Politics

The Ten Best Books of the Season

The Next Big Idea Club's picks.

Dec 7, 2024 •

Panio Gianopoulos

In Mistrust We Trust: How Skepticism Can Fuel Social Change

Ethan Zuckerman shares 5 key insights from Mistrust: Why Losing Faith in Institutions Provides the Tools to Transform Them.

Nov 28, 2024 •

Barns Ennobled: Rural Resilience and the Politics of Pride

Elizabeth Currid-Halkett shares 5 key insights from The Overlooked Americans: The Resilience of Our Rural Towns and What It Means for Our Country.

Nov 21, 2024 •

Rebooting Democracy: How Small Acts of Citizenship Strengthen Society

C.L. Skach shares 5 key insights from How to Be a Citizen: Learning to Be Civil Without the State

Nov 14, 2024 •

I Vote, Therefore I Am: The Surprising Psychology of Political Division

Keith Payne shares 5 key insights from Good Reasonable People: The Psychology Behind America’s Dangerous Divide.

Nov 7, 2024 •

President vs. President: What History Can Teach Us About a Divided Country

Nigel Hamilton shares 5 key insights from Lincoln vs. Davis: The War of the Presidents.

Nov 6, 2024 •

Election Jitters? Here's How to Turn Your Anxiety into a Superpower

Wendy Suzuki shares 5 key insights from Good Anxiety: Harnessing the Power of the Most Misunderstood Emotion

Nov 5, 2024 •

Do Presidents Even Matter? Meet the Unsung Heroes Who Make Real Change Happen

Sharon McMahon shares 5 key insights from her #1 bestseller The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, From…

Nov 1, 2024 •

Beyond Election Anxiety: Essential Reads for a Polarized America

7 recent books point toward a hopeful future.

Oct 26, 2024 •

Life After Roe: How Abortion Bans Are Reshaping American Society

Shefali Luthra shares 5 key insights from Undue Burden: Life and Death Decisions in Post-Roe America.

Oct 24, 2024 •

Cancel Culture is Still a Thing...and It's Coming For You

Greg Lukianoff and Rikki Schlott share 5 key insights from The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All―But…

Oct 10, 2024 •

MAGA, Myth, and Memory: The Bloody Fight for America's Past

Richard Slotkin shares 5 key insights from A Great Disorder: National Myth and the Battle for America.

Oct 9, 2024 •

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