Government, Law and Public Policy

Recent movers and shakers in government, law and public policy.

Updated June 15, 2025
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Truths the future of America First
Ramaswamy, Vivek
Ebook
New York Times bestselling author, accomplished entrepreneur, and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has a plan to save America, and it begins with telling the truth. Today's conservatives know what they're against. They're anti-woke, anti-globalist, anti-big...
Framed astonishing true stories of wrongful convictions
Grisham, John
Ebook
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * "The master of the legal thriller" (Associated Press) teams up with "the godfather of the innocence movement" (Texas Monthly) to share ten harrowing true stories of wrongful convictions. "Each of these stories is told with astonishing...
Against constitutional originalism a historical critique
Gienapp, Jonathan
Ebook
A detailed and compelling examination of how the legal theory of originalism ignores and distorts the very constitutional history from which it derives interpretive authority   "What are the chances that, in 2024, a new book could fundamentally reorient how...
Who is government? the untold story of public service
Lewis, Michael
Ebook
"Perhaps never before has there been a book better timed or more urgent." --Washington Post "Michael Lewis has this incredible ability to zoom in on one person's story, and from there reveals something much bigger about our culture. His books leave you seeing the world...
Money, lies, and God : inside the movement to destroy American democracy
Stewart, Katherine
Paper Book
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "An eerily prescient guide to the phantasmagoria of our political moment."-The New York Times Book Review "American democracy isn't simply dying. It is, as Stewart observes, being murdered."-The New...
The myth of American idealism how U.S. foreign policy endangers the world
Chomsky, Noam
Ebook
"For anyone wanting to find out more about the world we live in . . . there is one simple answer: read Noam Chomsky." --The New Statesman From one of the world's most prominent thinkers comes an urgent warning of the threat that U.S. power poses to humanity's future as well as...
Bringing Ben home a murder, a conviction, and the fight to redeem American justice
Bradley Hagerty, Barbara
Ebook
In 1989, Ben Spencer, a twenty-two-year-old Black man from Dallas, was convicted of murdering white businessman Jeffrey Young - a crime he didn't commit. From the day of his arrest, Spencer insisted that it was 'an awful mistake.' The Texas legal system didn't see it that way. It allowed shoddy...
Defectors the rise of the Latino far right and what it means for America
Ramos, Paola
Ebook
AN NPR BEST BOOK OF 2024 * An award-winning journalist's exploration of how race, identity and political trauma have influenced the rise in far-right sentiment among Latinos, and how this group can shape American politics "A deeply reported, surprisingly personal...
Countdown 1960 the behind-the-scenes story of the 312 days that changed America's politics forever
Wallace, Chris
Ebook
Instant New York Times Bestseller The riveting new book on the momentous year, campaign, and election that shaped American history It's January 2, 1960: the day that Massachusetts Senator John F. Kennedy declared his candidacy; and with this opening scene,...

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