The Real Story of U.S. Policy and the Future of Cuba
Expertly researched and deftly reported, Dateline Havana is a probing exposé of U.S. policy and the future of Cuba on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution.
Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Rise of the Independent Voter
Explains why Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is arguably the nation’s most powerful Republican and at the forefront of setting policy on major national issues on the environment, immigration, and health care reform.
Describes the basic strategies and tactics that have helped the Democrats win Congress and lays out the steps for successful campaigns, candidates, and causes at all levels of government.
Traces five decades of American militarism and the media’s all-too-frequent failure to challenge it. Blending personal history and social commentary, Solomon also raises an essential question: to what ends should America use its awesome political, economic, media, and scientific power?
Resisting the Charms of Fake Politics, Mindless Consumption, and the Culture of Total Work
Argues that the American left needs a new spiritual basis for its politics and that its seeds can be discovered in Thoreau’s spiritual politics of refusal and a fresh approach to “human fundamentals” — especially work, home, and food.
Offers a fast-paced romp through the three major cable news channels—Fox CNN, and MSNBC—and delivers a serious message about their failure to cover the most urgent issues of the day.
British secret service officer Katharine Gun’s only crime was telling the truth, but she paid a steep price when she exposed a U.S.-U.K. spy operation to secure UN authorization for the Iraq invasion.
How Reverend Moon Created the Washington Times, Seduced the Religious Right, and Built an American Kingdom
“A mind-altering exposé of the cult within the cult, the Moon empire, and its astonishing influence inside Washington…”
—Sidney Blumenthal, author of How Bush Rules
Faith, Fraud, and the Republican Crusade for Values Voters
Examines the unholy alliance between a new generation of corrupt televangelists and the Republican Party, which is eagerly courting the “values voters” who support megachurches.
Shows how community groups, families, and individual citizens have taken action to protect their food and water, clean up their neighborhoods, and strengthen their local economies.
Delivers a shocking message about America’s health-care system. Despite its expense, our system fails to provide appropriate, evidence-based medicine for half the patients it treats.
Reflections on War, Lies, and America’s Ravaged Reputation
Skewers the Bush administration for its reckless warmongering, warrantless wiretaps, lethally incompetent response to Hurricane Katrina, and other scandals and screw ups.
How “Conservatives” Are Picking Your Pocket (Whether You Voted for Them or Not)
Reveals how the “conservative” agenda affects your wallet and not just your money. Linking each card in a typical wallet to shortsighted policies, blunders, and scandals, Prins shows how skewed national priorities have diminished America but not the American spirit.