Preserving Democracy: A Reading List

"A well informed citizenry is the best defense against tyranny." -- Thomas Jefferson

We were recently asked to recommend reading on the topic of preserving democracy. The list below is a start, and we hope to update it regularly. If you have recommendations for additions, let us know by commenting your suggestion(s).

• Saving Democracy: A User's manual for every American by David Pepper BOOK

• A Citizen's Guide to Preserving Democracy PBS VIDEO

• Democracy Awakening by Heather Cox Richardson BOOK

• Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning by Liz Cheney BOOK

• Chop Wood, Carry Water by Jessica Craven SUBSTACK

• On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder BOOK

• Letters from an American by Heather Cox Richardson SUBSTACK

• Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance SUBSTACK

• January 2024 issue of The Atlantic MAGAZINE

• The Union a blog SUBSTACK

• Find Me The Votes by Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman BOOK

• How to Stand Up to a Dictator by Maria Ressa BOOK
  
  Note: Items are listed in no particular order.

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