"A collection of true stories about unlikely friendships that challenge every kind of bias and offer hope that our societies can heal"-- Provided by publisher.

Alarmed by the pervasive rise of fascist tactics both at home and around the globe, the author writes of the structures that unite them, laying out and analyzing the 10 pillars of fascist politics: the language and beliefs that separate people into an "us" and a "them." Knitting together reflections on history, philosophy, sociology, and critical race theory, he clarifies the immense danger of underestimating the cumulative power of these tactics...

"A leading social scientist explains the psychology of our current social divide and how understanding it can help reduce the conflicts it causes"-- Provided by publisher.

"The weeks following the election and inauguration of Donald J. Trump have been a time for reflection about the state of American politics and its deep ideological, cultural, racial, regional, and economic divisions. But one aspect that the contemporary discussions often miss is that these fissures have been opening over several decades and are deeply rooted in the structure of American politics and society. Long before the historically divisive presidential...

"For most of the 2,000-plus years since its foundation as a discipline by ancient Greek thinkers, rhetoric - the art of using language to persuade - was a keystone of a Western education. But in the early 20th century, studying rhetoric fell out of fashion. In The Ancient Art of Thinking for Yourself, Robin Reames, one of the world's leading scholars of rhetoric, argues that it's high time to bring it back. Drawing on examples ranging from the Sophist...

The author exposes the inner workings of the "engine of unreason" roiling American culture and politics.

Jones offers a blueprint for transforming our collective anxiety into meaningful change. Tough on Donald Trump but showing respect and empathy for his supporters, Jones takes aim at the failures of both parties before and after Trump's victory. He urges both sides to abandon the politics of accusation and focus on real solutions. Calling us to a deeper patriotism, he shows us how to get down to the vital business of solving, together, some of our...

"Gun sales have not just surged in the past two years-they have skyrocketed, breaking all-time records from March to July 2020. In this book, Jennifer Carlson examines the three dire crises in the United States in 2020-the pandemic, police murders and subsequent uprisings for racial justice, and the 2020 elections-to examine how Americans have turned to a well-worn tool of security in American life: the gun. While the notion that Americans would turn...

"A groundbreaking account of how the dangerous alliance of right-wing plutocrats and populists threatens the very pillars of American democracy. We often assume that the Republican Party is divided between a tax-cutting old guard and a white-nationalist vanguard-and that with Donald Trump's ascendance, the upstarts are winning. Yet as New York Times best-selling authors Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson demonstrate, plutocrats and populists are now...