political and social views

The author presents a scathing indictment against the Bush-Cheney administration accusing them of seizing their executive powers and permanently altering the constitutional balance of the democracy.

Studies the contributions Richard Nixon has made to politics in the years since he resigned from the presidency and discusses what his final thoughts are about the Watergate crisis.

A collection of more than fifty essays and journalistic pieces in which American author John Steinbeck reflects on the world around him.

Presents a critical analysis of the works of twentieth-century African-American poet, Gwendolyn Brooks between 1945 and 1960, and examines her poems that depict racism and class struggles in the urban ghetto community.

Presents fifty-one works by and interviews with late-twentieth-century activist and political writer Cornel West, covering such topics as African-American cultural politics, Marxist theory, Christian thought, the arts, and race relations, and includes autobiographical essays.

Examines African-American leadership in the U.S. by taking a close look at Barack Obama's 2008 campaign for the Presidency and discusses figures such as Martin Luther King, Jr. and Jesse Jackson while illustrating the effects of slavery, modern megachurches, and hip-hop culture on black politics.

A collection of essays by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker, in which she discusses the roots of her cultural, political, and spiritual activism, and offers her opinions on a wide range of public and private issues.

Offers biographical information about early twentieth-century author Virginia Woolf along with an analysis of her 1929 feminist essay "A Room of One's Own.".