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Invisible Rulers

The People Who Turn Lies into Reality

by Renée DiResta ...

Narrated by Anna Caputo ...

Unabridged

15 hours

**An eye-opening look at the small communities of propagandists revolutionizing politics, culture, and society.“Essential and riveting reading.” —Jonathan Haidt, author of The Anxious Generation**Invisible Rulers is about a profound transformation in power and influence that is altering our politics, our government, and even our relationships with friends and neighbors. Today, online propagandists ... Read more

$31.99 USD

**An eye-opening look at the small communities of propagandists revolutionizing politics, culture, and society.“Essential and riveting reading.” —Jonathan Haidt, author of The Anxious Generation**Invisible Rulers is about a profound transformation in power and influence that is altering our politics, our government, and even our relationships with friends and neighbors. Today, online propagandists
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The Fight Back

A Citizen’s Guide to Standing Up to Dictators

by Maria Ressa ...

Narrated by Maria Ressa ...

Unabridged

10 hours 40 min

From the 2021 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and bestselling author of How to Stand Up to a Dictator, a frontline guide to understanding, defending, and rebuilding democracy in the age of AI, with 10 strategic goals broken down into 100 concrete actions citizens can take right now.The window for saving democracy is closing. If 2024 was the tipping point for elections, then 2025 and 2026 have ... Read more

$28.99 USD

From the 2021 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and bestselling author of How to Stand Up to a Dictator, a frontline guide to understanding, defending, and rebuilding democracy in the age of AI, with 10 strategic goals broken down into 100 concrete actions citizens can take right now.The window for saving democracy is closing. If 2024 was the tipping point for elections, then 2025 and 2026 have
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Not Today, Fascists

The Lies That Got Us Here, and the Truths That Will Reunite Us

by Jennifer Welch ...

Narrated by Jennifer Welch ...

Unabridged

7 hours 50 min

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**NARRATED BY THE AUTHOR"The truth is worth fighting for. And if you want the truth, you want Jen Welch. Period. She’s relentless. She’s credible. She’s fearless.”—Don Lemon**From Jennifer Welch, the host of the wildly popular “I’ve Had It” podcast and a trusted voice in new media, comes a piercing, incisive, no-holds-barred take on the rising threat of theocracy ... Read more

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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**NARRATED BY THE AUTHOR"The truth is worth fighting for. And if you want the truth, you want Jen Welch. Period. She’s relentless. She’s credible. She’s fearless.”—Don Lemon**From Jennifer Welch, the host of the wildly popular “I’ve Had It” podcast and a trusted voice in new media, comes a piercing, incisive, no-holds-barred take on the rising threat of theocracy
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How Democracies Die

by Steven Levitsky, Daniel Ziblatt ...

Narrated by Fred Sanders ...

Unabridged

8 hours 24 min

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The urgent and influential guide to the forces that have undermined democracies across the globe—forces running rampant in the United States today—hailed as “a touchstone” (The New Yorker) that “comes at exactly the right moment” (The Washington Post)“Comprehensive, enlightening, and terrifyingly timely.”—The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice)“[Levitsky and ... Read more

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**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The urgent and influential guide to the forces that have undermined democracies across the globe—forces running rampant in the United States today—hailed as “a touchstone” (The New Yorker) that “comes at exactly the right moment” (The Washington Post)“Comprehensive, enlightening, and terrifyingly timely.”—The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice)“[Levitsky and
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A People's History of the United States

Highlights from the Twentieth Century

by Howard Zinn ...

Narrated by Matt Damon ...

Abridged

8 hours 44 min

THE CLASSIC NATIONAL BESTSELLERRead by Matt Damon and Howard Zinn""A wonderful, splendid book—a book that should be read by every American, student or otherwise, who wants to understand his country, its true history, and its hope for the future."" –Howard FastHistorian Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States chronicles American history from the bottom up, throwing out the official ... Read more

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THE CLASSIC NATIONAL BESTSELLERRead by Matt Damon and Howard Zinn""A wonderful, splendid book—a book that should be read by every American, student or otherwise, who wants to understand his country, its true history, and its hope for the future."" –Howard FastHistorian Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States chronicles American history from the bottom up, throwing out the official
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Hiding in Plain Sight

The Invention of Donald Trump and the Erosion of America

by Sarah Kendzior ...

Narrated by Sarah Kendzior ...

Unabridged

9 hours 31 min

**New York Times bestselling author Sarah Kendzior documents the truth about the calculated rise to power of Donald Trump since the 1980s and how the erosion of our liberties made an American demagogue possible.This program is read by the author.**The story of Donald Trump’s rise to power is the story of a buried American history – buried because people in power liked it that way. It was visible ... Read more

$26.99 USD

**New York Times bestselling author Sarah Kendzior documents the truth about the calculated rise to power of Donald Trump since the 1980s and how the erosion of our liberties made an American demagogue possible.This program is read by the author.**The story of Donald Trump’s rise to power is the story of a buried American history – buried because people in power liked it that way. It was visible
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The Open Society and Its Enemies

New One-Volume Edition

by Karl Popper ...

Narrated by Liam Gerrard ...

Unabridged

23 hours 17 min

One of the most important books of the twentieth century, Karl Popper's The Open Society and Its Enemies is an uncompromising defense of liberal democracy and a powerful attack on the intellectual origins of totalitarianism. Popper was born in 1902 to a Viennese family of Jewish origin. He taught in Austria until 1937, when he emigrated to New Zealand in anticipation of the Nazi annexation of ... Read more

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One of the most important books of the twentieth century, Karl Popper's The Open Society and Its Enemies is an uncompromising defense of liberal democracy and a powerful attack on the intellectual origins of totalitarianism. Popper was born in 1902 to a Viennese family of Jewish origin. He taught in Austria until 1937, when he emigrated to New Zealand in anticipation of the Nazi annexation of
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The Conspiracy to End America

Five Ways My Old Party Is Driving Our Democracy to Autocracy

by Stuart Stevens ...

Narrated by Jeff Bottoms ...

Unabridged

5 hours 53 min

Lincoln Project adviser and bestselling author of It Was All a Lie, Stuart Stevens offers an ominous warning that the GOP is dragging our country toward autocracy—and if we don’t wake up to the crisis in our system, 2024 may well have been our last free and fair election.Today’s Republican party is not a “normal” political party in the American tradition. It has become an autocratic movement ... Read more

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Lincoln Project adviser and bestselling author of It Was All a Lie, Stuart Stevens offers an ominous warning that the GOP is dragging our country toward autocracy—and if we don’t wake up to the crisis in our system, 2024 may well have been our last free and fair election.Today’s Republican party is not a “normal” political party in the American tradition. It has become an autocratic movement
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WTF America?!

The Way Out of This Hell and Back to Democracy

by Ben Meiselas, Brett Meiselas, Jordy Meiselas ...

Narrated by Ben Meiselas, Brett Meiselas, Jordy Meiselas ...

Unabridged

10 hours 52 min

From the founders of MeidasTouch, the independent news network that helped redefine how millions of people consume news, WTF America?! is an unflinching look at how the United States and the world arrived at this dangerous moment—with authoritarian movements gaining ground and democratic institutions under relentless attack—and, more importantly, how we can fight our way back and reclaim the ... Read more

$27.99 USD

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From the founders of MeidasTouch, the independent news network that helped redefine how millions of people consume news, WTF America?! is an unflinching look at how the United States and the world arrived at this dangerous moment—with authoritarian movements gaining ground and democratic institutions under relentless attack—and, more importantly, how we can fight our way back and reclaim the
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Populismus: Die wiederkehrende Revolte, die Demokratien in ihren Grundfesten erschüttert

by Boris Lohmann ...

Narrated by Boris Lohmann ...

Unabridged

2 hours 23 min

Erkenne die Muster der Macht: Diese analytische Sachbuch-Reise zeigt, wie wiederkehrende Revolten Demokratien bedrohen. Wenn du beim morgendlichen Pendeln die tagesaktuellen Nachrichten fundiert einordnen willst oder nach tiefgründigen Antworten auf die Spaltung der Gesellschaft suchst, schärft dieses aufklärende Hörerlebnis deinen Blick für das Wesentliche.Anstatt moralisierend auf einzelne ... Read more

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Erkenne die Muster der Macht: Diese analytische Sachbuch-Reise zeigt, wie wiederkehrende Revolten Demokratien bedrohen. Wenn du beim morgendlichen Pendeln die tagesaktuellen Nachrichten fundiert einordnen willst oder nach tiefgründigen Antworten auf die Spaltung der Gesellschaft suchst, schärft dieses aufklärende Hörerlebnis deinen Blick für das Wesentliche.Anstatt moralisierend auf einzelne
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Meine deutschen Dämonen

Eine persönliche Kritik der Erinnerungskultur

by Bernd Stegemann ...

Narrated by Mike Maas ...

Unabridged

7 hours 25 min

Was will die deutsche Seele – und gibt es sie überhaupt? Bernd Stegemann, eine der umstrittensten Stimmen in den politischen Debatten unserer Zeit, zeigt in diesem Buch erstmals seine biografischen Wunden. Als Kriegsenkel trägt er die Traumata der bombardierten Deutschen in sich. In seinem Leben spuken die Dämonen der Vergangenheit, die nicht nur auf seiner Seele lasten. In seiner Diagnose ... Read more

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Was will die deutsche Seele – und gibt es sie überhaupt? Bernd Stegemann, eine der umstrittensten Stimmen in den politischen Debatten unserer Zeit, zeigt in diesem Buch erstmals seine biografischen Wunden. Als Kriegsenkel trägt er die Traumata der bombardierten Deutschen in sich. In seinem Leben spuken die Dämonen der Vergangenheit, die nicht nur auf seiner Seele lasten. In seiner Diagnose
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Democracia: La frágil y radical idea de que el pueblo debe gobernar

by Domingo Carrillo ...

Narrated by Domingo Carrillo ...

Unabridged

2 hours 17 min

Defender nuestro autogobierno exige entender el frágil equilibrio de poder que hace posible la igualdad política. Si buscas claridad intelectual frente a la incertidumbre del presente, este ensayo revelador te entrega un mapa lúcido sobre el significado real de la ciudadanía. Es un despertar urgente hacia las bases mismas de nuestra libertad colectiva.Alejado del ruido partidista, este recorrido ... Read more

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Defender nuestro autogobierno exige entender el frágil equilibrio de poder que hace posible la igualdad política. Si buscas claridad intelectual frente a la incertidumbre del presente, este ensayo revelador te entrega un mapa lúcido sobre el significado real de la ciudadanía. Es un despertar urgente hacia las bases mismas de nuestra libertad colectiva.Alejado del ruido partidista, este recorrido
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Weimar America

A Warning for a Decadent Democracy

by Rod Dreher ...

Unabridged

9 hours

A prophetic and bestselling conservative writer warns of the looming totalitarian threat from the radical right as well as the woke left.Antisemitism, which today pervades the woke left and has spread to the radicalized right, is one historical symptom of a society at risk of falling under totalitarianism. In this prophetic cri de coeur, Rod Dreher warns complacent Americans that we have entered a ... Read more

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A prophetic and bestselling conservative writer warns of the looming totalitarian threat from the radical right as well as the woke left.Antisemitism, which today pervades the woke left and has spread to the radicalized right, is one historical symptom of a society at risk of falling under totalitarianism. In this prophetic cri de coeur, Rod Dreher warns complacent Americans that we have entered a
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The People and the Ballot

A History of American Party Politics

by Joshua Kaplan ...

Narrated by Joshua Kaplan ...

Unabridged

7 hours 14 min

The study of political parties gets straight to the heart of American politics. The story of political parties is about how we get along with one another. Political parties grew outside the Constitution and the more formal framework of government. No one planned or even wanted them. Parties developed as a response to the dream of a unified government. While parties have taken the country to the ... Read more

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The study of political parties gets straight to the heart of American politics. The story of political parties is about how we get along with one another. Political parties grew outside the Constitution and the more formal framework of government. No one planned or even wanted them. Parties developed as a response to the dream of a unified government. While parties have taken the country to the
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Exceptional History, An: The Birth of American Democracy

by Jeffrey B. Webb, Ph.D. ...

Narrated by Jeffrey B. Webb, Ph.D. ...

Series series Learn25: History
Unabridged

6 hours 14 min

This brilliant course celebrates the American experiment to test a revolutionary form of government. Today, democracy remains at the core of our nation’s political, social, and economic organization. Now, you can explore its miraculous and fragile origins in the colonial and revolutionary eras (1607–1790).In 15 erudite lectures, celebrated history professor and author Jeffrey B. Webb gets you to ... Read more

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This brilliant course celebrates the American experiment to test a revolutionary form of government. Today, democracy remains at the core of our nation’s political, social, and economic organization. Now, you can explore its miraculous and fragile origins in the colonial and revolutionary eras (1607–1790).In 15 erudite lectures, celebrated history professor and author Jeffrey B. Webb gets you to
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On Democracy

by E. B. White ...

Narrated by Arthur Morey ...

Unabridged

5 hours 12 min

A New York Times Book Review New & Noteworthy Book“For democracy’s weary champions, White’s time-tested prose is a shot of adrenaline.”—Madeleine AlbrightA collection of essays, letters, and poems from E. B. White, “one of the country’s great literary treasures” (New York Times), centered on the subject of freedom and democracy in America. The special book includes an introduction by Pulitzer ... Read more

$23.99 USD

A New York Times Book Review New & Noteworthy Book“For democracy’s weary champions, White’s time-tested prose is a shot of adrenaline.”—Madeleine AlbrightA collection of essays, letters, and poems from E. B. White, “one of the country’s great literary treasures” (New York Times), centered on the subject of freedom and democracy in America. The special book includes an introduction by Pulitzer
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Can Religion Save Democracy?

How More Faith--Not Less--Can Heal Our Public Life

by Shadi Hamid, Matthew Kaemingk ...

Narrated by Bob Souer ...

Unabridged

7 hours 33 min

"Keep religion and politics separate!" For decades, scholars assumed that less religion would lead to a more peaceful and unified form of politics. And yet, as religious identity recedes from American public life, the opposite appears to be the case. Our post-religious politics are growing more polarized, anxious, and unstable each day. Could a return to ancient religious wisdom and community be ... Read more

$19.99 USD

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"Keep religion and politics separate!" For decades, scholars assumed that less religion would lead to a more peaceful and unified form of politics. And yet, as religious identity recedes from American public life, the opposite appears to be the case. Our post-religious politics are growing more polarized, anxious, and unstable each day. Could a return to ancient religious wisdom and community be
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Cyberpunk

Das neue totalitäre System

by Asma Mhalla ...

Narrated by Nicole Bösch ...

Unabridged

4 hours 31 min

Der Bestseller aus Frankreich über den Tech-Faschismus der GegenwartAsma Mhalla ist die neue intellektuelle Starautorin Frankreichs. In ihrem Bestseller Cyberpunk widmet sie sich auf bestechende Weise den politischen Entwicklungen unserer Zeit, die sie mit dem Begriff des "Techno"-Faschismus beschreibt. Heraus kommt eine Dystopie, die ihre Anleihen in der Science-Fiction nimmt und die Gegenwart in ... Read more

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Der Bestseller aus Frankreich über den Tech-Faschismus der GegenwartAsma Mhalla ist die neue intellektuelle Starautorin Frankreichs. In ihrem Bestseller Cyberpunk widmet sie sich auf bestechende Weise den politischen Entwicklungen unserer Zeit, die sie mit dem Begriff des "Techno"-Faschismus beschreibt. Heraus kommt eine Dystopie, die ihre Anleihen in der Science-Fiction nimmt und die Gegenwart in
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Gegenmacht: Die Zivilgesellschaft schlägt zurück

Eine Anleitung für die demokratische Offensive | Demokratie, Widerstand, Optimismus | Aktivist und SPIEGEL-Bestsellerautor

by Arne Semsrott ...

Narrated by Alexander Pensel ...

Abridged

5 hours 37 min

Weg mit der Ohnmacht und Untergangsstimmung – es ist Zeit für die demokratische Gegenoffensive!Vieles, was der Politik-Aktivist Arne Semsrott in seinem Bestseller » Machtübernahme« als düsteres Szenario einer rechtskonservativen Wende beschrieben hat, ist bereits bittere Realität – und das ganz ohne AfD-Regierungsbeteiligung. Unter der CDU/SPD-Koalition erleben wir ein hartes Grenzregime, die ... Read more

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Weg mit der Ohnmacht und Untergangsstimmung – es ist Zeit für die demokratische Gegenoffensive!Vieles, was der Politik-Aktivist Arne Semsrott in seinem Bestseller » Machtübernahme« als düsteres Szenario einer rechtskonservativen Wende beschrieben hat, ist bereits bittere Realität – und das ganz ohne AfD-Regierungsbeteiligung. Unter der CDU/SPD-Koalition erleben wir ein hartes Grenzregime, die
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40 Idées Essentielles dans l'Histoire de la Démocratie en 7 Minutes Chacune

Exploration des moments clés et des défis démocratiques

by Nietsnie Trebla ...

Narrated by Voix Numérique Francine G ...

Unabridged

5 hours 54 min

Ce livre audio est narré par une voix numérique.'40 Idées Essentielles dans l'Histoire de la Démocratie en 7 Minutes Chacune' est un voyage captivant à travers les moments clés qui ont façonné notre compréhension et notre pratique de la démocratie. Conçu pour les lecteurs curieux et pressés, chaque chapitre propose une exploration succincte et accessible de concepts cruciaux de l'histoire ... Read more

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Ce livre audio est narré par une voix numérique.'40 Idées Essentielles dans l'Histoire de la Démocratie en 7 Minutes Chacune' est un voyage captivant à travers les moments clés qui ont façonné notre compréhension et notre pratique de la démocratie. Conçu pour les lecteurs curieux et pressés, chaque chapitre propose une exploration succincte et accessible de concepts cruciaux de l'histoire
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This Sovereign Isle

Britain In and Out of Europe

by Robert Tombs ...

Narrated by Mark Elstob ...

Unabridged

5 hours 34 min

Brought to you by Penguin.Geography comes before history. Islands cannot have the same history as continental plains. The United Kingdom is a European country, but not the same kind of European country as Germany, Poland or Hungary. For most of the 150 centuries during which Britain has been inhabited it has been on the edge, culturally and literally, of mainland Europe.In this succinct book, ... Read more

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Brought to you by Penguin.Geography comes before history. Islands cannot have the same history as continental plains. The United Kingdom is a European country, but not the same kind of European country as Germany, Poland or Hungary. For most of the 150 centuries during which Britain has been inhabited it has been on the edge, culturally and literally, of mainland Europe.In this succinct book,
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I Dream with Open Eyes

A Memoir

by George Prochnik ...

Narrated by Malcolm Hillgartner ...

Unabridged

9 hours 5 min

Whatever the ideological slant of our information feeds, nowadays we all share a sense of binge-watching the apocalypse. Facing so much uncertainty, we need a language for thinking about the unknown not simply as a threat but also as a space of fertile possibility. George Prochnik has chosen to reflect on these urgent themes through the lens of a personal narrative: an account of his own family's ... Read more

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Whatever the ideological slant of our information feeds, nowadays we all share a sense of binge-watching the apocalypse. Facing so much uncertainty, we need a language for thinking about the unknown not simply as a threat but also as a space of fertile possibility. George Prochnik has chosen to reflect on these urgent themes through the lens of a personal narrative: an account of his own family's
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We the Elites

Why the US Constitution Serves the Few

by Robert Ovetz ...

Narrated by L.J. Ganser ...

Unabridged

7 hours 20 min

Written by fifty-five of the richest white men, and signed by only thirty-nine of them, the US constitution is the sacred text of American nationalism. Popular perceptions of it are mired in idolatry, myth, and misinformation—many Americans have opinions on the constitution but have little idea what it says. This book examines the constitution for what it is—a rule book for elites to protect ... Read more

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Written by fifty-five of the richest white men, and signed by only thirty-nine of them, the US constitution is the sacred text of American nationalism. Popular perceptions of it are mired in idolatry, myth, and misinformation—many Americans have opinions on the constitution but have little idea what it says. This book examines the constitution for what it is—a rule book for elites to protect
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A Second Sight

How the Wonder and Vision of Black Mediamakers Push America Toward Freedom

by Sarah J. Jackson ...

Narrated by Karen Chilton ...

Unabridged

10 hours 18 min

"I have been waiting for a book like this, and I’m so glad it's here." — Clint Smith, author of How the Word is PassedSince the nation’s founding, Black Americans have had a unique perspective on the U.S. experience—a “second sight”—that reveals the truth about the nation to itself. As renowned media scholar Sarah J. Jackson charts in this bold and daring masterwork, at the center of this effort ... Read more

$28.99 USD

"I have been waiting for a book like this, and I’m so glad it's here." — Clint Smith, author of How the Word is PassedSince the nation’s founding, Black Americans have had a unique perspective on the U.S. experience—a “second sight”—that reveals the truth about the nation to itself. As renowned media scholar Sarah J. Jackson charts in this bold and daring masterwork, at the center of this effort
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