Must Read Progressive Politics Books – American Progressivism

Democracy no longer ends with a bang-in a revolution or military coup-but with a whimper: the slow, steady weakening of critical institutions, such as the judiciary and the press, and the gradual erosion of long-standing political norms.

Caste (Oprah’s Book Club) by Isabel Wilkerson gives us a masterful portrait of an unseen phenomenon in America as she explores, through an immersive, deeply researched narrative and stories about real people, how America today and throughout its history has been shaped by a hidden caste system, a rigid hierarchy of human rankings.

People, Power, and Profits: Progressive Capitalism for an Age of Discontent by Joseph E. Stiglitz shows us an America in crisis. The American people, however, are far from powerless, and Joseph Stiglitz provides an alternative path forward through his vision of progressive capitalism, with a comprehensive set of political and economic changes.

Women are often belittled in the field of politics. In this book, Hillary Rodham Clinton and Chelsea Clinton have underscored the roles of women that brought us to the modernization of the politics and society we enjoy now. The authors cite the relevant roles of hundreds of women that inspired us to strive more, including Harriet Tubman, Rachel Carson, Malala Yousafzai, and Chimamanda Ngozi Aidichie. This book is a true masterpiece that mixes the value of equality and politics.

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