Election Reform

In contrast to the anxiety surrounding our voting system, with stories about voter suppression and manipulation, there are actually quite a few positive initiatives toward voting rights reform. Professor Joshua A. Douglas, an expert on our electoral system, examines these encouraging developments in this inspiring book about how regular Americans are working to take back their democracy, one community at a time.

For more than a century, from 1900 to 2006, campaigns of nonviolent resistance were more than twice as effective as their violent counterparts in achieving their stated goals. Authors Erica Chenoweth and Maria J. Stephan detail the factors enabling such campaigns to succeed and, sometimes, causing them to fail.

John Taylor Gatto's Weapons of Mass Instruction focuses on mechanisms of traditional education which cripple imagination, discourage critical thinking, and create a false view of learning as a byproduct of rote-memorization drills. Gatto's earlier book, Dumbing Us Down, introduced the now-famous expression of the title into the common vernacular. Weapons of Mass Instruction adds another chilling metaphor to the brief against conventional schooling.

An acclaimed legal scholar exposes the Supreme Court’s increasing use of unsigned, unexplained orders to change the law—all behind closed doors The Supreme Court has always had the authority to issue emergency rulings in exceptional circumstances. But since 2017, the Court has dramatically...

**Longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction** This is the definitive history of Britain’s tumultuous relationship with Europe – as it’s never been told before. 'Powerful, precise, morally engaged, wonderfully alert to character, context and the greater purpose of political...

American democracy is at an impasse. After years of zero-sum partisan trench warfare, our political institutions are deteriorating. Our norms are collapsing. Democrats and Republicans no longer merely argue; they cut off contact with each other. In short, the two-party system is breaking our democracy, and driving us all crazy.

In a divided America, the biggest solvable problem fueling political extremism and dysfunction is hiding in plain sight: party primaries. The Primary Solution is the “thought-provoking” (Arnold Schwarzenegger) answer the country needs. Congress has become an unproductive and unaccountable...

Buying the Vote analyzes the rise and decline of campaign finance reform by tracking the evolution of both the ways in which presidential campaigns have been funded since the late nineteenth century. Through close examinations of major Supreme Court decisions, Mutch shows how the Court has fashioned a new and profoundly inegalitarian definition of American democracy.

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A thoughtful approach to questioning prevailing politics with surprising and sturdy answers. Five essential questions that believers should be asking . . . before and during any election.

Free and fair elections are the bedrock of a constitutional republic and democratic governance. Transparent and equitable electoral processes are crucial for preventing political instability, enabling meaningful citizen participation, and accurately reflecting the will of the people. “Behind the Curtain” offers an in-depth examination of election integrity, exploring the mechanisms that protect electoral processes and the complex challenges threatening them, such as voter fraud, ballot manipulation, cybersecurity threats, and administrative errors. The book details how electoral fraud ...

"Money in Politics: Achieving Campaign Finance Reform and Dark-Money Transparency" by Sage Ellison provides a vital guide to understanding and combating the overwhelming influence of money in political systems. Recognizing the frustrations many feel about the lack of transparency in campaign financing, Ellison empowers listeners to reclaim their voice and push for necessary reforms. The book addresses key challenges including the opaque nature of political donations and the pervasive impact of dark money on elections.

As the 2020 presidential campaign begins to take shape, there is widespread distrust of the fairness and accuracy of American elections. In this timely and accessible book, Richard L. Hasen uses riveting stories illustrating four factors increasing the mistrust. Voter suppression has escalated as a Republican tool aimed to depress turnout of likely Democratic voters, fueling suspicion. Pockets of incompetence in election administration, often in large cities controlled by Democrats, have created an opening to claims of unfairness.

A. C. Grayling makes the case for a clear, consistent, principled, and written constitution, and sets out the reforms necessary - among them addressing the imbalance of power between government and Parliament, imposing fixed terms for MPs, introducing proportional representation, and lowering the voting age to 16 (the age at which you can marry, gamble, join the army, and must pay taxes if you work) - to ensure the intentions of such a constitution could not be subverted or ignored.

Representation isn’t a throne — it’s about service. Make It Count is Marcellus Bax Stiede’s playbook for turning promises into proof and transforming politics into steady, visible service. Make It Count outlines a new standard for leadership built on accountability, scoreboards, and small works that make a big difference. From sports to scholarship, clinics to classrooms, Stiede shows how communities can rebuild dignity through consistent delivery, not colour or campaign. Make It Count is for anyone who believes leadership should look like work, not worship; Make It Count is a ...

George Washington’s nightmare has been realized. Despite his warning about the negative effects of party loyalties, the US government has become paralyzed by partisanship, allowing national challenges to go unaddressed. As an independent candidate for US Senate in 2018, Neal Simon witnessed the destructive nature of modern American politics. He experienced firsthand the perverse incentives that push candidates and lawmakers to ideological extremes. He watched as party leaders resisted pragmatic solutions to our nation’s problems.

The 2000 election between George W. Bush and Al Gore is mostly remembered for the Florida recount battle that lasted for over a month and ended with Bush winning the presidency by a razor-thin margin. Because of this post-election nail-biter, Americans have forgotten that the general election campaign was a dull contest between two mainstream candidates and the Republican and Democratic primaries were even more uninteresting affairs with predictable results. But for those looking for excitement, a circus had come to town in the form of the 2000 Reform Party primary. The contest to determine...

Democracy cannot thrive with 19th-century tools. Yet, the United States continues to rely on outdated voting infrastructure, fragile electoral safeguards, and a system of governance that increasingly exposes its vulnerabilities rather than fortifies its strengths. From the chaos of hanging chads in 2000 to the specter of foreign interference in 2016 and 2020, the nation’s electoral processes have been undermined by inefficiencies, errors, and a growing crisis of trust. Even more troubling, the American presidential system, long praised as a bastion of democratic governance, now stands as ...

NEA's Reach for Power exposes the National Education Association (NEA) for what it really is and provides a hands-on guide for teachers, parents, and communties to increase their voices in bringing education back to the children.

On December 16, 2019, Jerrold Nadler, Chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary House of Representatives, and the full Committee on the Judiciary released an updated version of the Impeachment Report. Now officially titled Impeachment of Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, Report of the Committee on the Judiciary House of Representatives, this document serves as the latest government-issued report from the Democrat-led House.