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Best-selling author Chris Mooney uses cutting-edge research to explain the psychology behind why today’s Republicans reject reality - it’s just part of who they are. From climate change to evolution, the rejection of mainstream science among Republicans is growing, as is the denial of expert consensus on the economy, American history, foreign policy, and much more. Why won’t Republicans accept things that most experts agree on? Why are they constantly fighting against the facts?

A toxic ideology rules the world of extreme competition and individualism. It misrepresents human nature, destroying hope and common purpose. Only a positive vision can replace it, a new story that re-engages people in politics and lights a path to a better world. George Monbiot shows how new findings in psychology, neuroscience and evolutionary biology cast human nature in a radically different light: as the supreme altruists and cooperators.

Strategic nonviolent action has reasserted itself as a potent force in shaping public debate and forcing political change. Whether it is an explosive surge of protest calling for racial justice in the United States or a demand for democratic reform in Hong Kong or Mexico, when mass movements erupt onto our television screens, the media portrays them as being as spontaneous and unpredictable.

 Lie Machines is full of riveting behind-the-scenes stories from the world's biggest and most damagingly successful misinformation initiatives - including those used in Brexit and US elections. Howard not only shows how these campaigns evolved from older propaganda operations, but also exposes their new powers, gives us insight into their effectiveness, and shows us how to shut them down. 

Bloomsbury presents Joe Biden by Evan Osnos, read by Evan Osnos and David Remnick. The new biography of President Joe Biden by National Book Award winner and New Yorker staff writer Evan Osnos – A Financial Times, Guardian and Daily Express Book of the Year 'A thoroughly readable primer'...

In The Prince, it is asserted that a good ruler is one who works for the benefit of the state at all times, even when this requires acting immorally or unethically. Basically, the ends justify the means, even if the means are killing innocent people, blackmailing, and being deceitful. This idea was contentious then and now - many people believe that rulers should act with kindness and lawfulness above all, rather than bending ethics to achieve the ends they want.

Twenty-first-century America isn’t working the way it’s supposed to. This book explains why. Americans in the twenty-first century are becoming increasingly untethered from both reality and the essential principles and traditions that have shaped the nation’s historic success. A big part...

As flagship of the American news media, the New York Times is the world’s most powerful news outlet. With thousands of reporters covering events from all corners of the globe, the Times has the power to influence wars, foment revolution, shape economies and change the very nature of our culture. It doesn’t just cover the news: it creates it.

#1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER *A BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR THE FT, GUARDIAN, SUNDAY TIMES, TELEGRAPH, TIMES, OBSERVER, i NEWSPAPER, NEW STATESMAN, PROSPECT, CHURCH TIMES AND SCOTSMAN* The searing inside story of our broken politics from the former Cabinet minister and co-host of The Rest Is Politics...

The instant #1 New York Times bestseller. From the reporter who was there at the very beginning comes the revealing inside story of the partnership between Steve Bannon and Donald Trump—the key to understanding the rise of the alt-right, the fall of Hillary Clinton, and the hidden forces that...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER It was never supposed to be this close. And of course she was supposed to win. How Hillary Clinton lost the 2016 election to Donald Trump is the riveting story of a sure thing gone off the rails. For every Comey revelation or hindsight acknowledgment about the...

Media literacy educators have always insisted that we are both creators and receivers of media messages. The truth of this is even more apparent in today's digital environment, with children and adults alike participating in a ubiquitous, nonstop stream of social media. Clearly, students need the tools to interpret news and information critically - not just for school but for life in a "post-truth" world, where the lines blur between entertainment, information, and persuasion. 

Experience the unyielding truth of George Orwell, the 20th century’s premier political conscience. Listening to this essential essay collection offers a masterclass in critical thinking, serving as the ultimate antidote to modern spin, doublespeak, and manufactured narratives. Politics and the...

STORM PÅ VEJ er en dybdegående og personlig beretning fra DR’s mangeårige USA-korrespondent Steffen Kretz om en stormagt, der er slået ud af kurs og ligner en nation i opløsning. Engang var USA et land med en befolkning, der stod sammen om en fælles optimisme. I dag deler amerikanerne en...

Det koster et mandat Af Mads Brügger er Historien om hvordan Mike Fonseca havnede i en kælder med Lars Løkke Rasmussen og her lærte sandheden om Moderaterne. Mike Fonseca var en kun 27-årig ung sygeplejerske fra Køge, der søgte valg til Folketinget, fordi han troede påLars Løkke...

DR’s internationale korrespondent Steffen Kretz leverer med bogen I orkanens øje en medrivende og veldokumenteret fortælling om en verden i opbrud – centreret omkring den politiske situation i USA og Donald Trumps tilbagevenden til præsidentsædet i Det hvide hus. Det er en fortælling om...

Uffe Elbæk og Alternativet bragede ind i Folketinget i 2015 på en grøn bølge af optimisme og opdrift. Men den politiske virkelighed ramte hurtigt og hårdt. Flere havde svært ved at leve op til idealerne, mange gav op, og for de tilbageblivende var det et forandret parti, der gik til...

"¨På 25 år er Enhedslisten gået fra at kæmpe med spærregrænsen til at blive det største parti på venstrefløjen. Hvordan lykkedes denne revolution af det revolutionære parti? Hvordan blev så mange små venstrefløjlsfraktioner samlet til et parti, der skaber resultater og har folkelig...

"Carl Holst var hårdt ramt. I mange måneder var han en fast del af alle danske mediers politiske dækning. Den ene kritiske anklage mod den nye forsvarsminister og tidligere formand for Region Syddanmark afløste den anden. Efter 93 dage måtte han gå af som minister og kort efter tage orlov...

Da Karsten Lauritzen efter knap 15 år, heraf fire som minister for det udskældte skatteområde, forlod politik, stod han tilbage med en afgørende erkendelse: Der er noget helt galt i det danske folkestyre. Det er ikke bare enkeltstående politikere, der i stadigt større omfang får stress...