Bill Bryson meets Thomas Frank in this deeply insightful, unexpectedly hilarious story of how politicians hijacked American democracy and how we can take it back

The democracy you live in today is different—completely different—from the democracy you were born into. You probably don't realize just how radically your republic has been altered during your lifetime. Yet more than any policy issue, political trend,

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The congressman who led the first impeachment of Donald J. Trump, and who became the president’s chief antagonist, presents this inside account of American democracy at its darkest hour and how its future is more uncertain than ever.

Drawing on interviews and never-before-seen documents from the highest levels of government, two New York Times reporters, in an account of the 2020 election and the first year of the Biden presidency, expose the divisions within both political parties and how the American two-party system is under siege.

From historian and author of the daily newsletter Letters from an American, a vital narrative that explains how America, once a beacon of democracy, now teeters on the brink of autocracy--and how we can turn back. In Democracy Awakening, Richardson crafts a compelling and original narrative, explaining how, over the decades, a small group of wealthy people have made war on American ideals. By weaponizing language and promoting false history they have...