Politics
Two Cheers for Anarchism: Six Easy Pieces on Autonomy, Dignity, and Meaningful Work and Play
Princeton University Press, October 2012. Hardcover. A spirited defense of the anarchist approach to life James Scott taught us what's wrong with seeing like a state. Now, in his most accessible and personal book to date, the acclaimed social scientist makes the case for seeing like an anarchist. Inspired by..... More
Antitrust: Taking on Monopoly Power from the Gilded Age to the Digital Age
Knopf, April 2021. Hardcover. NATIONAL BESTSELLER - Antitrust enforcement is one of the most pressing issues facing America today--and Amy Klobuchar, the widely respected senior senator from Minnesota, is leading the charge. This fascinating history of the antitrust movement shows us what led to the present moment and offers achievable..... More
Mere Civility: Disagreement and the Limits of Toleration
Harvard University Press, January 2017. Hardcover. Today, politicians and intellectuals warn that we face a crisis of civility and a veritable war of words polluting our public sphere. In liberal democracies committed to tolerating diversity as well as active, often heated disagreement, the loss of this conversational virtue appears critical..... More
Ruling Ideas: Bourgeois Political Concepts
Lexington Books, July 2012. Hardcover. The concepts that organize our thinking wield, by virtue of this fact, a great deal of political power. This book looks at five concepts whose dominion has increased, steadily, during the bourgeois period of modernity: Labor, Time, Property, Value, and Crisis. These ruling ideas are..... More
99 Percent Economy: How Democratic Socialism Can Overcome the Crises of Capitalism
Oxford University Press, October 2019. Hardcover. We live in a time of crises - economic turmoil, workplace disempowerment, unresponsive government, environmental degradation, social disintegration, and international rivalry. In The 99 Percent Economy, Paul S. Adler, a leading expert on business management, argues that these crises are destined to deepen unless..... More
What Is Populism?
University of Pennsylvania Press, September 2016. Hardcover. Donald Trump, Silvio Berlusconi, Marine Le Pen, Hugo Chávez--populists are on the rise across the globe. But what exactly is populism? Should everyone who criticizes Wall Street or Washington be called a populist? What precisely is the difference between right-wing and left-wing populism..... More
The Drone Memos
New Press, The, November 2016. Hardcover. "A trenchant summation" and analysis of the legal rationales behind the US drone policy of targeted killing of suspected terrorists, including US citizens (Publishers Weekly, starred review). In the long response to 9/11, the US government initiated a deeply controversial policy of "targeted killing"--the..... More
Crooked Places Made Straight: Reflections on the Moral Meaning of America
Penguin Press, June 2026. First American. Hardcover. Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2026 by The New York Times From Senator Reverend Raphael G. Warnock, a sermon in the public square on the issues that plague us most Senator Reverend Raphael G. Warnock is a transformational voice in Congress and..... More
Thinking Gaza: An Essay on Ferocity
Semiotext(e), March 2026. Paper Back. A call to imagine a less deadly future, written in the shadow of genocide and "ferocious optimism." After Gaza, it is time to recognize that the attempt to humanize history has failed, and that there will not be a second try. It is time to..... More
It's Even Worse Than It Looks
Basic Books, April 2016. Trade Paperback. Acrimony and hyperpartisanship have seeped into every part of the political process. Congress is deadlocked and its approval ratings are at record lows. America's two main political parties have given up their traditions of compromise, endangering our very system of constitutional democracy. And one..... More
The Killing of Osama Bin Laden
Verso, April 2016. Hardcover. An electrifying investigation of the White House' lies about the assassination of Osama bin Laden--from a Pulitzer Prize winner hailed as "the greatest investigative journalist of his era" (New Yorker). "An explosive account." --Los Angeles Times In 2011, an elite group of US Navy SEALS stormed..... More
From the New Deal to the New Right: Race and the Southern Origins of Modern Conservatism
Yale University Press, June 2009. Paper Back. A compelling account of the rise of the modern right in America The role the South has played in contemporary conservatism is perhaps the most consequential political phenomenon of the second half of the twentieth century. The region's transition from Democratic stronghold to..... More
Liar's Kingdom: How to Stop Trump's Deceit and Save America
Little Brown and Company, May 2026. Hardcover. THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From MS NOW legal analyst and veteran federal prosecutor Andrew Weissmann, an urgent summons to tackle the scourge of political lies in America--and prevent a figure like Donald Trump from ever rising again. "The 2020 election..... More
Rules for Resistance
The New Press, May 2017. Paper Back. Some of us have been here before. Many people living today in America and around the world have direct experience with countries where an autocrat has seized control. Others have seen charismatic, populist leaders come to power within democracies and dramatically change the..... More
The End of the End of History: Politics in the Twenty-First Century
Zero Books, June 2021. Paper Back. 'It's been a long time since a text was so useful in helping me think through our present moment and my role within it. The End of The End of History is a clear, powerful and panoramic analysis of our world at the dawn..... More
On Courage: How to Be a Dissident in an Age of Fear
Mariner Books, June 2026. First Edition. Hardcover. From a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist and a former White House senior advisor, a deeply reported manual about how anyone can defy an authoritarian - based on original interviews with more than 100 dissidents, activists, and theorists across the world. The United States..... More
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
Three Rivers Press, August 2004. Trade Paperback. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - ONE OF ESSENCE'S 50 MOST IMPACTFUL BLACK BOOKS OF THE PAST 50 YEARS In this iconic memoir of his early days, Barack Obama "guides us straight to the intersection of the most serious questions of identity, class..... More
Dependent on D.C.: The Rise of Federal Control Over the Lives of Ordinary Americans
St. Martin's Griffin, January 2003. Paper Back. Dependent on D.C. raises serious concerns about the future of liberty in America and proves beyond a doubt that the growth of dependence on government in the past seventy years has not been accidental, that its creation has been bipartisan, and that it..... More
Covert Life: Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist, and Spymaster
Random House (NY), March 1999. Hardcover. The extraordinary life of Jay Lovestone is one of the great untold stories of the twentieth century. A Lithuanian immigrant who came to the United States in 1897, Lovestone rose to leadership in the Communist Party of America, only to fall out with Moscow..... More
Pauli Murray: A Personal and Political Life
University of North Carolina Press, May 2020. Hardcover. The Rev. Dr. Anna Pauline "Pauli" Murray (1910-1985) was a trailblazing social activist, writer, lawyer, civil rights organizer, and campaigner for gender rights. In the 1930s and 1940s, she was active in radical left-wing political groups and helped innovate nonviolent protest strategies..... More
Thinking Gaza: An Essay on Ferocity
Semiotext(e), March 2026. Paper Back. A call to imagine a less deadly future, written in the shadow of genocide and "ferocious optimism." After Gaza, it is time to recognize that the attempt to humanize history has failed, and that there will not be a second try. It is time to..... More
It Came from Something Awful: How a Toxic Troll Army Accidentally Memed Donald Trump into Office
All Points Books, July 2019. Hardcover. How 4chan and 8chan fuel white nationalism, inspire violence, and infect politics. The internet has transformed the ways we think and act, and by consequence, our politics. The most impactful recent political movements on the far left and right started with massive online collectives..... More
Pluralism and Democracy in India: Debating the Hindu Right
OUP Us, March 2015. Paper Back. Wendy Doniger and Martha Nussbaum bring together leading scholars from a wide array of disciplines to address a crucial question: How does the world's most populous democracy survive repeated assaults on its pluralistic values? India's stunning linguistic, cultural, and religious diversity has been supported..... More
Constitution Cannot Save Us
New Press, July 2026. Hardcover. A radical argument by the leading constitutional scholar that American constitutional law lacks the resources to address our current problems, and risks making them worse "A sharp-edged and well-informed takedown of one of America's sacred cows." --Publishers Weekly on Mike Seidman's From Parchment to Dust..... More























