After Butler
Alienated America by Timothy P. Carney
Butler gave voice to forgotten towns and the people elites ignore. Alienated America goes deeper—diagnosing exactly why some communities thrive while others collapse, naming the institutional abandonment that shattered the social bonds working families depend on. It's the structural answer to every frustration Zito captured, written for readers who refuse to be lectured by people who've never set foot in a VFW hall.