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An active participant in the debates over same-sex marriage for three decades, philosopher John Corvino built strong relationships, and even friendships, with many on the other side. In this urgent and thought-provoking book, Corvino draws lessons from that experience to make the case for how to...

A book that will launch a million debates. Constitutional law professor Kent Greenfield delivers the highly provocative yet carefully reasoned case for secession, arguing that the fractures within the US run so deep, rendering our politics so dysfunctional, that the best way to heal is to...

By the former Director of Chatham House and acclaimed author of The New Cold War, a bold and original vision for how middle powers can build a post-America order. When Donald Trump returned to the White House in January 2025, he ended the Pax Americana which had underwritten eighty years of...

A provocative account of how our legal culture is holding us hostage―and what we need to do to change it. American government is broken. The country that built the national highway system and created Social Security and Medicare can now barely manage the basics. What went wrong? University of...

Since the end of WWII, the United States has dominated the global economic stage. Not coincidentally, the US dollar has served as the world’s default currency. America has routinely rattled its saber to wage wars, leverage its soft power, and nudge its allies. Enemies who have opposed it have...

Today's Supreme Court justices bristle at the label "politicians in robes," insisting that they operate above the fray of partisan politics. But for the first century of the nation's history, the Court was unmistakably a political institution, both by design and in practice. Justices were fully...

Drawing on interviews with first-hand sources in and outside the administration, official minutes and still classified documents, Shattered Hopes focuses on PH1.0’s rocky 22-months in power to tell the story of how a fledgling Government filled with so much promise and hope, was racked by...

In The Siege Within, Malaysian journalist Leslie Lopez crafts a remarkable thriller out of politics and high finance, delivering a knockout expose all the more shocking for the ring of truth behind every act When Malaysia's sixth prime minister Najib Razak was sentenced to twelve years in prison...

American democracy is in trouble—but not only for the reasons we think. Beyond polarization, money in politics, or the distortions of electoral democ­racy lies a quieter, more dangerous failure: Government itself has stopped working. Even before the current attacks on government, the old...

Rachel Maddow leads a revelatory, rollicking trip through the history of the Justice Department, finding heroism and treachery in equal measure—and, in the end, a rescue effort for our battered democracy. Over its nearly 150 years, the United States Department of Justice became America’s...

Julius Caesar, Lucretia, Cincinnatus, Augustus, the Gracchi brothers: Roman figures have had an extraordinary influence on modern republics from America to France. Here historian Jamie Gianoutsos traces the Roman republic and its afterlives through the revolutionary birth of modern republics in...

A sweeping, resonant, revelatory history of how the expropriation of property made the modern world, by a brilliant young historian Expropriation – the forced transfer of property rights – is usually associated with dictators, unstable countries, and violent revolution. But in fact, it has...

Blockers. It wasn’t a compliment. In the new Washington, it was the worst thing you could be—especially if you worked in the federal government and wanted to keep your job. A Blocker was a holdover, an impediment, someone who didn’t get the message—and, most of all, someone who didn’t belong. Michael Lewis found six of them. Blockers is the story of people who believed they had a calling, who were convinced they were doing something the country couldn’t do without, and then discovered they were no longer wanted.

A wild ride through the destruction of the American government – and the unsung heroes who tried to stop it – by the No. 1 bestselling author of The Big Short In early 2025, an army of young men invaded the offices of US government. Armed with laptops and sleeping bags, a raft of prejudices...

When Springfield, Ohio, became a national symbol in America's immigration debate, the media moved quickly to impose a clean, familiar narrative—claims were debunked, concerns were invented, and heritage citizens raising them were misled, manipulated, or worse. But for many Clark County residents, the official story rang false; it sounded more like a cover-up.

Persevilience (noun): the ability of an individual, group or organization to turn any situation, setback or meaningful experience into a positive opportunity to grow, to advance and secure their core interests. In an era of multiple unprecedented multiple challenges, new ways of thinking about how we meet them are called for. Enter Persevilience: Yes, it combines perseverance and resilience. But it does so much more than that. It is the ability to turn any setback into an opportunity, by embracing a mindset that is not just tougher, but more positive, and built on belief and integrity.

A provocative blueprint for understanding how Donald Trump is reshaping American government, global power, and the political order of the twenty-first century. For nearly a century, Americans have lived under a political order built in the aftermath of the Great Depression and World War II. That order is now coming apart. The political battles dominating headlines—from border security and trade policy to censorship, lawfare, bureaucracy, and America's role in the world—are often treated as isolated controversies.

From the author of A Renegade History of the United States, a boldly persuasive, provocative counter-narrative that reframes our understanding of America’s role in the wider world Over the past 250 years, historian Thaddeus Russell argues in his bold and eye-opening new book, America has...

In his most fascinating book yet, #1 New York Times bestselling author Newt Gingrich envisions what daily life in America will look like 50 years from now—and argues the future is golden. Imagine it’s 2076, and America is celebrating the 300th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of...

A clear, compact tour of the U.S. system, this classic civics primer explains how the federal government actually operates—without the jargon. Narrated with crisp, engaging clarity by Cory Stoutner, it walks you through the separation of powers and checks and balances; how Congress is...