in one of America's most polarized and consequential policy arenas.

More Guns, Less Crime

by John R. Lott Jr. • 1998

Mass shootings fell 84% in concealed-carry states. The economist who did the math.

4.07

852

🔫 Gun Control ⚖️ Criminal Justice 🎯 Deterrence Theory

More Guns, Less Crime 91%

Mass shootings fell 84% in concealed-carry states. The economist who did the math.

by John R. Lott Jr. 1998

4.07

852 ratings

🔫 Gun Control ⚖️ Criminal Justice 🎯 Deterrence Theory

The Second Amendment

by Michael Waldman • 2014

The Second Amendment meant militias for two centuries. The individual right was born in the 1970s.

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🏛️ Second Amendment ⚖️ Constitutional Law 🎯 Gun Control Debate

The Second Amendment 89%

The Second Amendment meant militias for two centuries. The individual right was born in the 1970s.

by Michael Waldman 2014

4.03

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Second Amendment ⚖️ Constitutional Law 🎯 Gun Control Debate

The Second

by Carol Anderson • 2021

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

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1k+

🎯 American Gun Politics 📜 Constitutional History 🖤 Anti-Blackness

The Second 88%

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

by Carol Anderson 2021

4.31

1k+ ratings

🎯 American Gun Politics 📜 Constitutional History 🖤 Anti-Blackness

Glock

by Paul M. Barrett • 2012

Police carried revolvers until an Austrian outsider built a plastic gun that changed everything.

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3k+

🏢 Corporate History 🔫 Gun Industry 🇺🇸 Gun Culture

Glock 88%

Police carried revolvers until an Austrian outsider built a plastic gun that changed everything.

by Paul M. Barrett 2012

3.87

3k+ ratings

🏢 Corporate History 🔫 Gun Industry 🇺🇸 Gun Culture

The Violence Project

by Jillian Peterson • 2021

Mass shootings are not random. They follow a pattern, and a layered defense can break it.

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🔫 Mass Shootings 🛡️ Violence Prevention 🧠 Childhood Trauma

The Violence Project 88%

Mass shootings are not random. They follow a pattern, and a layered defense can break it.

by Jillian Peterson 2021

4.45

1k+ ratings

🔫 Mass Shootings 🛡️ Violence Prevention 🧠 Childhood Trauma

A More Perfect Constitution

by Larry J. Sabato • 2007

Twenty-three fixes for a rusty Constitution: bigger Congress, term limits, a state convention.

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🏛️ Constitutional Reform 🗳️ Electoral Reform ⚖️ Judicial Reform

A More Perfect Constitution 87%

Twenty-three fixes for a rusty Constitution: bigger Congress, term limits, a state convention.

by Larry J. Sabato 2007

3.66

335 ratings

🏛️ Constitutional Reform 🗳️ Electoral Reform ⚖️ Judicial Reform

Dying of Whiteness

by Jonathan M. Metzl • 2019

White Americans are dying younger, and the policies their votes support are a major cause.

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🇺🇸 American Politics 🩺 Public Health 🤍 White Identity Politics

Dying of Whiteness 87%

White Americans are dying younger, and the policies their votes support are a major cause.

by Jonathan M. Metzl 2019

4.11

7k+ ratings

🇺🇸 American Politics 🩺 Public Health 🤍 White Identity Politics

An Introduction to the Policy Process

by Thomas A. Birkland • 2001

Policy fails less from bad ideas than from the battles over attention, framing, and implementation.

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🏛️ Policy Process 📋 Agenda Setting ⚙️ Policy Implementation

An Introduction to the Policy Process Summary

An Introduction to the Policy Process 87%

Policy fails less from bad ideas than from the battles over attention, framing, and implementation.

by Thomas A. Birkland 2001

3.58

288 ratings

🏛️ Policy Process 📋 Agenda Setting ⚙️ Policy Implementation

Unforgiving Places

by Jens Ludwig • 2025

Most shootings begin as arguments. The neighborhood, not the motive, determines who dies.

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237

🧠 Behavioral Economics 🏙️ Urban Violence 🤔 Cognitive Biases

Unforgiving Places 87%

Most shootings begin as arguments. The neighborhood, not the motive, determines who dies.

by Jens Ludwig 2025

4.21

237 ratings

🧠 Behavioral Economics 🏙️ Urban Violence 🤔 Cognitive Biases

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

The Two Percent Solution 87%

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

Fragmented Democracy

by Jamila Michener • 2018

Your zip code decides your Medicaid benefits. It also decides whether you bother with politics.

4.23

120

🏛️ American Federalism 🏥 Health Policy ⚖️ Political Inequality

Fragmented Democracy 87%

Your zip code decides your Medicaid benefits. It also decides whether you bother with politics.

by Jamila Michener 2018

4.23

120 ratings

🏛️ American Federalism 🏥 Health Policy ⚖️ Political Inequality

Rise

by Brigitte Gabriel • 2018

Radical Islam and the left share one project: dismantling the West. A former refugee's battle plan.

4.31

100

🏛️ Judeo-Christian Values ⚔️ Islamic Radicalism 🗽 Immigration Policy

Rise 87%

Radical Islam and the left share one project: dismantling the West. A former refugee's battle plan.

by Brigitte Gabriel 2018

4.31

100 ratings

🏛️ Judeo-Christian Values ⚔️ Islamic Radicalism 🗽 Immigration Policy

A Simple Government

by Mike Huckabee • 2011

A former governor's plan for a government that does less, costs less, and meddles less.

3.73

302

🐘 American Conservatism 🏛️ Federalism 💰 Fiscal Conservatism

A Simple Government 87%

A former governor's plan for a government that does less, costs less, and meddles less.

by Mike Huckabee 2011

3.73

302 ratings

🐘 American Conservatism 🏛️ Federalism 💰 Fiscal Conservatism

Policy Paradox

by Deborah Stone • 1988

Policy runs on stories and symbols more than spreadsheets. The winner defines the problem.

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🏛️ Policy Analysis 🔲 Framing Effects 🏗️ Social Construction

Policy Paradox 87%

Policy runs on stories and symbols more than spreadsheets. The winner defines the problem.

by Deborah Stone 1988

3.87

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Policy Analysis 🔲 Framing Effects 🏗️ Social Construction

Copaganda

by Alec Karakatsanis • 2025

The hidden PR system that converts police spin into headlines and crime panic into tougher laws.

4.49

582

🎥 Media Criticism ⚖️ Criminal Justice 🔒 Mass Incarceration

Copaganda 87%

The hidden PR system that converts police spin into headlines and crime panic into tougher laws.

by Alec Karakatsanis 2025

4.49

582 ratings

🎥 Media Criticism ⚖️ Criminal Justice 🔒 Mass Incarceration

San Fransicko

by Michael Shellenberger • 2021

Progressive compassion for the homeless and addicted is making both groups larger and sicker.

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4k+

🏙️ Urban Policy 🏚️ Homelessness 💊 Drug Policy

San Fransicko 87%

Progressive compassion for the homeless and addicted is making both groups larger and sicker.

by Michael Shellenberger 2021

4.01

4k+ ratings

🏙️ Urban Policy 🏚️ Homelessness 💊 Drug Policy

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

Getting to Green 87%

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

Arrest-Proof Yourself

by Dale C. Carson • 2007

A former cop's blunt rules for staying invisible to police and out of the permanent digital prison.

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320

🧑‍✈️ Police Encounters ⚖️ Legal Self-Defense ⛓️‍💥 Criminal Justice Reform

Arrest-Proof Yourself 87%

A former cop's blunt rules for staying invisible to police and out of the permanent digital prison.

by Dale C. Carson 2007

3.77

320 ratings

🧑‍✈️ Police Encounters ⚖️ Legal Self-Defense ⛓️‍💥 Criminal Justice Reform

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

Keeping the Republic 87%

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

Operation Hollywood

by David L. Robb • 2004

The military lent Hollywood its jets and ships, then demanded veto power over the script.

3.46

🚫 Military Censorship 📢 Propaganda Studies 🏛️ Pentagon Influence

Operation Hollywood 87%

The military lent Hollywood its jets and ships, then demanded veto power over the script.

by David L. Robb 2004

3.46

72 ratings

🚫 Military Censorship 📢 Propaganda Studies 🏛️ Pentagon Influence

The Perils of Federalism

by Lisa L. Miller • 2008

Federalism rewards punitive interests. The communities hit hardest by crime stay shut out.

3.54

📜 American Political Development ⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform 🏛️ Interest Group Politics

The Perils of Federalism 87%

Federalism rewards punitive interests. The communities hit hardest by crime stay shut out.

by Lisa L. Miller 2008

3.54

13 ratings

📜 American Political Development ⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform 🏛️ Interest Group Politics

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

Life Without Lawyers 87%

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

Social Justice Fallacies

by Thomas Sowell • 2023

Before you remake society for fairness, check the facts. They rarely support the theory.

4.38

3k+

📋 Public Policy Critique 🔄 Unintended Consequences 📊 Statistical Fallacies

Social Justice Fallacies 87%

Before you remake society for fairness, check the facts. They rarely support the theory.

by Thomas Sowell 2023

4.38

3k+ ratings

📋 Public Policy Critique 🔄 Unintended Consequences 📊 Statistical Fallacies

Tangled Up in Blue

by Rosa Brooks • 2021

A law professor joined the police. The training is built to save officers, not the public.

4.06

2k+

🚔 Policing Reform ⚖️ Biased Policing 🎯 Police Training

Tangled Up in Blue 87%

A law professor joined the police. The training is built to save officers, not the public.

by Rosa Brooks 2021

4.06

2k+ ratings

🚔 Policing Reform ⚖️ Biased Policing 🎯 Police Training

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

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🦅 American Politics 📋 Public Policy 📚 Civic Education

What You Should Know About Politics . . . But Don't Summary

What You Should Know About Politics . . . But Don't 87%

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

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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💰 Money In Politics 🗳️ Election Reform 🔗 Systemic Corruption

Republic, Lost 87%

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

Criminal (In)Justice

by Rafael A. Mangual • 2022

Two percent of counties produce half the murders. Decarceration makes those places deadlier.

4.13

222

⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform 🔒 Mass Incarceration 👮 Policing Reform

Criminal (In)Justice 87%

Two percent of counties produce half the murders. Decarceration makes those places deadlier.

by Rafael A. Mangual 2022

4.13

222 ratings

⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform 🔒 Mass Incarceration 👮 Policing Reform

How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything

by Rosa Brooks • 2016

War, law, and state fray together. A Pentagon insider on where the seams gave way.

3.93

2k+

🪖 Military Policy ⚖️ Laws Of War ⚔️ Asymmetric Warfare

How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything Summary

How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything 87%

War, law, and state fray together. A Pentagon insider on where the seams gave way.

by Rosa Brooks 2016

3.93

2k+ ratings

🪖 Military Policy ⚖️ Laws Of War ⚔️ Asymmetric Warfare

An American Summer

by Alex Kotlowitz • 2019

172 killed, 793 wounded. One Chicago summer, inside the lives the violence leaves behind.

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🏙️ Urban Violence ⛓️ Mass Incarceration 🕊️ Restorative Justice

An American Summer 87%

172 killed, 793 wounded. One Chicago summer, inside the lives the violence leaves behind.

by Alex Kotlowitz 2019

4.31

5k+ ratings

🏙️ Urban Violence ⛓️ Mass Incarceration 🕊️ Restorative Justice

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

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🔬 Science Policy 🇺🇸 Trump Administration 📊 Open Data

The Fifth Risk 87%

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

Allow Me to Retort

by Elie Mystal • 2022

The Constitution isn't sacred. It was built for white power and still works as designed.

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🏛️ Constitutional Law 📜 Originalism Critique ⛓️ Structural Racism

Allow Me to Retort 87%

The Constitution isn't sacred. It was built for white power and still works as designed.

by Elie Mystal 2022

4.57

5k+ ratings

🏛️ Constitutional Law 📜 Originalism Critique ⛓️ Structural Racism

"I Have Nothing to Hide"

by Heidi Boghosian • 2021

Mass surveillance survives on one belief: privacy is for wrongdoers. Twenty myths keep it expanding.

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191

🛰️ Mass Surveillance 🔒 Digital Privacy 🏢 Corporate Surveillance

"I Have Nothing to Hide" 87%

Mass surveillance survives on one belief: privacy is for wrongdoers. Twenty myths keep it expanding.

by Heidi Boghosian 2021

3.64

191 ratings

🛰️ Mass Surveillance 🔒 Digital Privacy 🏢 Corporate Surveillance

Rational Choice and Security Studies

by Michael E. Brown • 2000

Two visions of political science: one builds mathematical temples, the other wants to stop war.

3.78

🔒 Security Studies 🧮 Rational Choice ⚔️ Methodology Wars

Rational Choice and Security Studies Summary

Rational Choice and Security Studies 87%

Two visions of political science: one builds mathematical temples, the other wants to stop war.

by Michael E. Brown 2000

3.78

9 ratings

🔒 Security Studies 🧮 Rational Choice ⚔️ Methodology Wars

Four Threats

by Suzanne Mettler • 2020

The four forces that repeatedly broke American democracy are peaking together for the first time.

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221

🏛️ American Politics ⚡ Political Polarization 🏢 Executive Power

Four Threats 87%

The four forces that repeatedly broke American democracy are peaking together for the first time.

by Suzanne Mettler 2020

4.03

221 ratings

🏛️ American Politics ⚡ Political Polarization 🏢 Executive Power

Democracy When the People Are Thinking

by James S. Fishkin • 2018

Shallow views run democracy. When citizens deliberate, their priorities shift, and policy follows.

3.82

🗳️ Deliberative Democracy 📜 Constitutional Reform 💭 Opinion Formation

Democracy When the People Are Thinking Summary

Democracy When the People Are Thinking 87%

Shallow views run democracy. When citizens deliberate, their priorities shift, and policy follows.

by James S. Fishkin 2018

3.82

28 ratings

🗳️ Deliberative Democracy 📜 Constitutional Reform 💭 Opinion Formation

The Indispensable Right

by Jonathan Turley • 2024

Free speech was America's founding promise and its first betrayal. The pattern is repeating now.

4.36

414

📜 Free Speech History ⚖️ Constitutional Law 🚫 Cancel Culture

The Indispensable Right 87%

Free speech was America's founding promise and its first betrayal. The pattern is repeating now.

by Jonathan Turley 2024

4.36

414 ratings

📜 Free Speech History ⚖️ Constitutional Law 🚫 Cancel Culture

The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy

by John J. Mearsheimer • 2006

How a single interest group has reshaped U.S. Middle East policy, often against American interests.

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🌍 Foreign Policy 🤝 Political Lobbying ⚔️ Middle East Conflict

The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy Summary

The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy 86%

How a single interest group has reshaped U.S. Middle East policy, often against American interests.

by John J. Mearsheimer 2006

4.12

4k+ ratings

🌍 Foreign Policy 🤝 Political Lobbying ⚔️ Middle East Conflict

A Letter to Liberals

by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. • 2022

Science silenced, dissent crushed, trillions siphoned: the pandemic response that liberals policed.

4.39

359

🏥 Public Health Policy 💉 Vaccine Safety ⚖️ Civil Liberties

A Letter to Liberals 86%

Science silenced, dissent crushed, trillions siphoned: the pandemic response that liberals policed.

by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 2022

4.39

359 ratings

🏥 Public Health Policy 💉 Vaccine Safety ⚖️ Civil Liberties

Understanding Public Policy

by Thomas R. Dye • 1969

Governments make policy through many lenses. An eight-model toolkit shows why each is half right.

3.81

244

🏛️ Public Policy Analysis 🇺🇸 American Government 🔍 Policy Frameworks

Understanding Public Policy 86%

Governments make policy through many lenses. An eight-model toolkit shows why each is half right.

by Thomas R. Dye 1969

3.81

244 ratings

🏛️ Public Policy Analysis 🇺🇸 American Government 🔍 Policy Frameworks

The Storm Before the Calm

by George Friedman • 2020

Every eighty years America's government breaks; every fifty, its economy. Now both arrive at once.

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3k+

🏛️ American Political History 🔄 Cyclical History 🌪️ Crisis And Renewal

The Storm Before the Calm 86%

Every eighty years America's government breaks; every fifty, its economy. Now both arrive at once.

by George Friedman 2020

4.05

3k+ ratings

🏛️ American Political History 🔄 Cyclical History 🌪️ Crisis And Renewal

Free Speech

by Timothy Garton Ash • 2017

Free speech was built for a world of nations and newspapers. That world is gone.

3.96

312

🗣️ Free Speech 🌐 Internet Freedom 📰 Media And Democracy

Free Speech 86%

Free speech was built for a world of nations and newspapers. That world is gone.

by Timothy Garton Ash 2017

3.96

312 ratings

🗣️ Free Speech 🌐 Internet Freedom 📰 Media And Democracy

Tearing Us Apart

by Ryan T. Anderson • 2022

The case that abortion has backfired: across medicine, law, politics, and the lives of women.

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208

⚖️ Abortion Debate ✝️ Christian Ethics 👶 Pro-Life Movement

Tearing Us Apart 86%

The case that abortion has backfired: across medicine, law, politics, and the lives of women.

by Ryan T. Anderson 2022

4.49

208 ratings

⚖️ Abortion Debate ✝️ Christian Ethics 👶 Pro-Life Movement

The Vision of the Anointed

by Thomas Sowell • 1995

Why failed policies survive: how the elite turns evidence into heresy and failure into virtue.

4.40

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🧐 Public Policy 📢 Social Criticism 📊 Statistical Fallacies

The Vision of the Anointed 86%

Why failed policies survive: how the elite turns evidence into heresy and failure into virtue.

by Thomas Sowell 1995

4.40

3k+ ratings

🧐 Public Policy 📢 Social Criticism 📊 Statistical Fallacies

The Future of Violence

by Benjamin Wittes • 2014

The state's monopoly on violence is ending. Networked technology handed individuals strategic power.

3.42

318

🔒 Cybersecurity 🛡️ National Security 💻 Technology Policy

The Future of Violence 86%

The state's monopoly on violence is ending. Networked technology handed individuals strategic power.

by Benjamin Wittes 2014

3.42

318 ratings

🔒 Cybersecurity 🛡️ National Security 💻 Technology Policy

Common Sense

by Joel Greenblatt • 2020

The same incentive logic that picks stocks can fix schools, wages, and banks.

3.65

276

🏛️ Economic Policy 📚 Education Reform 💡 Market-Based Solutions

Common Sense 86%

The same incentive logic that picks stocks can fix schools, wages, and banks.

by Joel Greenblatt 2020

3.65

276 ratings

🏛️ Economic Policy 📚 Education Reform 💡 Market-Based Solutions

Age of Danger

by Andrew R. Hoehn • 2023

Built for 1947, retooled for terrorism: America's defense system is blind to the threats now coming.

3.81

🛡️ Us Defense Policy 🌍 Great Power Competition 🐢 Bureaucratic Inertia

Age of Danger 86%

Built for 1947, retooled for terrorism: America's defense system is blind to the threats now coming.

by Andrew R. Hoehn 2023

3.81

70 ratings

🛡️ Us Defense Policy 🌍 Great Power Competition 🐢 Bureaucratic Inertia

Spirit Of Community

by Amitai Etzioni • 1993

The rights expansion forgot the duties. What it cost American communities, and how to rebuild.

3.50

🏘️ Communitarianism ⚖️ Rights And Duties 📚 Moral Education

Spirit Of Community 86%

The rights expansion forgot the duties. What it cost American communities, and how to rebuild.

by Amitai Etzioni 1993

3.50

80 ratings

🏘️ Communitarianism ⚖️ Rights And Duties 📚 Moral Education

Fault Lines in the Constitution

by Cynthia Levinson • 2017

Four times the Senate clout for small-state voters: the 1787 compromise still in charge.

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614

⚖️ Constitutional Law 🗳️ Voting Rights 📊 Unequal Representation

Fault Lines in the Constitution 86%

Four times the Senate clout for small-state voters: the 1787 compromise still in charge.

by Cynthia Levinson 2017

4.00

614 ratings

⚖️ Constitutional Law 🗳️ Voting Rights 📊 Unequal Representation

Justice on the Brink

by Linda Greenhouse • 2021

Ginsburg's death and Barrett's confirmation: the year the Supreme Court broke right.

4.01

725

🏛️ Supreme Court ⚖️ Constitutional Law ⚡ Judicial Politics

Justice on the Brink 86%

Ginsburg's death and Barrett's confirmation: the year the Supreme Court broke right.

by Linda Greenhouse 2021

4.01

725 ratings

🏛️ Supreme Court ⚖️ Constitutional Law ⚡ Judicial Politics

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

No Democracy Lasts Forever 86%

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

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