The Cruelty Is the PointBy: Adam Serwer NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From an award winning journalist at The Atlantic, these searing essays make a powerful case that real hope lies not in a sunny nostalgia for American greatness but in seeing this history plainin all of its brutality, unadorned by euphemism (The New York Times). NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR No writer better demonstrates how American dreams are so often sabotaged by American history. Adam