Politics & Power

Shameless: Republicans' Deliberate Dysfunction and the Battle to Preserve Democracy Brian Tyler Cohen · 2024 · read Aug 2026Progressive media creator Brian Tyler Cohen's #1 bestselling first book — an argument that the modern Republican Party weaponizes… The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War Craig Whitlock · 2021 · read Jul 2026Washington Post investigative reporter Craig Whitlock's Pentagon Papers-style exposé of the war in Afghanistan — built on… The Day After: How to Wield Power in a Post-Trump World Brian Tyler Cohen · 2026 · read Jul 2026Progressive media creator Brian Tyler Cohen's strategic playbook for the Democratic Party — arguing that Republicans have abused… Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Swan · 2026 · read Jul 2026New York Times White House correspondents Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan's inside account of the first year-plus of Trump's… The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court Jeffrey Toobin · 2007 · read Jun 2026Jeffrey Toobin's group portrait of the Rehnquist-to-early-Roberts Supreme Court (covering roughly 1990–2007), built on interviews… Nightmare Scenario: Inside the Trump Administration's Response to the Pandemic That Changed History Yasmeen Abutaleb, Damian Paletta · 2021 · read Jun 2026Washington Post journalists Yasmeen Abutaleb and Damian Paletta's account of the Trump administration's COVID-19 response from… The Oath: The Obama White House and The Supreme Court Jeffrey Toobin · 2012 · read Jun 2026Jeffrey Toobin's account of the fraught relationship between the Obama White House and the Roberts Supreme Court — sequel to The… True Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Investigation of Donald Trump Jeffrey Toobin · 2020 · read Jun 2026Jeffrey Toobin's account of the Mueller investigation and the first Trump impeachment, framed as a legal thriller about why a… Donald Trump v. The United States: Inside the Struggle to Stop a President Michael S. Schmidt · 2020 · read May 2026NYT's Michael Schmidt's 2020 inside account of the Mueller probe and adjacent obstruction-of-justice questions — built around the… End of Days: Ruby Ridge, the Apocalypse, and the Unmaking of America Chris Jennings · 2026 · read Apr 2026Chris Jennings's 2025 reconstruction of the 1992 Ruby Ridge standoff — Randy Weaver, the ATF firearms charges, the… Hated by All the Right People: Tucker Carlson and the Unraveling of the Conservative Mind Jason Zengerle · 2026 · read Apr 2026Jason Zengerle's biography of Tucker Carlson — Carlson's path from preppy conservative young writer through CNN, MSNBC, and the… Butler: The Untold Story of the Near Assassination of Donald Trump and the Fight for America's Heartland Salena Zito · 2025 · read Mar 2026Salena Zito's reconstruction of the July 13, 2024 Butler, Pennsylvania assassination attempt on Trump — including her own… Coming Up Short: A Memoir of My America Robert B. Reich · 2025 · read Mar 2026Robert Reich's 2025 memoir — across his career as Labor Secretary, Berkeley professor, and progressive public intellectual —… Injustice: How Politics and Fear Vanquished America's Justice Department Carol Leonnig · 2025 · read Feb 2026Carol Leonnig's 2007 investigation (republished in updated form, given the topic's renewed relevance) of the Bush-era… Siege: Trump Under Fire Michael Wolff · 2019 · read Feb 2026Wolff's second Trump book — covering 2018-2019, particularly the Mueller probe period — built on the same Bannon-source-dominant… All or Nothing: How Trump Recaptured America Michael Wolff · 2025 · read Feb 2026Wolff's fifth Trump book — covering the 2023-2024 campaign and the indictments-comeback dynamic — built on the same uneven access… Too Famous Michael Wolff · 2021 · read Feb 2026Michael Wolff's 2021 essay collection — pieces on Trump, Boris Johnson, Murdoch, the Clintons, the post-2016… Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism Sarah Wynn-Williams · 2025 · read Feb 2026Former Facebook (Meta) global policy director Sarah Wynn-Williams's 2025 insider memoir — covering her seven years at the company… Dark Towers: Deutsche Bank, Donald Trump, and an Epic Trail of Destruction David Enrich · 2020 · read Feb 2026David Enrich's 2020 investigation of Deutsche Bank's catastrophic three-decade arc — from German blue-chip to global… State of Denial Bob Woodward · 2006 · read Jan 2026Woodward's 2006 third Bush book, covering the Iraq War's deteriorating execution from 2003 through 2005 — the gap between… The Project: How Project 2025 Is Reshaping America David A. Graham · 2025 · read Jan 2026Atlantic staff writer David Graham's 2025 walkthrough of Project 2025 — the Heritage Foundation's 900-page blueprint for the… The Last American President: A Broken Man, a Corrupt Party, and a World on the Brink Thom Hartmann · 2025 · read Jan 2026Progressive talk-radio host Thom Hartmann's 2025 polemic-and-analysis of the Trump second-term opening — written from the… Abundance Ezra Klein · 2025 · read Jan 2026Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson's 2025 manifesto for "abundance liberalism" — the argument that progressive governance has come to… Plan of Attack: The Definitive Account of the Decision to Invade Iraq Bob Woodward · 2004 · read Jan 2026Bob Woodward's 2004 inside account of the 16 months between 9/11 and the March 2003 invasion of Iraq — the specific NSC meetings,… Bush at War Bob Woodward · 2002 · read Dec 2025Bob Woodward's 2002 inside account of the George W. All the President’s Men Carl Bernstein · 1974 · read Dec 2025Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward's 1974 reconstruction of their Washington Post Watergate reporting — the foundational text of… Profiles in Ignorance: How America's Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber Andy Borowitz · 2022 · read Dec 2025Andy Borowitz's serio-comic argument that American political culture has systematically rewarded ignorance over expertise across… Devil's Bargain: Steve Bannon, Donald Trump, and the Storming of the Presidency Joshua Green · 2017 · read Dec 2025Bloomberg reporter Joshua Green's 2017 history of Steve Bannon's path through Breitbart, the Goldman Sachs years, the Mercer… After the Fall: Being American in the World We've Made Ben Rhodes · 2021 · read Dec 2025Former Obama deputy national security advisor Ben Rhodes's reflection on the post-Trump-1 international landscape — Hungary,… Mad House: How Donald Trump, MAGA Mean Girls, a Former Used Car Salesman, a Florida Nepo Baby, and a Man with Rats in His Walls Broke Congress Annie Karni · 2025 · read Dec 2025NYT reporters Annie Karni and Luke Broadwater's account of the 2023-24 House Republican majority — the McCarthy speakership… Retribution: Donald Trump and the Campaign That Changed America Jonathan Karl · 2025 · read Nov 2025Jonathan Karl's fourth Trump book — covering the 2024 campaign and the early second-term restoration — built on continued direct… Authoritarian Nightmare: Trump and His Followers John W. Dean · 2020 · read Nov 2025Former Nixon White House Counsel John Dean and University of Manitoba psychologist Bob Altemeyer's analysis of Trump and his… The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir John Bolton · 2020 · read Oct 2025John Bolton's memoir from his 17 months as Trump's third National Security Advisor — Ukraine, Venezuela, Iran, North Korea, and… 107 Days Kamala Harris · 2025 · read Oct 2025Kamala Harris's 2025 account of her 107-day presidential campaign — Biden's withdrawal, the nomination, the campaign itself,… The Despot's Apprentice: Donald Trump's Attack on Democracy Brian Klaas · 2017 · read Aug 2025Brian Klaas's 2017 comparative-politics-trained case that Trump's first-year behaviors were continuous with the pattern of… Playing to the Edge: American Intelligence in the Age of Terror Michael V. Hayden · 2016 · read Jun 2025General Michael Hayden's memoir from his vantage as director of NSA (1999-2005) and CIA (2006-2009) — the operational and legal… Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again Jake Tapper · 2025 · read May 2025Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson's 2025 investigation into Biden's cognitive decline during his presidency, the staff and family… Shattered: Inside Hillary Clinton's Doomed Campaign Jonathan Allen · 2017 · read May 2025Allen and Parnes's earlier book — their 2017 inside account of the Clinton 2016 campaign, built on hundreds of confidential… Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right Jane Mayer · 2016 · read Apr 2025Jane Mayer's foundational 2016 investigation of the donor network — Koch brothers, Scaife family, Olin, Bradley, DeVos, and… Fight: Inside the Wildest Battle for the White House Jonathan Allen · 2025 · read Apr 2025Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes's behind-the-scenes account of the 2024 presidential race — built on hundreds of confidential… Money, Lies, and God: Inside the Movement to Destroy American Democracy Katherine Stewart · 2025 · read Mar 2025Stewart's 2025 follow-up to The Power Worshippers — updated for the Trump-2.0 environment, Project 2025, and the explicit… Ministry of Truth: Democracy, Reality, and the Republicans' War on the Recent Past Steve Benen · 2024 · read Feb 2025MSNBC producer Steve Benen's argument that the Republican Party's most effective post-2020 move has been the systematic rewriting… A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them Timothy Egan · 2023 · read Feb 2025Timothy Egan's narrative history of the 1920s second Klan — particularly its Indiana stronghold under D.C. Autocracy, Inc. Anne Applebaum · 2024 · read Jan 2025Anne Applebaum's 2024 argument that the world's autocracies are no longer isolated regimes but a functioning international… Let the People Pick the President: The Case for Abolishing the Electoral College Jesse Wegman · 2020 · read Jan 2025NYT editorial board writer Jesse Wegman's compact, argument-driven case for abolishing the Electoral College — historical, legal,… Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man Mary L. Trump · 2020 · read Jan 2025Mary Trump's 2020 family memoir-and-diagnosis — drawing on her clinical psychology training and her direct experience as Donald… The Showman Simon Shuster · 2024 · read Dec 2024Time correspondent Simon Shuster's biography of Volodymyr Zelensky — from his Servant of the People comedy origins through the… The Death of Truth: How Social Media and the Internet Gave Snake Oil Salesmen and Demagogues the Weapons They Needed to Destroy Trust and Polarize the World – and What We Can Do About It Steven Brill · 2024 · read Dec 2024Court TV founder and NewsGuard founder Steven Brill's argument that the collapse of trust in shared information is the… A Sacred Oath: Memoirs of a Secretary of Defense During Extraordinary Times Mark T. Esper · 2022 · read Dec 2024Mark Esper's memoir from his year-plus as Trump's last Senate-confirmed Secretary of Defense — covering the Soleimani strike, the… Impeachment: An American History Jeffrey A. Engel · 2018 · read Dec 2024Jeffrey Engel, Jon Meacham, Timothy Naftali, and Peter Baker's joint historical treatment of the four impeachments preceding the… The Situation Room: The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis George Stephanopoulos · 2024 · read Nov 2024George Stephanopoulos's history of the White House Situation Room from JFK's establishment of it through every subsequent… At War with Ourselves: My Tour of Duty in the Trump White House H.R. McMaster · 2024 · read Nov 2024H.R. Undivided: The Quest for Racial Solidarity in an American Church Hahrie Han · 2024 · read Oct 2024Johns Hopkins political scientist Hahrie Han's case study of "Undivided" — a years-long racial-solidarity program inside a… Disloyal: The True Story of the Former Personal Attorney to President Donald J. Trump Michael Cohen · 2020 · read Oct 2024Michael Cohen's memoir from his vantage as Trump's longtime "fixer" — through the 2016 campaign, the Stormy Daniels payment that… Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty Daron Acemoğlu · 2012 · read Oct 2024Daron Acemoğlu and James Robinson's argument — for which Acemoğlu later shared the 2024 Nobel — that the central determinant of… War Bob Woodward · 2024 · read Oct 2024Woodward's 2024 book — his fourth in the Trump-and-aftermath series — covering the Biden administration's handling of two… War for Eternity: Inside Bannon's Far-Right Circle of Global Powerbrokers Benjamin R. Teitelbaum · 2020 · read Oct 2024Ethnomusicologist-turned-political-anthropologist Benjamin Teitelbaum's strange and well-sourced book on Steve Bannon's… Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father's Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success Russ Buettner · 2024 · read Sep 2024NYT investigative reporters Russ Buettner and Susanne Craig's definitive financial biography — the Pulitzer-winning tax-records… Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America Maggie Haberman · 2022 · read Sep 2024Maggie Haberman's 2022 biography of Trump — built on three decades of covering him for the New York tabloids and then the NYT —… The Plot to Destroy Democracy: How Putin and his Spies are Undermining America and Dismantling the West Malcolm W. Nance · 2018 · read Sep 2024Former Navy intelligence officer Malcolm Nance's 2018 case that Russia is running a coordinated, decades-old influence operation… White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy Thomas F. Schaller · 2024 · read Sep 2024Political scientists Thomas Schaller and Paul Waldman's argument that rural white Americans hold attitudes — racial, religious,… The Reckoning: Our Nation's Trauma and Finding a Way to Heal Mary L. Trump · 2021 · read Sep 2024Mary Trump's follow-up to Too Much and Never Enough — moving from her uncle's family pathology to the national trauma she argues… Fascism: A Warning Madeleine K. Albright · 2018 · read Sep 2024Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright's 2018 part-memoir, part-comparative-history of fascism — drawing on her childhood… The Big Lie: Election Chaos, Political Opportunism, and the State of American Politics After 2020 Jonathan Lemire · 2022 · read Sep 2024Politico's Jonathan Lemire on the "Big Lie" — the claim that the 2020 election was stolen — as the load-bearing organizing… Attack from Within: How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America Barbara McQuade · 2024 · read Sep 2024Former US Attorney Barbara McQuade's argument that disinformation is not just a media problem but a structural legal and… What Happened Hillary Rodham Clinton · 2017 · read Sep 2024Hillary Clinton's 2017 memoir of the 2016 presidential campaign — what she thinks she did wrong, what she thinks others did… Unhinged: An Insider's Account of the Trump White House Omarosa Manigault Newman · 2018 · read Aug 2024Omarosa Manigault Newman's memoir of her years in Trump's orbit — The Apprentice, the campaign, her White House role, and her… A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership James B. Comey · 2018 · read Aug 2024James Comey's memoir spanning his career — Mafia prosecution, the Stellar Wind hospital-bed confrontation with the Bush… American Oligarchs: The Kushners, the Trumps, and the Marriage of Money and Power Andrea Bernstein · 2020 · read Aug 2024WNYC's Andrea Bernstein on the parallel rise of the Trump and Kushner families — both real-estate dynasties with… The Threat: How the FBI Protects America in the Age of Terror and Trump Andrew G. McCabe · 2019 · read Aug 2024Former FBI Deputy Director (and briefly Acting Director) Andrew McCabe's memoir spanning his career — counter-terrorism, the… The System: Who Rigged It, How We Fix It Robert B. Reich · 2020 · read Aug 2024Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich's compact argument that American political economy has been deliberately rigged for… How Did We Get Here?: From Theodore Roosevelt to Donald Trump Robert Dallek · 2020 · read Aug 2024Veteran presidential historian Robert Dallek's structural narrative of the presidency from TR through Trump — treating the… They Want to Kill Americans: The Militias, Terrorists, and Deranged Ideology of the Trump Insurgency Malcolm W. Nance · 2022 · read Aug 2024Former Navy counter-terrorism instructor Malcolm Nance's argument that the post-2020 American radical right — Oath Keepers, Three… Landslide: The Final Days of the Trump Presidency Michael Wolff · 2021 · read Aug 2024Wolff's third Trump book, covering the post-election months through January 6 and beyond, with extensive direct access to Trump… Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House Michael Wolff · 2018 · read Aug 2024Michael Wolff's 2018 first Trump book — the Bannon-era, first-year, Mooch-and-Scaramucci White House — built on what Wolff… The Art of Power: My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi · 2024 · read Aug 2024Nancy Pelosi's memoir spanning her decades in Democratic leadership — the votes she counted, the bills she passed (ACA,… I Alone Can Fix It: Donald J. Trump's Catastrophic Final Year Carol Leonnig · 2021 · read Aug 2024The second Rucker-Leonnig Trump book, focused on 2020 — COVID, the racial-justice protests, the election denial campaign, and… Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America Heather Cox Richardson · 2023 · read Jul 2024Heather Cox Richardson's synthesis of her Letters from an American newsletter into a structural history of American democracy… A Very Stable Genius: Donald J. Trump's Testing of America Philip Rucker · 2020 · read Jul 2024Philip Rucker and Carol Leonnig's first Trump book — a comprehensive Washington Post account of the Trump presidency's first… Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis J.D. Vance · 2016 · read Jul 2024J.D. When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s John Ganz · 2024 · read Jul 2024John Ganz's argument that the early 1990s — Pat Buchanan's campaign, David Duke's near-success, the LA riots, the rise of… World on the Brink: How America Can Beat China in the Race for the Twenty-First Century Dmitri Alperovitch · 2024 · read Jun 2024Crowdstrike co-founder Dmitri Alperovitch's hawkish strategic argument that the US is in a contest with China for the 21st… Unthinkable: Trauma, Truth, and the Trials of American Democracy Jamie Raskin · 2022 · read Jan 2024Maryland Congressman Jamie Raskin's memoir interlacing two traumas — the suicide of his son Tommy on December 31, 2020, and his… Renegade: Defending Democracy and Liberty in Our Divided Country Adam Kinzinger · 2023 · read Dec 2023Former Republican congressman Adam Kinzinger's memoir of his decision to vote for Trump's second impeachment and serve on the… Peril Bob Woodward · 2021 · read Dec 2023Woodward and Robert Costa's third book — covering the final months of the Trump presidency through Biden's first months — built… Rage Bob Woodward · 2020 · read Dec 2023The second Woodward Trump book — built around 17 on-the-record interviews with Trump himself across 2019-2020, including the… Fear: Trump in the White House Bob Woodward · 2018 · read Dec 2023Bob Woodward's first Trump book, covering the early administration through mid-2018 — focused on the staff effort to contain… Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning Liz Cheney · 2023 · read Dec 2023Liz Cheney's memoir from her vantage as vice-chair of the House Select Committee on January 6 — built around her decision to… The Fabulist: The Lying, Hustling, Grifting, Stealing, and Very American Legend of George Santos Mark Chiusano · 2023 · read Dec 2023Mark Chiusano's biography of George Santos — the congressman who fabricated essentially every biographical claim he ever made —… Pipeline to Power: The 40-Year Plan to Capture the Supreme Court Vicky Ward · 2023 · read Nov 2023Investigative reporter Vicky Ward's history of the four-decade conservative legal movement — Federalist Society founding, Leonard… Betrayal: The Final Act of the Trump Show Jonathan Karl · 2021 · read Nov 2023The second Karl book, covering the final year of the Trump presidency — the COVID collapse, the 2020 campaign, the post-election… Front Row at the Trump Show Jonathan Karl · 2020 · read Nov 2023Jonathan Karl's first Trump book — covering the 2016 campaign through 2019 — from his vantage as ABC's chief White House… Tired of Winning: Donald Trump and the End of the Grand Old Party Jonathan Karl · 2023 · read Nov 2023ABC News's Jonathan Karl on the post-presidency Trump — the Mar-a-Lago years, the comeback, the indictments, and the GOP's… A Warning Anonymous · 2019 · read Sep 2023The book-length expansion of the 2018 New York Times "Anonymous" op-ed by a senior Trump administration official — later revealed… Blowback A Warning to Save Democracy from the Next Trump Miles Taylor · 2023 · read Sep 2023Miles Taylor's named follow-up to A Warning — written to anticipate and describe what a second Trump term would look like,… On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century Timothy Snyder · 2017 · read Sep 2023Yale historian Timothy Snyder's pocket-sized 2017 distillation of twentieth-century lessons on how democracies fall and how… Midnight in Washington: How We Almost Lost Our Democracy and Still Could Adam Schiff · 2021 · read Aug 2023Adam Schiff's memoir-and-account from his vantage as House Intelligence Committee chair through the Mueller probe, first Trump… End Times: Elites, Counter-Elites, and the Path of Political Disintegration Peter Turchin · 2023 · read Aug 2023Peter Turchin's argument from his "cliodynamics" project — a quantitative, predictive social science of historical cycles — that… Trump / Russia: A Definitive History Seth Hettena · 2018 · read Aug 2023Seth Hettena's account — written before the Mueller Report — of the Trump organization's decades-long entanglement with Russian… It Was All a Lie: How the Republican Party Became Donald Trump Stuart Stevens · 2020 · read Jul 2023Stuart Stevens — Romney's 2012 chief strategist, lifelong Republican consultant — argues from inside the wreckage that the GOP's… The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion Jonathan Haidt · 2012 · read Jun 2023Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt's synthesis of moral foundations theory — the argument that humans navigate moral life via six… Corruptible: Who Gets Power and How It Changes Us Brian Klaas · 2021 · read May 2023Political scientist Brian Klaas's investigation of two competing theories about power and bad behavior — does power corrupt… Servants of the Damned: Giant Law Firms, Donald Trump, and the Corruption of Justice David Enrich · 2022 · read Apr 2023NYT business editor David Enrich's investigation of Jones Day — and Big Law more broadly — and its role in normalizing and… The Flag and the Cross: White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy Philip S. Gorski · 2022 · read Feb 2023Sociologist Philip Gorski (with Samuel Perry) on white Christian nationalism as a distinct ideological tradition — measurable,… How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future Steven Levitsky · 2018 · read Jan 2023Levitsky and Ziblatt's comparative argument that contemporary democracies don't fall to coups; they're hollowed out from within… The January 6th Report Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol · 2022 · read Jan 2023The final report of the House Select Committee, documenting the multi-front effort by Trump and allies to overturn the 2020… Blowout Rachel Maddow · 2019 · read Dec 2022Maddow's argument that the oil and gas industry — by its nature — corrupts politics and weakens democracy wherever it operates,… Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism Anne Applebaum · 2020 · read Oct 2022Applebaum's part-memoir, part-analysis of how former liberal-democratic allies — many of them personal friends across Poland,… The Trump Tapes: Bob Woodward's Twenty Interviews with President Donald Trump Bob Woodward · 2022 · read Oct 2022The audio (and transcribed) record of Woodward's twenty interviews with Trump — material that fed Rage and Fear, presented here… The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017 - 2021 Peter Baker · 2022 · read Oct 2022Peter Baker and Susan Glasser's comprehensive single-volume history of the Trump presidency — broader and more measured than the… American Carnage: On the Front Lines of the Republican Civil War and the Rise of President Trump Tim Alberta · 2019 · read Oct 2022A Politico reporter's blow-by-blow account of how the Republican Party transformed from the post-2008 Tea Party insurgency into… Torn Apart: How the Child Welfare System Destroys Black Families—and How Abolition Can Build a Safer World Dorothy Roberts · 2022 · read Aug 2022A legal scholar's argument that the U.S. The Tragedy of Rudy Giuliani Michael Wolff · 2020 · read Jul 2022Michael Wolff's compact biographical-and-political treatment of Rudy Giuliani — from prosecutor through "America's Mayor" through… The Original Watergate Stories (Kindle Single) (The Washington Post Book 1) The Washington Post · 2012 · read Jun 2022A Kindle Single compilation of the original Washington Post Watergate stories — the Woodward-Bernstein bylines as they ran in the… The Republican Brain: The Science of Why They Deny Science—and Reality Chris C. Mooney · 2007 · read May 2022Science journalist Chris Mooney's 2012 argument that the cognitive-and-personality literature shows measurable differences… A Promised Land Barack Obama · 2020 · read Nov 2021The first volume of Barack Obama's presidential memoir — covering his early political career, the 2008 campaign, and roughly the… It's Even Worse Than It Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided with the Politics of Extremism Thomas E. Mann · 2012Brookings/AEI scholars Thomas Mann and Norman Ornstein's 2012 (updated 2016) institutional analysis of American congressional… Hoax: Donald Trump, Fox News, and the Dangerous Distortion of Truth Brian Stelter · 2020Former CNN media reporter Brian Stelter's 2020 history of Fox News and its symbiotic relationship with the Trump White House —…