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Represent: The Unfinished Fight for the Vote

323 DYS

An exploration of the fight for democratic representation, an ongoing and epic quest to build the democracy promised in the constitution. Each chapter takes on a new battle between the champions of freedom and those who stand in the way of their right to vote—from the American Revolution to the present day.

You Call This Democracy? How to Fix Our Government and Deliver Power to the People

320 RUS

Draws on full-color infographics, sidebars, and quotes to take a negative look at the current state of American democracy, focusing on gerrymandering, voter turnout, the Electoral College, money in politics, and voter suppression. Suggests ways that young people can stop fake news, lower the voting age, and become involved.

Clash of Powers: The President Versus Congress

352.23 LOO

US democracy is experiencing unprecedented challenges. Clash of Powers: The President Versus Congress examines function and disfunction in the relationship between these two essential branches of government.

Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism

320.53 MAD

The author studies the rise of authoritarianism in America after the start of World War II and describes how this well-funded movement promoted disinformation, joined with ultra-right paramilitary groups, and tried to persuade Americans to side with the Axis powers to undermine democracy and overthrow the U.S. government. Prequel details how the movement was stopped by activists and journalists, but the government's efforts to prosecute the plotters caused consequences still felt today.

The Shortest History of Democracy: 4000 Years of Self-Government—A Retelling for Our Times

321.8 KEA

Explores the history and evolution of democracy, and details the characteristics of assembly, electoral, and monitory democracy. Includes black-and-white photographs, maps, and a timeline.

Guardians of Liberty: Freedom of the Press and the Nature of News

323.44 OSB

Guardians of Liberty explores the essential and basic American ideal of freedom of the press. Allowing the American press to publish—even if what they're reporting is contentious—without previous censure or interference by the federal government was so important to the Founding Fathers that they placed a guarantee in the First Amendment to the Constitution. Citing numerous examples from America's past, from the American Revolution to the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights Movement to Obama's and Trump's presidencies, Linda Barrett Osborne shows how freedom of the press has played an essential role in the growth of this nation.

The Fight to Vote

324.6 WAL

The Fight to Vote takes a look at a crucial American struggle: the drive to define and defend government based on 'the consent of the governed.' From the beginning, and at every step along the way, as Americans sought the right to vote, others have fought to stop them. But today that system seems to be under siege, and the right to vote has become the fight to vote.

Civil War By Other Means: America's Long and Unfinished Fight for Democracy

973.8 SUR

Explores the history of the fight for equality in the immediate aftermath of the American Civil War and the ongoing struggle for equal rights in the present—from the first postwar riots and the return of Confederate exiles to the impeachment of Andrew Johnson and the election of 1876. The author argues that recent threats to American democracy, like what happened on January 6, 2021, are rooted in the upheavals of the post-Civil War Reconstruction period.

We're Better Than This: My Fight for the Future of Democracy

328.73 CUM

A memoir by the late Congressman details how his experiences as a sharecropper's son in volatile South Baltimore shaped his life in activism. Cummings explains his view that government oversight can become a positive part of a just American collective.

Drawing the Vote: An Illustrated Guide to Voting in America

JEN (Graphic Novels)

Explores in a comic book format the history of voting rights and elections in the United States including the early steps towards democracy during the American Revolution, the fight for women's rights, and the election of the first African American president.

Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media

323.44 MCH

Research reveals a strong correlation between freedom of speech and democracy, innovation, and advancements in human rights, as well as reductions in conflict, corruption, and discrimination. But for all its benefits, free speech remains a challenging, controversial, and often counterintuitive principle, easily subject to erosion in times of social and political upheaval. In Free Speech, Jacob Mchangama traces the long, contested history of a powerful idea, beginning with its origins in the intellectual ferment of classical Athens, where it enabled the development of the world's first democracy.

Among the Braves: Hope, Struggle, and Exile in the Battle for Hong Kong and the Future of Global Democracy

320.951 MAH

Chronicles Hong Kong pro-democracy movement's opposition to Beijing's attempts to erode the city's autonomy and freedoms in the decades following China's takeover in 1997, and profiles four activists. Includes color photographs and maps.