Books he has edited in recent years include two examining the country's best programs for job re-training and helping difficult populations like the homeless, released prisoners, former addicts, and welfare recipients succeed in the workforce. "Catholic School Renaissance", analyzes the revival of inner-city Catholic schools and why that is important to the nation. "Serving Those Who Served" is a manual for the new field of philanthropy for veterans, service members, and their families—where Zinsmeister has been a leader, growing out of his military reporting and his veterans work at the White House.