Crazy Americans – CDs, Bücher, LPs und mehr, Seite 9

Tom Schaller

White Rural Rage

"It's an open secret that voters in smaller, less populous states have more electoral power than their urban counterparts, so why are these same voters the most eager to leave behind democratic principles…

Martin Gelin

The White Storm

When the U.S. Capitol was stormed in 2021, it was an attack on the very idea of America as a pluralist democracy. It was also a reminder that the worst threat to the United States today doesn't come from …

Deondra Rose

The Power of Black Excellence

In The Power of Black Excellence, Deondra Rose provides an authoritative history of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and the unique role they have played in shaping American democracy …

Richard L. Hasen

A Real Right to Vote

Why it's time to enshrine the right to vote in the ConstitutionThroughout history, too many Americans have been disenfranchised or faced needless barriers to voting. Part of the blame falls on the Constit…

John H Aldrich

The Fundamental Voter

In The Fundamental Voter, John H. Aldrich, Suhyen Bae, and Bailey K. Sanders explain why the notion that we are divided into tribal loyalties is, at best, only partially correct, and discuss how the divis…

John Corry

Golden Clan

John Corry chronicles the quintessential story of the Murrays and the McDonnells, the Irish American "golden clan".

Myrna Perez

Criticizing Science

How Stephen Jay Gould's career illustrates that criticizing science is important for American democracy.

Django Reinhardt (1910-1953)

Americans In Paris Part One

Joseph Fishkin

The Anti-Oligarchy Constitution

Oligarchy is a threat to the republic. Joseph Fishkin and William Forbath show that, for most of US history, Americans saw the Constitution as responding to that threat by imposing on legislators a duty t…

William J Barber

White Poverty

When most Americans think of poverty, they imagine Black faces. As a teenager, Reverend William J Barber II recalls seeing Black mothers interviewed on television whenever there was a story on food stamps…

American Army V-Discs 1943 - 1949

Gefertigt zwischen 1943 und 1949, stärkten die V Discs (oder Victory Discs) die Moral der U.S. Soldaten an der Kriegsfront und hielten sie mit der neuesten Musik aus ihrer Heimat auf dem Laufenden. Sie wu…

Francis S Barry

Back Roads and Better Angels

"Bringing together two of America's unifying loves -- road trips and Abraham Lincoln -- Frank Barry takes readers on a thought-provoking journey into the heart of our democracy and the soul of our country…

The New Roses

Sweet Poison

»Schnallt euch an - The New Roses sind zurück! Nach Tourneen mit herausragenden Künstlern wie den Scorpions, Saxon, Accept und Tremonti veröffentlicht das Quartett um Timmy Rough sein fünftes Studioalbum …

Margot Susca

Hedged

"The ultrawealthy largely own and guide the newspaper system in the United States. Through entities like hedge funds and private equity firms, this investor class continues to dismantle the one institutio…

Casey Michel

Foreign Agents

An stunning investigation and indictment of the United States' foreign lobbying industry and the threat it poses to democracy. For years, one group of Americans has worked as foot-soldiers for the most a…

Noam Chomsky

Global Discontents

In these compelling interviews with David Barsamian, his longtime interlocutor, Noam Chomsky identifies the "dry kindling" of discontent around the world. Chomsky asks us to consider "the world we are lea…

Noam Chomsky

Global Discontents

In a compelling new set of interviews, Noam Chomsky identifies the "dry kindling" of discontent around the world that could soon catch fire. In wide-ranging discussions with David Barsamian, his longtime…

Frank Sinatra

Singles Collection

Nur wenige würden Frank Sinatras Pole Position in der populären Musik anzweifeln. Von den dunklen Tagen des Zweiten Weltkriegs bis zum Fall der Berliner Mauer war Sinatras Stimme schon immer der Soundtrac…

Nat King Cole (1919-1965)

The Complete Nelson Riddle Studio Sessions