Daring Democracy
Igniting Power, Meaning, and Connection for the America We Want

First, I am a registered Republican. Second, I watched Donald Trump become president with much apprehension. Unfortunately, I had read a great deal about his career, watched him faithfully on his reality show (a fact I am not proud of) and saw how he dealt with others. As a news junkie, I have watch......more

Summary: Responding to the concentration of political power within monied elites, the authors expose their strategy, and advocate a growing Democracy Movement to recover American democratic institutions. Perhaps one of the most disturbing consequences of politics in the post-Citizens United era is th......more

This book outlines what it calls the "Anti-Democracy movement," using material from books I've read, including Dark Money and The New Jim Crow. Then it highlights a number of efforts to counteract these trends, including Poor People's Campaign and other initiatives. I'm not as optimistic as the auth......more

I'm not sure this is an unbiased review, as I am finishing up this book on the 1 year anniversary of the 2016 Elections, and it's dark and raining and I'm feeling down. So there is the disclaimer. Reading this book I wanted to be inspired, and in a few spots I was. But overall the sections on the ant......more

I was hoping that this book would be more uplifting and inspiring. It provides a solid history into the rise of the anti-democracy movement and how Trump won, but the "igniting power" wasn't there. As someone who has done a lot of advocacy to only see everything I worked for taken away/dismantled, t......more