What happens when the department designed to be above politics gets pulled into the political arena? Injustice traces how the Justice Departmentâs independence was chipped away, decision by decision, until the institution meant to enforce the law began bending under partisan pressure. Carol Leonnig and Aaron C. Davis take you inside tense, behind-the-scenes moments: prosecutors […]
Room Service, Revolution, Resilienceđđ
Perched on a Kabul hilltop, the Inter-Continental Hotel was built to embody modern Afghanistanâthen spent decades surviving everything that tried to erase it. In The Finest Hotel in Kabul, BBC correspondent Lyse Doucet tells the countryâs recent history through one building and the people who kept it running: the young manager trying to stay calm […]
One Sentence, Big Stakesđâ¨
What if Americaâs most famous idea came down to a few fiercely debated words? In The Greatest Sentence Ever Written, Walter Isaacson unpacks the Declaration of Independenceâs second sentenceââWe hold these truthsâŚââand shows how a small committeeâs edits helped shape a nationâs biggest promise. Youâll see how Jeffersonâs original phrasing evolved through collaboration (including Franklinâs […]
House Hunt, High Stakes
What if finding your âforever homeâ became the one thing youâd sacrifice everything for? In Best Offer Wins, 37-year-old publicist Margo has spent 18 months losing bidding wars in the ruthless Washington, DC suburbs. When she finally spots the perfect Colonial in her dream neighborhood, she decides she wonât lose this one, not to cash […]
Tea, Treason, and a Spyđ
In a Berlin apartment in 1943, a small circle of well-connected Germans gathered for tea and spoke the unspeakable: Hitler had to go. They werenât soldiers in hiding, but aristocrats, diplomats, educators, and quiet helpers who sheltered Jews, traded forbidden truths, and imagined a post-Nazi Germany. Their meetings felt almost ordinary, until one guest arrived […]
A Man, in 3 Verbs
What does it actually mean to âbe a manâ in 2025, when so many boys and men feel broke, isolated, and stuck? In Notes on Being a Man, Scott Galloway makes a blunt, surprisingly tender case that weâre failing young men, and paying the price in loneliness, âdeaths of despair,â and a widening gap between […]
From Bottom to Spotlightâ¨
At nine years old, Nia Sioux stepped into the bright lights of Dance Momsâand straight into a ranking system designed to keep her âat the bottom.â In Bottom of the Pyramid (2025), she tells the story the show couldnât (or wouldnât) tell: the brutal weekly grind, the pressure of national competitions, and the constant criticism […]
The Original Kingmaker
Everyone knew Pamela Churchill Harriman as a glamorous socialite. Almost no one understood what she really was: a power broker who helped shape 20th-century history from the shadows. In Kingmaker, award-winning biographer Sonia Purnell reveals how Pamela used charm, intelligence, and ruthless social skill to influence presidents, diplomats, and party bosses for more than fifty […]
The Comeback No One Stopped
Trumpâs 2024 comeback wasnât just a campaignâit was a revenge tour aimed at the entire American system. In Retribution, ABC News journalist Jonathan Karl takes you behind the scenes of Trumpâs return to the White House, from the hush-money trial that turned a courthouse hallway into a campaign stage to the assassination attempts that reshaped […]
When a King Misreads a Revolution
In the late 1970s, Iran looked like one of Americaâs safest bets: oil-rich, tightly controlled, and ruled by a king who seemed unshakable. Within a year, his regime had collapsed, a revolutionary cleric flew in from exile to claim power, and American diplomats were taken hostage on live television. How did everyoneâfrom the Shahâs inner […]
