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"Why Fascists Fear Teachers: Public Education and the Future of Democracy" by Randi Weingarten.A rousing defense of public education as the cornerstone of American democracy, by the woman attacked by the far right as “the most dangerous person in the...

"Chain of Ideas: The Origins of Our Authoritarian Age" by Ibram X. Kendi.NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The acclaimed author of How to Be an Antiracist.“Kendi argues brilliantly that we must work across race and class lines to eradicate social ills and...

"The Originalism Trap: How Extremists Stole the Constitution and How We the People Can Take It Back" by Madiba K. Dennie.A rallying cry for a more just approach to the law that bolsters social justice movements by throwing out originalism—the theory that...

"Backtalker: An American Memoir" by Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw.One of the most influential public intellectuals in the world and the architect of the two biggest ideas to reshape the American conversation about fairness offers the intimate story of how...

"Democracy Or Else: How to Save America in 10 Easy Steps" by Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, Tommy Vietor with Josh Holloway.INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom your friends at Pod Save America comes a useful and illustrated guide to saving American...

"The President of the Jungle" by André Rodrigues, Larissa Ribeiro, Paula Desgualdo, and Pedro Markun.In this fabulous and funny introduction to how elections work, the animals decide they are tired of their king and that it is time to vote for a...

"On Liberty and the Subjection of Women" by John Stuart Mill.Two cornerstones of liberalism from the great social radical of English philosophy.John Stuart Mill was a prodigious thinker who sharply challenged the beliefs of his age. In On Liberty, one of...

"Reading the Constitution: Why I Chose Pragmatism, Not Textualism" by Stephen Breyer.New York Times BestsellerIn a provocative and brilliant analysis, retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer deconstructs the textualist philosophy of the current...

Skye Perryman — President & CEO of Democracy Forward and TIME 100 honoree — makes the case that defending democracy isn’t the job of lawyers or politicians alone — it’s a role for every one of us. The future of our country lies in all of our hands...

"Bad Law: Ten Popular Laws That Are Ruining America" by Elie Mystal.In this New York Times bestseller, Elie Mystal offers a brilliant takedown of ten shocking pieces of legislation that continue to perpetuate hate, racial bias, injustice, and inequality...

"Grace Goes To Washington" by Kelly DiPucchio.“Who’s in charge here?” When Grace learns about the three branches of the United States government, she and the rest of the student council put the lesson into practice as they debate how to spend the money...

"My Dear Comrades" by Sunu P. Chandy.Autographed copies, signed by the author!In this poetry collection, Sunu P. Chandy includes stories about her experiences as a woman, civil rights attorney, parent, partner, daughter of South Asian immigrants, and...

"Formidable: American Women and the Fight for Equality: 1920-2020" by Elisabeth Griffith.The Nineteenth Amendment was an incomplete victory. Black and white women fought hard for voting rights and doubled the number of eligible voters, but the amendment...

"Democracy in America" by Alexis de Tocqueville.Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-59) came to America in 1831 to see what a great republic was like. What struck him most was the country's equality of conditions, its democracy. The book he wrote on his return...

"Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities" by Rebecca Solnit.“No writer has better understood the mix of fear and possibility, peril and exuberance that's marked this new millennium.” ―Bill McKibben“An elegant reminder that activist...

"Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead" by Brené Brown.In a world where “never enough” dominates and feeling afraid has become second nature, vulnerability is subversive. Uncomfortable. It’s...

"Democracy!" by Philip Bunting.What you say (and how you say it) has the power to change the world. Democracy gives you that power. Democracy is people power.But does democracy really matter? How does it work? And what exactly is democracy, anyway?! Get...

"Staying Alive: Real Poems for Unreal Times" by Neil Astley.Staying Alive is an international anthology of 500 life-affirming poems fired by belief in the human and the spiritual at a time when much in the world feels unreal, inhuman and hollow. These...

"Who Is Government?: The Untold Story of Public Service Hardcover" by Michael Lewis.“Perhaps never before has there been a book better timed or more urgent.” —Washington PostOne of President Obama's 2025 Summer Reads Who works for the government and why...

"On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century" by Timothy D. Snyder.#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A “bracing” (Vox) guide for surviving and resisting America’s turn towards authoritarianism, from “a rising public intellectual unafraid to make...