Looking for someone with whom to discuss the issues? Join our book club to explore the country’s issues. To join us, please email Alison at .
Enjoy great discussions of current events, informed and inspired by books that aid our understanding of how we got here and what we should do. We read works of nonfiction relevant to our current political activities, then meet to discuss them. Come chat with your neighbors and explore the ideas that keep this movement strong! Recent books:
Book Club Meeting Schedule
August 6th: Abundance by Ezra Klein & Derek Thompson
A provocative argument that progressives have become too focused on blocking and not enough on building — housing, clean energy, healthcare, infrastructure. Klein and Thompson make the case that abundance, not just redistribution, is the path to a better society. Challenges comfortable assumptions across the political spectrum.
June 4th: On Freedom by Timothy Snyder
From the author of On Tyranny, Snyder explores what freedom actually means — arguing that real freedom is not simply the absence of restraint but requires active engagement, health, movement, and thought. Timely and philosophical, it reframes the freedom debate for our current moment.
April 2nd: Democracy Awakening by Heather Cox Richardson
A historian’s account of how American democracy has been repeatedly threatened and defended across two centuries. Richardson traces the roots of today’s authoritarian impulses to earlier moments in history, offering both warning and hope. Essential context for anyone involved in civic action.
March 5th: Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis by Jonathan Blitzer
A deeply reported account of the Central American migration crisis — the people, the policies, and the politics that created it. Blitzer spent years following individuals and families whose stories illuminate what the headlines miss. Humanizing and essential.
Other Books & Publications of Interest
- Rogan’s List: Ways we can help save our democracy
- Timothy Snyder: On Tyranny
- Bryan Tyler Cohen — YouTube political commentary, borderline news/commentary