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4.3 / 5.0
In ARAB HEAD, BLACK BODY: Unpacking Racism in the Muslim Community, Ibrahim Anderson has created an insightful argument on how structural racism has seeped into...
IR Approved
April 5, 2026
POWER PLAYS: How the Battle for Electrons Will Define the 21st Century
By Jacques Beaudry-LosiqueRating:
4.5 / 5.0
Author Jacques Beaudry-Losique’s POWER PLAYS: How the Battle for Electrons Will Define the 21st Century delivers a rigorous, accessible, and insightful analysis of the national...
Rating:
1.5 / 5.0
Lance van Romunde’s annoyance at governments is genuine, but WITHOUT GOVERNMENTS THE WORLD WOULD BE AMAZING’s lack of a convincing substitute makes nonsense of its...
IR Approved
November 26, 2025
POSITIVE POLITICS: A Proven Playbook to Get into Politics, Change Your Life, and Change the World
By Neil ThanedarRating:
4.7 / 5.0
Neil Thanedar's POSITIVE POLITICS: A Proven Playbook to Get into Politics, Change Your Life, and Change the World provides useful, practical, and uplifting ways of...
Rating:
3.3 / 5.0
Though it may lack some of the fine tooling of his debut collection, Piotr Bardzik’s WASHINGTON POST IS SWITCHING OFF LIGHTS still offers plenty of...
Rating:
3.0 / 5.0
Scott Leckie's SHREWD LITTLE SLEUTH does an excellent job of illustrating the volatility of Cold War America, but it underdelivers on its promise to shed...
IR Approved
October 22, 2025
STAND UP SPEAK UP: How Survivors Created a Movement to End Sexual Violence
By Tim LennonRating:
4.8 / 5.0
Tim Lennon's STAND UP SPEAK UP: How Survivors Created a Movement to End Sexual Violence is a chilling exposé of the widespread nature of sexual...
Rating:
1.0 / 5.0
Banafsheh Zia’s OPERATION CAST LEAD: The Case is a difficult read that ultimately fails to prove its central thesis, regardless of the information it presents.
September 29, 2025
STRONG FLOOR, NO CEILING: Building a New Foundation for the American Dream
By Oliver LibbyRating:
3.9 / 5.0
Oliver Libby’s STRONG FLOOR, NO CEILING outlines an enthusiastic, optimistic vision for righting American civic life, though it’s unclear that the book addresses the underlying...
IR Approved
Rating:
4.1 / 5.0
FACT DENOUNCED AS A FOUR-LETTER WORD is an enjoyable, thought-provoking collection of aphorisms by Piotr Bardzik. The author shows a quick mind and no small...
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3.4 / 5.0
William A. Sikes’s THE END OF MEANING: Cultural Change in America Since 1945 presents interesting and thought-provoking ideas, though it reaches too far in its...
IR Approved
Rating:
5.0 / 5.0
Deborah M. Foster’s WHAT'S SO BAD ABOUT BEING POOR? is an essential text for anyone seeking to understand poverty beyond statistics and stereotypes—a vivid reminder...