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Fixing Congress

Restoring Power to the People

by Michael S. Johnson, Jerome F. Climer ...

A preponderance of evidence indicates the public is very unhappy with the US Congress. Fixing Congress is a behind-the-scenes look at how Congress really functions and why it doesn’t.This powerful resource educates and empowers engaged citizens who want to participate more fully in the process of self-government and regain more control over it.Beginning with a closer look at members of Congress ... Read more

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A preponderance of evidence indicates the public is very unhappy with the US Congress. Fixing Congress is a behind-the-scenes look at how Congress really functions and why it doesn’t.This powerful resource educates and empowers engaged citizens who want to participate more fully in the process of self-government and regain more control over it.Beginning with a closer look at members of Congress
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Our Time Is Now

Power, Purpose, and the Fight for a Fair America

by Stacey Abrams ...

From New York Times bestselling author of Lead From The Outside and political leader Stacey Abrams, a blueprint to end voter suppression, empower our citizens, and take back our country."With each page, she inspires and empowers us to create systems that reflect a world in which all voices are heard and all people believe and feel that they matter." **—**Kerry WashingtonA recognized expert on fair ... Read more

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From New York Times bestselling author of Lead From The Outside and political leader Stacey Abrams, a blueprint to end voter suppression, empower our citizens, and take back our country."With each page, she inspires and empowers us to create systems that reflect a world in which all voices are heard and all people believe and feel that they matter." **—**Kerry WashingtonA recognized expert on fair
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It's Even Worse Than It Looks

How the American Constitutional System Collided with the New Politics of Extremism

by Thomas E. Mann, Norman J. Ornstein ...

Acrimony and hyperpartisanship have seeped into every part of the political process. Congress is deadlocked and its approval ratings are at record lows. America's two main political parties have given up their traditions of compromise, endangering our very system of constitutional democracy. And one of these parties has taken on the role of insurgent outlier; the Republicans have become ... Read more

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Acrimony and hyperpartisanship have seeped into every part of the political process. Congress is deadlocked and its approval ratings are at record lows. America's two main political parties have given up their traditions of compromise, endangering our very system of constitutional democracy. And one of these parties has taken on the role of insurgent outlier; the Republicans have become
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The Hidden History of the War on Voting

Who Stole Your Vote—and How To Get It Back

by Thom Hartmann ...

The New York Times–bestselling author explores America's history with voter disenfranchisement and how to ensure everyone has a voice in this democracy.In today's America, only a slim majority of people register to vote, and a large percentage of registered voters don't bother to show up: Donald Trump was elected by only twenty-six percent of eligible voters. Unfortunately, this is not a bug in ... Read more

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The New York Times–bestselling author explores America's history with voter disenfranchisement and how to ensure everyone has a voice in this democracy.In today's America, only a slim majority of people register to vote, and a large percentage of registered voters don't bother to show up: Donald Trump was elected by only twenty-six percent of eligible voters. Unfortunately, this is not a bug in
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Breaking Through Power

It's Easier Than We Think

by Ralph Nader ...

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"Nader’s assessment of how concentrated wealth and power undermine democracy is clear and compelling, but it’s his substantive vision of how we ought to respond that makes Breaking Through Power essential reading. Written just before Donald Trump’s Electoral College victory, Nader’s latest book reads with even greater urgency now."--Yes MagazineIn Breaking Through Power, Ralph Nader draws from a ... Read more

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"Nader’s assessment of how concentrated wealth and power undermine democracy is clear and compelling, but it’s his substantive vision of how we ought to respond that makes Breaking Through Power essential reading. Written just before Donald Trump’s Electoral College victory, Nader’s latest book reads with even greater urgency now."--Yes MagazineIn Breaking Through Power, Ralph Nader draws from a
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Dollarocracy

How the Money and Media Election Complex is Destroying America

by John Nichols, Robert W. McChesney ...

Fresh from the first 10 billion election campaign, two award-winning authors show how unbridled campaign spending defines our politics and, failing a dramatic intervention, signals the end of our democracy.Blending vivid reporting from the 2012 campaign trail and deep perspective from decades covering American and international media and politics, political journalist John Nichols and media critic ... Read more

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Fresh from the first 10 billion election campaign, two award-winning authors show how unbridled campaign spending defines our politics and, failing a dramatic intervention, signals the end of our democracy.Blending vivid reporting from the 2012 campaign trail and deep perspective from decades covering American and international media and politics, political journalist John Nichols and media critic
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An Uncivil War

Taking Back Our Democracy in an Age of Trumpian Disinformation and Thunderdome Politics

by Greg Sargent ...

How we got here, how to fix it: "One of the sharpest-eyed observers of contemporary American politics . . . exposes the dismal roots of our current moment." —Daniel Ziblatt, New York Times–bestselling coauthor of How Democracies DieIn An Uncivil War, the Washington Post's Greg Sargent sounds an urgent alarm about the deeper roots of our democratic backsliding—and how to turn things around before ... Read more

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How we got here, how to fix it: "One of the sharpest-eyed observers of contemporary American politics . . . exposes the dismal roots of our current moment." —Daniel Ziblatt, New York Times–bestselling coauthor of How Democracies DieIn An Uncivil War, the Washington Post's Greg Sargent sounds an urgent alarm about the deeper roots of our democratic backsliding—and how to turn things around before
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Give Us Liberty

A Tea Party Manifesto

by Dick Armey, Matt Kibbe ...

Former Majority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives and leading organizer of the Tea Party movement, Dick Armey offers a Tea Party Manifesto: Give Us Liberty. Written with Matt Kibbee, President and CEO of FreedomWorks, Give Us Liberty defines the issues and agenda of the wildfire grassroots movement that is electrifying the nation, as it calls on fiscal conservatives to take back America ... Read more

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Former Majority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives and leading organizer of the Tea Party movement, Dick Armey offers a Tea Party Manifesto: Give Us Liberty. Written with Matt Kibbee, President and CEO of FreedomWorks, Give Us Liberty defines the issues and agenda of the wildfire grassroots movement that is electrifying the nation, as it calls on fiscal conservatives to take back America
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When Money Talks

The High Price of "Free" Speech and the Selling of Democracy

by Derek Cressman ...

"When money talks, democracy walks. Read this book to learn how We the People can take back our elections from the billionaires." —Robert B. Reich, former U.S. Secretary of Labor and author of The System: Who Rigged It, How We Fix ItSpecial-interest money is destroying our democratic process. And ever since the Citizens United decision threw out campaign spending limits abridgments of free speech, ... Read more

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"When money talks, democracy walks. Read this book to learn how We the People can take back our elections from the billionaires." —Robert B. Reich, former U.S. Secretary of Labor and author of The System: Who Rigged It, How We Fix ItSpecial-interest money is destroying our democratic process. And ever since the Citizens United decision threw out campaign spending limits abridgments of free speech,
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Reviving the Strike

How Working People Can Regain Power and Transform America

by Joe Burns ...

If the American labor movement is to rise again, it will not be as a result of electing Democrats, the passage of legislation, or improved methods of union organizing. Rather, workers will need to rediscover the power of the strike. Not the ineffectual strike of today, where employees meekly sit on picket lines waiting for scabs to take their jobs, but the type of strike capable of grinding ... Read more

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If the American labor movement is to rise again, it will not be as a result of electing Democrats, the passage of legislation, or improved methods of union organizing. Rather, workers will need to rediscover the power of the strike. Not the ineffectual strike of today, where employees meekly sit on picket lines waiting for scabs to take their jobs, but the type of strike capable of grinding
... Read more
Parliamentary America

The Least Radical Means of Radically Repairing Our Broken Democracy

by Maxwell L. Stearns ...

Can a parliamentary democracy end America's constitutional crisis?Winner of the IPPY Book Award for Current Events I: Political, Economic, and Foreign AffairsAmericans face increasingly stark choices each presidential election and a growing sense that our government can't solve the nation's most urgent challenges. Our eighteenth-century system is ill suited to our twenty-first-century world. ... Read more

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Can a parliamentary democracy end America's constitutional crisis?Winner of the IPPY Book Award for Current Events I: Political, Economic, and Foreign AffairsAmericans face increasingly stark choices each presidential election and a growing sense that our government can't solve the nation's most urgent challenges. Our eighteenth-century system is ill suited to our twenty-first-century world.
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In Defense of Public Service

How 22 Million Government Workers Will Save our Republic

by Cedric L. Alexander ...

The former police chief and news commentator makes a compelling case for the importance of civil service in this timely book—foreword by Elijah Cummings.When those we elect descend into partisan tribalism, criminal malfeasance, and emulation of foreign autocracies and oligarchies, where do we turn? Cedric Alexander believes it is the unelected, apolitical "fourth branch" of government—our nation's ... Read more

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The former police chief and news commentator makes a compelling case for the importance of civil service in this timely book—foreword by Elijah Cummings.When those we elect descend into partisan tribalism, criminal malfeasance, and emulation of foreign autocracies and oligarchies, where do we turn? Cedric Alexander believes it is the unelected, apolitical "fourth branch" of government—our nation's
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