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"Down for the Count explores in an accessible, engaging style the tawdry continuing history of votes bought, stolen, suppressed, lost, miscounted, thrown into rivers, and litigated up to the Supreme Court in the world's most powerful democracy. First published to great acclaim and controversy in 2005 as Steal this Vote, this thoroughly revised edition lifts the lid off the largely undiscussed corruption at the core of our democracy-elections so poorly regulated and administered they fall short of standards the United States routinely imposes on emerging democracies. The problem has only grown worse in the last decade, as campaign spending has gone hog wild, partisan battles rage over voter ID, and a key provision of the Voting Rights Act has been shredded. As award-winning journalist Andrew Gumbel shows, we need proper oversight and regulation of elections, reliable voting machines, and a keener understanding of where private interests infringe on the public good. Now that Citizens United, super PACs, and the Koch brothers have turned the electoral process into an increasingly squalid lottery for billionaires, there is no better time for Gumbel's revision of his acclaimed book"--

Oklahoma City is a riveting account of one of the deadliest acts of terrorism on American soil, combining groundbreaking investigative research with a thrilling and true conspiracy story that has implications for national security and law enforcement today. April 19, 1995: Timothy McVeigh drove into downtown Oklahoma City in a rented Ryder truck containing a fertilizer bomb that he and his army buddy Terry Nichols had made the previous day. He parked, hopped out of the truck, and walked away. Shortly after 9:00 a.m., the bomb obliterated one-third of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, killing 168 people, including 19 infants and toddlers. Weaving together key elements of personal correspondence with co-defendant Terry Nichols, hundreds of hours of interviews, and thousands of government documents, Oklahoma City: What the Investigation Missed-and Why It Still Matters by investigative reporter Andrew Gumbel and retired U.S. Marine Corps lieutenant colonel Roger G. Charles is a riveting piece of journalism and a cautionary tale for our times.

Populism and democracy / Yascha Mounk -- Reconstructing our constitutional democracy / K. Sabeel Rahman -- Restoring healthy party competition / Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson -- When democracy becomes something else : the problem of elections and what to do about it / Andrew Gumbel -- The best answer to money in politics after Citizens United : public campaign financing in the empire state and beyond / Chisun Lee -- Remaking the presidency after Trump / Jeremi Suri -- The problem of presidentialism / Stephen Skowronek -- Renewing the American democratic faith / Steven C. Rockefeller -- American land, American democracy / Eric Freyfogle -- Race and democracy : the Kennedys, Obama, Trump, and us / Michael Eric Dyson -- Liberty and justice for all : Latina activist efforts to strengthen democracy in 2018 / Maria Hinojosa -- What Black women teach us about democracy / Andra Gillespie and Nadia E. Brown -- Engines of democracy : racial justice and cultural power / Rashad Robinson -- Civics and environmental education : protecting the planet and our democracy / Judy Braus -- The Supreme Court's legitimacy crisis and constitutional democracy's future / Dawn Johnsen -- Can democracy survive the internet? / David Hickton -- The new New Deal : how to re-regulate capitalism / Robert Kuttner -- First understand why they're winning : how to save democracy from the anti-immigrant far right / Sasha Polakow-Suransky -- No time left : how the system is failing to address our ultimate crisis / Bill McKibben -- Powering democracy through clean energy / Denise G. Fairchild -- The long crisis : American foreign policy before and after Trump / Jessica Tuchman Mathews -- The case for strong government / William S. Becker -- The states / Nick Rathod -- Democracy in a struggling swing state / Amy Hanauer -- Can independent voters save American democracy? Why 42 percent of American voters are independent, and how they can transform our political system / Jaqueline Salit and Thom Reilly -- Philanthropy and democracy / Stephen B. Heintz -- Keeping the republic / Dan Moulthrop -- The future of democracy / Mayor Ras Baraka -- Building a research university where all people matter / Michael M. Crow, William B. Dabars, and Derrick M. Anderson -- Biophilia and direct democracy / Timothy Beatley -- Purpose-driven capitalism / Mindy Lubber -- Restoring democracy : nature's trust, human survival, and constitutional fiduciary governance / Mary Christina Wood.