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If America Declines, Don't Expect Anyone to Talk About It

By Kevin Phillips, Viking Press. April 8, 2008.
Is our political system too far gone to even discuss the predicaments of the volatile dollar, run-amok debt and Middle East disasters?

Three Words Progressives Can Use to Win Elections

By Bernie Horn, Berrett-Koehler Publishing. March 27, 2008.
Progressives have allowed right-wing extremists to hijack our ideals. It's time to right that wrong.

The Dangerous Atheism of Christopher Hitchens and Sam Harris

By Chris Hedges, Free Press. March 22, 2008.
Rights and Liberties: From demonizing Muslims to believing we can use science for our own moral advancement, the New Atheists preach a dangerous faith.

The Autoimmune Epidemic: Bodies Gone Haywire in a World Out of Balance

By Donna Jackson Nakazawa, Touchstone/Simon & Schuster. March 19, 2008.
Health and Wellness: Scientists worldwide puzzle over an alarming and unexplained rise in the rates of autoimmune disease. Yet the media remain mute on this crisis.

How Could So Many People Buy into Bush's "Patriotism Sweepstakes" War?

By Robert Parry, Sam Parry, Nat Parry, Consortium News. March 19, 2008.
World: The Iraq War represents a systemic failure of American political and journalistic institutions.

Who Is Rev. Moon? 'Returning Lord,' 'Messiah,' Publisher of the Washington Times

By John Gorenfeld, PoliPoint Press. March 15, 2008.
Media and Technology: "True Father" to some, madman to others, Sun Myung Moon is one of the strangest and least scrutinized figures in the conservative media world.

Cheap Oil Is Over: Kiss the Gas-Guzzling NASCAR Era Good-Bye

By James Howard Kunstler, Chelsea Green Publishing. March 11, 2008.
Environment: A suburban nation of snowmobilers, dirt bikers and NASCAR races -- all of it was made possible by the one-time blessing of cheap oil.

Swim Against the Current: Ordinary Americans Can Make Change Happen

By Jim Hightower, AlterNet. March 7, 2008.
The fight for our country's future is still in our hands. Grass-roots movements are breaking free from corporate control.

Intel Analyst: Don't Bother with U.S. Media If You Want to Know About Iraq

By Alex Rossmiller, Presidio Press. February 22, 2008.
World: In this stunning book excerpt, the author explains that he virtually ignored U.S. media coverage when collecting information on Iraq.

What the Hell Are Democrats So Afraid of?

By Glenn Hurowitz, Maisonneuve Press. February 22, 2008.
As this excerpt from "Fear and Courage in the Democratic Party" shows, if Dems want a lasting majority, they have to stop caving in.

How the Spooks Took over the News

By Nick Davies, The Independent UK. February 19, 2008.
Media and Technology: A controversial new book argues that shadowy intelligence agencies are pumping out black propaganda and the media simply swallow it wholesale.

The Most Important Fish You've Never Heard of

By H. Bruce Franklin, Island Press. February 5, 2008.
Water: Ocean ecosystems are nearing the verge of collapse because of the over fishing of one of the world's most important and little known species.

God's Profits: Faith, Fraud and the GOP Crusade for Values Voters

By Sarah Posner, PoliPoint Press. January 22, 2008.
A look into the shady finances and manipulative politics of America's leading televangelist hucksters.

A Heathen's Guide to the Rapture

By Jim Gerard, Nation Books. January 17, 2008.
Media and Technology: How to navigate your way through born-again America, with tips on how to avoid being Left Behind.

The Poor Get Diabetes, the Rich Get Local and Organic

By Mark Winne, Beacon Press. January 9, 2008.
Health and Wellness: From the War on Poverty to new farmers' markets, a food expert tackles America's dangerous dietary split.

What Does the ‘08 Election Hold for Gay Republicans?

By Deb Price, Creators Syndicate. January 2, 2008.
Election 2008: If you were (or are) a gay Republican, which candidate would you be supporting during the primaries?

Is the Hydrogen Age Just Around the Corner?

By Jerry Brown, Rinaldo Brutoco, James Cusumano, Ode. December 28, 2007.
Environment: Hydrogen fuel cells will never be a practical source of power, right? Wrong. The technology is set to take off sooner than you think.

Is Rocky Anderson the Country's Greenest Mayor?

By Kevin Danaher, Shannon Biggs, Jason Mark, PoliPoint Press. December 11, 2007.
Environment: A conversation with Salt Lake City's super green mayor and advocate for Bush's impeachment.

We Are What We Eat

By Jamey Lionette, South End Press. December 10, 2007.
Environment: Mass production of food is ruining our health, environment, and taste buds. How did this happen?

Shooting War: The Horror of Iraq Goes Graphic [Video]

By Anthony Lappé, Dan Goldman, SMITH Magazine. December 8, 2007.
World: Shooting War, a graphic novel set in Iraq in the year 2011, has been chilling readers and making headlines about its vivid and surreal depiction of the war zone.

The Iran Agenda: The Historical Truth of Our Relations with Iran

By Reese Erlich, PoliPoint Press. December 7, 2007.
In this excerpt from his new book, The Iran Agenda, veteran independent journalist Reese Erlich challenges the conventional wisdom on Iran's nuclear ambitions.

Tom Brokaw's Boom!: Voices of the Sixties

By Tom Brokaw, Random House Publishing Group. December 5, 2007.
Journalism icon Tom Brokaw reflects on his Midwestern roots, 1960s gender politics and the death of JFK.

How Scientific Is Modern Medicine?

By Dana Ullman, North Atlantic Books. December 3, 2007.
Health and Wellness: A new book on homeopathy challenges conventional medicine, which touts itself as scientific even though it is largely run by businessmen, not doctors.

Do Snap Judgments Amount to Bias in the Workplace?

By Freada Kapor Klein, Jossey-Bass. November 30, 2007.
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: An expert on workplace diversity and fairness explains in her new book how unconscious bias routinely creeps into split-second decisions in the office.

Lois Gibbs: How to Be a Citizen-Activist

By Kevin Danaher, Shannon Biggs, Jason Mark, PoliPoint Press. November 29, 2007.
Environment: Lois Gibbs, who put Love Canal on the map and ignited the movement against toxics, shares the secrets of organizing work learned on the fly.

Is Our Worship of Consumerism and Technology Making Us Depressed?

By Bruce E. Levine, Chelsea Green Publishing. November 26, 2007.
Health and Wellness: It would be a lot easier to address the increasing rate of depression among Americans if we weren't so afraid to admit that our consumer society makes us unhappy.

Out From the Weather Underground

By Cathy Wilkerson, Seven Stories. November 23, 2007.
Weather Underground member Cathy Wilkerson shares her experiences and struggles in her new book, Flying Close to the Sun.

Whatever Happened to 'We the People'?

By Thom Hartmann, Berrett-Koehler Publishing. November 23, 2007.
Rights and Liberties: Will our nation continue to stand for the values on which it was founded?

Why Is the Global Divide Between Rich and Poor So Vast?

By Gregory Clark, Princeton University Press. November 21, 2007.
ForeignPolicy: Is income from immigration the best hope for developing countries? Gregory Clark's book "A Farewell to Alms" explores the wealth, and the poverty, of nations.

How a Community Is Saving Itself and the Environment

By Kevin Danaher, Shannon Biggs, Jason Mark, PoliPoint Press. November 20, 2007.
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: Our current economic model has created nothing but poverty and pollution for the South Bronx. But the visionary folks there have a different model that will change all that.

Does Porn Make the Man?

By Robert Jensen, South End Press. November 17, 2007.
Most men have, at some point, feared not being masculine enough, especially in the bedroom. Pornography speaks to that fear.

Have Democrats Lost Their Liberal Spirit?

By Bruce Miroff, University Press of Kansas. November 14, 2007.
A new book explores the McGovern campaign and what Democrats have -- or have not -- learned from it.

How the Environmental Movement Can Redefine Globalization

By Kevin Danaher, Shannon Biggs, Jason Mark, PoliPoint Press. November 13, 2007.
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: We need to promote the globalization of mass movements and the globalization of sharing ideas so that communities can help each other achieve self-reliance.

How to Hold Corporations Accountable

By Kevin Danaher, Shannon Biggs, Jason Mark, PoliPoint Press. November 6, 2007.
Environment: When the system doesn't allow people to protect themselves from corporate harm to their communities, it is time to change the system.

Beyond the Green Zone: Dispatches from an Unembedded Journalist in Iraq

By Dahr Jamail, Haymarket Books. November 1, 2007.
ForeignPolicy: A new book from journalist Dahr Jamail shows what life is really like for Iraqis.

For Women Behind Bars, "Health Care" Can Be Deadly

By Silja J.A. Talvi, Seal Press. November 1, 2007.
Rights and Liberties: Women in jail can suffer slow and painful deaths for treatable and simple illnesses simply as a result of the horrific state of prison health care.

How to Build a Local Energy Economy

By Kevin Danaher, Shannon Biggs, Jason Mark, PoliPoint Press. October 30, 2007.
Environment: Is it possible to get our power from local sources? Yes, and an interview with one expert explains how.

EXCERPT: Spies, Lies and the Con Man Who Caused a War

By Bob Drogin, Random House Publishing Group. October 22, 2007.
World: The true story of the shady character at the heart of the United States' case for invading Iraq.

Why Dems and Republicans Bow to the Israel Lobby

By John Mearsheimer, Stephen Walt, Truthdig. October 9, 2007.
ForeignPolicy: In the introduction of their best-selling new book, The Israel Lobby, the authors explain why they think Israel is such a touchy subject.

Do Progressives Have the Wrong Idea About Change?

By Ted Nordhaus, Michael Shellenberger, AlterNet. October 8, 2007.
Environment: The authors of the new book Break Through argue that scaring people with bad news about the environment is no way to get them to change -- what's needed is a dream we all want to be a part of.

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