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BEYOND THE MESSY TRUTH

 

A passionate manifesto that exposes hypocrisy on both sides of the political divide and points a way out of the tribalism that is tearing America apart.

 

In Beyond the Messy Truth, he offers a blueprint for transforming our collective anxiety into meaningful change. Jones urges both parties to abandon the politics of accusation. He issues a stirring call for a new “bipartisanship from below,” pointing us toward practical answers to problems that affect us all regardless of region or ideology. He wants to tackle rural and inner-city poverty, unemployment, addiction, unfair incarceration, and the devastating effects of the pollution-based economy on both coal country and our urban centers.

 

Along the way, Jones shares memories from his decades of activism on behalf of working people, inspiring stories of ordinary citizens who became champions of their communities, and little-known examples of cooperation in the midst of partisan conflict.

 

In his quest for positive solutions, Van Jones encourages us to set fire to our old ways of thinking about politics and come together to help those most in need. Includes an invaluable resource of contacts, books, media, and organizations for bipartisan bridge-building and problem solving.

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REBUILD THE DREAM

 

His second book, Rebuild the Dream, also a New York Times bestseller, put forward a powerful game plan to restore hope, fix our democracy, and renew the American Dream. In the New York Times Best Seller, Rebuild the Dream, Van reflects on his journey from grassroots outsider to White House insider.

 

For the first time, he shares intimate details of his time in government—and reveals why he chose to resign his post as a special advisor to the Obama White House.

 

Jones puts his hard-won lessons to good use, proposing a powerful game plan to restore hope, fix our democracy, and renew the American Dream. Jones is making this game plan a reality through the organization Rebuild the Dream—a platform for bottom-up, people-powered innovations to get the U.S. economy working for 100% of Americans, and not just the top 1%.

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THE GREEN COLLAR ECONOMY

 

The Green Collar Economy outlines a “viable plan for solving the biggest issues facing the country today–the economy and the environment,” and received favorable reviews from Al Gore, Nancy Pelosi, and Arianna Huffington. With a limited publicity budget and no national media platform at the time, the book debuted at #12 on the New York Times bestseller list in 2008, becoming the first environmental book authored by an African American to make the list.

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