Resources

BOOKS

• No Democracy Lasts Forever: How the Constitution Threatens the United States by Edwin Chemerinksky

• They Came for the Schools: One Town’s Fight Over Race and Identity, and the New War for America’s Classrooms by Mike Hixenbaugh

• Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy’s Guide to the Constitution by Elie Mystal

• Stolen Pride: Loss, Shame, and the Rise of the Right by Arlie Russell Hochschild

• Rising Out of Hatred: The Awakening of a Former White Nationalist by Eli Saslow

• The Pocket Constitution of the United States of America: Us Constitution Book, Bill of Rights and Declaration of Independence Travel Size

• Back Roads and Better Angels: A Journey Into the Heart of American Democracy by Francis S. Barry

• Humankind: A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman

• The Tech Coup: How to Save Democracy from Silicon Valley by Marietje Schaake

NEWSLETTERS & PODCASTS

• Letters from an American by Heather Cox Richardson

• Chop Wood, Carry Water by Jessica Craven

• The Contrarian by Jen Rubin & Norm Eisen

• The Borowitz Report by Andy Borowitz

• The Next Move by Garry Kasparov

• The Practivist Pod with Jessica Craven & Steve Pierson

ORGANIZATIONS

• Braver Angels: Dedicated to bridging the partisan divide

• Common Cause: A nonpartisan, grassroots organization dedicated to upholding the core values of American democracy

• Country 1st: A non-partisan movement dedicated to activating the “Reasonable Majority,” founded by Adam Kinzinger

• Indivisible: A grassroots movement with a mission to elect progressive leaders, rebuild our democracy, and defeat the Trump agenda

• Democrashe: Dedicated to inspiring and empowering female-identifying high school students to become future elected leaders

• Run for Something: Recruiting and supporting young progressives

• The Worthy Educator “EDInfluencers”: A safe, nonpartisan place for educators

  to share ideas and support one another

• Authors Against Book Bans: A coalition of book creators who stand united against the deeply unconstitutional movement to limit the freedom to read

• RepresentUS: America’s leading nonpartisan grassroots organization fighting for a government accountable to the people.

• Leaders We Deserve: A grassroots organization dedicated to electing young progressives to Congress and State Legislatures across the country to help defeat the far-right agenda and advance a progressive vision for the future.

• 50501: A peaceful movement that organizes protests to uphold the Constitution and end Executive overreach (the name stands for 50 protests, 50 states, 1 day).

ETC.

• 5 Calls app: Call your congress people today!

• Project 2025 Playbook (PDF download) Just so you know what’s coming next <<shudder>>

• Goods Unite Us: Search for a brand, see their politics, and fight back with your wallet