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3) Mariposa
Author
Series
Quantico novels volume 2
Publisher
Vanguard Press
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
In this near-future thriller, three FBI agents take on the Talos Corporation and its plan to destroy the government and constitutional law by means of a treatment program code-named Mariposa.
Author
Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Full Dissidence is a collection of essays focusing on the corporate assault on civil liberties, collisions of race and identity, and the kleptocracy of the Trump White House has forced America to ask itself if its beliefs of freedom and democracy are more than just words"--
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
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Description
From the bestselling author of "Sea of Thunder" comes a riveting narrative about America's ferocious drive towards empire during the Gilded Age, and the uncanny resemblance of the Spanish-American War to the Iraq War of today.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Millions of Americans have lost confidence in our political and economic system. After years of stagnant wages, volatile job markets, and an unwillingness to deal with profound threats such as climate change, there is a mounting sense that the system isfixed, serving only those select few with enough money to secure a controlling stake. With the characteristic clarity and passion that has made him a central civil voice, Robert B. Reich shows how...
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Analyzes scandals in high-profile institutions, from Wall Street and the Catholic Church to Major League Baseball, while evaluating how an elite American meritocracy rose throughout the past half-century before succumbing to corruption and failure.
A powerful and original argument that traces the roots of our present crisis of authority to an unlikely source: the meritocracy. Over the past decade, Americans watched in bafflement and rage as one institution...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Press
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Examines the political history and legacies of George H. W. and George W. Bush, and discusses the influential people who aided in the family's rise to power, their role in important events in twentieth and twenty-first-century American history, and other topics.
Author
Publisher
Currency
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"A penetrating indictment of how today's largest tech companies are hijacking our data, our livelihoods, our social fabric, and our minds-from an acclaimed Financial Times columnist and CNN analyst. Rana Foroohar tells the story of how Big Tech lost its soul-and ate our lunch. Through her skilled reporting and unparalleled access-won through nearly thirty years covering business and technology-she shows the true extent to which behemoths like Google,...
Author
Publisher
Nation Books
Pub. Date
[2014].
Language
English
Description
Nader provides a blueprint for how Americans on both sides of the aisle can fight against the corporate state and crony capitalism. He makes the case that large segments of the progressive, conservative and libertarian political camps find themselves aligned in opposition to the destruction of civil liberties, the corporate welfare state, the relentless perpetuation of America's wars, sovereignty-shredding free trade agreements and the unpunished...
Author
Publisher
Crown Publishers
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Job outsourcing. Perpetual busy signals at government agencies. Slashed paychecks. Stolen elections. A war without end, fatally mismanaged. Ordinary Americans on both the Right and Left are tired of being disenfranchised by corrupt politicians of both parties and are organizing to change the status quo. Author Sirota takes us far from the national media spotlight into the trenches where real change is happening--from the headquarters of the most powerful...
Publisher
Institute for Responsible Technology
Pub. Date
©2012.
Language
English
Description
"Never-before-seen evidence points to genetically engineered foods as a major contributor to rising disease rates in the U.S. population, especially among children...Monsanto's strong-arm tactics, the FDA's fraudulent policies, and how the USDA ignores a growing health emergency are also laid bare. This sometimes shocking film may change your diet, help you protect your family, and accelerate the consumer tipping point against genetically modified...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The bestselling authors of Merchants of Doubt offer a profound, startling history of one of America's most tenacious--and destructive--false ideas: the myth of the "free market."
"The bestselling authors of Merchants of Doubt offer a profound, startling history of one of America's most tenacious--and destructive--false ideas: the myth of the "free market." In their bestselling book Merchants of Doubt, Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway revealed the...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"For 150 years, there has been a contract. Companies hold the power to shape our daily lives. The state holds the power to make them fall in line. And the people hold the power to choose their leaders. But now, this balance has shaken loose. As the market consolidates, the lines between Walmart and the Halls of Congress have become razor-thin. Private companies have begun to behave like nations, and with the government bogged down in bureaucratic...
Author
Publisher
The New Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"In Captured, U.S. Senator and former federal prosecutor Sheldon Whitehouse offers an eye-opening take on what corporate influence looks like today from the Senate Floor, adding a first-hand perspective to Jane Mayer's Dark Money. Americans know something is wrong in their government. Senator Whitehouse combines history, legal scholarship, and personal experiences to provide the first hands-on, comprehensive explanation of what's gone wrong, exposing...
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Pub
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
DemoCRIPS and ReBLOODlicans uncovers the truth about how corporations have bought the American electoral and legislative process through the power of lobbyists, campaign contributions, and political action committees. Using historical details, such as the development of the two-party system and the advent of third-party candidates throughout U.S. history, DemoCRIPS and ReBLOODlicans exposes how the two major parties have allowed corporations, businesses,...
Author
Publisher
ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
In the aftermath of the 2010 Citizens United decision, it's become commonplace to note the growing political dominance of a small segment of the economic elite. But what exactly are those members of the elite doing with their newfound influence? The One Percent Solution provides an answer to this question for the first time. Gordon Lafer's book is a comprehensive account of legislation promoted by the nation's biggest corporate lobbies across all...
Author
Publisher
The New Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"A senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee recounts how anonymous donors seized control of the U.S. Judiciary, including the Supreme Court “An absolute must-read.” —Congressman Ro Khanna (CA-17) Following his book Captured on corporate capture of regulatory and government agencies, and his years of experience as a prosecutor, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse here turns his attention to the right-wing scheme to capture the courts, and...
Publisher
1 Earth Productions
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"Investigates the reason behind stalled efforts to tackle climate change despite consensus in the scientific community that it is not only a reality but also a growing problem placing us on the brink of disaster. The film details the people and organizations casting doubt on climate science and claims that greenhouse gases are not affected by human behavior. From the Koch Brothers to ExxonMobil, to oil industry front groups, to prominent politicians...
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
" Most Americans pay little attention to the massive number of elections that occur at the state level every year. Yet cumulatively, a party's success in state-level races across the country can produce major shifts in policymaking and governance. That is precisely what has happened in the US since 2010. In a wave election that year, the Republican Party began their ascendancy in state-level elections, and by 2016 had solidified their dominance. The...
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