America's problems seem insurmountable: a broken healthcare system, rampant gun violence, extreme inequality, racial injustice, political paralysis, and a justice system in crisis. While politicians offer empty solutions and pundits provide endless commentary, this revolutionary book takes a dramatically different approach.

Through the voices of history's most penetrating minds—Hippocrates on healthcare, Alexander Hamilton on gun violence, James Baldwin on racism, Nelson Mandela on social division—the book delivers a devastating critique of modern America's failings and inability to solve its most pressing problems. These voices, chosen for their unique expertise in confronting similar challenges, cut through the noise of contemporary debate to offer clear-eyed analysis and uncomfortable truths about American society.

What emerges is a powerful indictment of America's resistance to change and inability to learn from others' successes. Yet within each critique lies a pathway forward, drawn from historical wisdom and practical experience. The result is that rarest of books: a work that is both a searing criticism of American failures and a practical guide to American renewal.

For readers seeking to understand why America can't solve its problems—and what can be done about it—this book is nothing less than essential.