Looking more deeply
The basics: Where are we, and how did we get here?
- How the South Won the Civil War, by Heather Cox Richardson
- Democracy Awakening, by Heather Cox Richardson
- Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present, by Ruth Ben-Ghiat
- Autocracy, Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World, by Anne Applebaum
Understanding what's going on
Warnock Defines America’s Spiritual Crisis at Georgetown University’s Center on Faith and Justice » Reverend Raphael Warnock
Senator Reverend Warnock joined students and faculty of Georgetown University’s Center on Faith and Justice, delivering a speech defining America’s “spiritual crisis” Following his remarks, Senator Warnock took questions from the audience and urged the students not to give in to despair and fight to help fix a broken political system Senator Reverend Warnock: “This […]
The Power Map of the Trump Regime
Who really works for whom?
Robert Reich
America Needs a Mass Movement—Now
Without one, America may sink into autocracy for decades.
David Brooks
What can we learn from experience, here and elsewhere?
I’m a Chinese pro-democracy activist. Here’s how to find courage to oppose Trump | Yaqiu Wang
While acting on your moral convictions can be risky, it can also feel profoundly good
Yaqiu Wang
- On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century, by Timothy Snyder
- Patriot: A Memoir, by Alexei Navalny
- How to Stand Up to a Dictator: The Fight for Our Future, by Maria Ressa