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  1. The Fight to Save the Town

    1. The Fight to Save the Town

    Michelle Wilde Anderson
    Fits this list for its focus on local.
  2. Key to the City

    2. Key to the City

    Sara C. Bronin
    Fits this list for its focus on local.
  3. Ghosting the News

    3. Ghosting the News

    Margaret Sullivan
    Fits this list for its focus on local.
  4. Over Ruled

    4. Over Ruled

    Neil Gorsuch, Janie Nitze
    Included for strong political alignment with this local list.
  5. Weaponized

    5. Weaponized

    Seth Barron
    Strong fit for this local list in the local lane.
  6. "prisons Make US Safer"

    6. "prisons Make US Safer"

    Victoria Law
    Included for strong education alignment with this local list.
  7. A Colony in a Nation

    7. A Colony in a Nation

    Christopher L. Hayes
    Included for strong civil rights alignment with this local list.
  8. Bleeding Out

    8. Bleeding Out

    Thomas Abt
    Strong fit for this local list in the urban lane.
  9. Incarceration Nations

    9. Incarceration Nations

    Baz Dreisinger
    Included for strong civil rights alignment with this local list.
  10. Punishment Without Crime

    10. Punishment Without Crime

    Alexandra Natapoff
    Included for strong about alignment with this local list.
  11. The Coyotes of Carthage

    11. The Coyotes of Carthage

    Steven Wright
    Included for strong economics alignment with this local list.
  12. A New City O/s

    12. A New City O/s

    Stephen Goldsmith, Neil Kleiman
    Fits this list for its focus on local.
  13. The Banks We Deserve

    13. The Banks We Deserve

    Oscar Perry Abello
    Included for strong development alignment with this local list.
  14. Charged

    14. Charged

    Emily Bazelon
    Included for strong biography alignment with this local list.
  15. American Carnage

    15. American Carnage

    Fred Guttenberg, Thomas Gabor
    Included for strong america alignment with this local list.
  16. Hoodwinked

    16. Hoodwinked

    John K. Amanchukwu Sr., Charlie Kirk
    Included for strong love alignment with this local list.
  17. Hatchet Man

    17. Hatchet Man

    Elie Honig
    Included for strong york alignment with this local list.
  18. Radical Justice: Lifting Every Voice

    18. Radical Justice: Lifting Every Voice

    Accra Shepp, Salamishah Tillet
    Included for strong civil rights alignment with this local list.
  19. Arbitrary Lines

    19. Arbitrary Lines

    M. Nolan Gray
    Strong fit for this local list in the urban lane.
  20. The Top of the Arc

    20. The Top of the Arc

    Sean R. Stegall
    Fits this list for its focus on local.
  21. You Have the Right to Remain Innocent

    21. You Have the Right to Remain Innocent

    James J. Duane
    Strong fit for this local list in the sentencing lane.
  22. American Carnage

    22. American Carnage

    Sasha Abramsky
    Included for strong american alignment with this local list.
  23. Giving Back

    23. Giving Back

    Edward F. Reilly Jr.
    Included for strong political alignment with this local list.
  24. Free to Judge

    24. Free to Judge

    Michael Kang, Joanna Shepherd
    Included for strong business alignment with this local list.

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