Information Resources

Books on shelves in a library
  • Heather Cox Richardson – Her daily Letters from an American expose, discuss, and provide historical context to Trump’s authoritarian efforts.
  • Democracy Docket – The leading digital news platform dedicated to information, analysis and opinion about voting rights and elections in the courts.
  • The Bulwark – Founded to provide analysis and reporting in defense of America’s liberal democracy.
  • Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance – A former United States Attorney, Joyce shares the knowledge she acquired during her career to help others understand how the government and legal system are supposed to work, and how they are succeeding or failing against the current challenges.
  • 5 Calls – This site provides scripts, contact information, and apps to help you reach out to your federal legislators. There is a significant overlap between the issues they provide scripts for and those highlighted on this site.
  • Thinking About… – Timothy Snyder, a history professor at Yale, shares his thoughts on a range of subjects, but most recently his posts have mostly focused on the quick descent of the United States into authoritarianism. Here is John Lithgow reading Snyder’s Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century:

Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow by Timothy Snyder

Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing

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