{"title":"BookClubs","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"giving-up-is-unforgivable-a-manual-for-keeping-a-democracy","title":"Giving Up Is Unforgivable: A Manual for Keeping a Democracy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe're in this together.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor the past several years, Joyce Vance has signed off posts on her chart-topping Substack, \"Civil Discourse\", with these four words. In that time, she has guided readers through a continued erosion of democratic norms, the unprecedented felony conviction of an ex-president, and the constitutionally calamitous beginning to the second Trump administration. Here, Vance offers a blueprint for avoiding burnout and despair, and for strengthening our democratic muscle.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGiving Up Is Unforgivable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a clarion call to action, putting our current crisis in historical context and sketching out a vision for where we go next. Vance's message is hopeful at its heart, even as it acknowledges the daunting challenges that lie ahead. She is the constitutional law professor you never knew you needed, explaining the legal context and the political history \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and why the rule of the law still matters. At the same time, she empowers the reader to do something, both as individuals and collectively.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eConsider this the birth of a counter-movement to Project 2025, a rallying cry for citizen engagement to combat the second Trump administration and save American democracy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoyce Vance\u003c\/b\u003e is the former U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, an office she held during the Obama administration. She resigned on the eve of Donald Trump's first inauguration at the end of twenty-five years of service as a career federal prosecutor. Vance is a Distinguished Professor of the Practice of Law at the University of Alabama School of Law. She is a legal analyst for MSNBC, the author of the popular \"Civil Discourse\" Substack, and the cohost of two podcasts: \u003ci\u003e#SistersInLaw\u003c\/i\u003e and Cafe's \u003ci\u003eInsider\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Birmingham, Alabama, with her husband, Bob, a retired judge, and a menagerie of children, chickens, cats, and dogs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise\u003c\/strong\u003e for \u003ci\u003eGiving Up Is Unforgivable:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Brilliant, galvanizing, and inspirational, Joyce Vance offers, like nobody else can, an assessment of the current state of our troubled politics, a reminder of the important and essential truth that democracy is a process not a goal, and a rousing clarion call to action for anyone who values a future in which American democracy can not only survive but thrive. A searing, sobering, and hopeful examination of where we are and how we got here,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGiving Up Is Unforgivable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a vital and essential tour de force but, above all, what we all now so desperately need--a road map to help us find our way out of the darkness.\"\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003eMary L. Trump, #1\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebestselling author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eToo Much and Never Enough\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"In a time of fear and shadow, \u003ci\u003eGiving Up Is Unforgivable\u003c\/i\u003e offers a clear-eyed analysis of what we have at stake and why we can still prevail. Joyce Vance draws on historical and modern warriors for justice to illuminate a path forward, if only we are wise enough to take it. I'm in.\" \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eStacey Abrams, former minority leader of the Georgia House of Representatives and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eLead from the Outside\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"This is the book we need right now: a clear and concise analysis of our democratic emergency by a nationally known legal expert, but also a guide to how we as individuals and communities can rise to meet this challenge. Joyce Vance's optimism and faith in America is present on every page of this timely and inspiring book.\" \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Ruth Ben-Ghiat, New York Times \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ebestselling author of\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eStrongmen\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"The most frequent question I get, from frustrated citizens worried about our democracy, is this: What can I do? In \u003ci\u003eGiving Up Is Unforgivable\u003c\/i\u003e, Joyce answers that question with actual action items. She inspires as she informs and offers pragmatic advice even as she waxes poetic about all that America is and can be. This is a shining tutorial and a reminder that we the people still have the power. This book is essential reading. Buy it yesterday.\" \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Preet Bharara, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eformer U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Joyce Vance knows the cost of complacency and encourages us to confront what we must to save what we value: a diverse democracy that brings us together.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Maya Wiley, president and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, and author of \u003ci\u003eRemember, You Are a Wiley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Joyce Vance brings her conversational style to the page in this immensely readable book about the importance of democracy, government institutions, and voting. Most significantly, she offers concrete ideas for all of us who want to work to save America from the urgent crisis we face. This insightful book will inspire activists and reignite the patriotic instincts of all but the most cynical of our citizens.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Barbara McQuade, former U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eAttack from Within\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"A hopeful manifesto for a renewed democracy.\" \u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A great history lesson about the principles of our founders and citizens who rose to meet great challenges throughout our history and have prevailed.\" \u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eBucks County Beacon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingrams","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48128625148058,"sku":"UnforgivableVance-NewBook","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0726\/6988\/8666\/files\/618MRqgZoPL._AC_UF1000_1000_QL80.jpg?v=1779743058"},{"product_id":"fight-like-hell-the-untold-history-of-american-labor","title":"Fight Like Hell: The Untold History of American Labor","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis revelatory and inclusive book \"unearths the stories of the people--farm laborers, domestic workers, factory employees--behind some of the labor movement's biggest successes\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) from independent journalist and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTeen Vogue\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003elabor columnist Kim Kelly.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFreed Black women organizing for protection in the Reconstruction-era South. Jewish immigrant garment workers braving deadly conditions for a sliver of independence. Asian American fieldworkers rejecting government-sanctioned indentured servitude across the Pacific. Incarcerated workers advocating for basic human rights and fair wages. The queer Black labor leader who helped orchestrate America's civil rights movement. These are only some of the heroes who propelled American labor's relentless push for fairness and equal protection under the law.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe names and faces of countless silenced, misrepresented, or forgotten leaders have been erased by time as a privileged few decide which stories get cut from the final copy: those of women, people of color, LGBTQIA people, disabled people, sex workers, prisoners, and the poor. In this definitive and assiduously researched \"thought-provoking must-read\" (Liz Shuler, AFL-CIO president \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTeen Vogue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e columnist and independent labor reporter Kim Kelly excavates that untold history and shows how the rights the American worker has today--the forty-hour workweek, workplace-safety standards, restrictions on child labor, protection from harassment and discrimination on the job--were earned with literal blood, sweat, and tears.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFight Like Hell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e comes at a time of economic reckoning in America. From Amazon's warehouses to Starbucks cafes, Appalachian coal mines to the sex workers of Portland's Stripper Strike, interest in organized labor is at a fever pitch not seen since the early 1960s. Inspirational, intersectional, and full of crucial lessons from the past, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFight Like Hell\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis \"essential reading for anyone who believes that workers should control their fate\" (Shane Burley, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhy We Fight\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKim Kelly\u003c\/strong\u003e is a labor reporter for \u003ci\u003eIn These Times \u003c\/i\u003emagazine and has been a regular labor columnist for \u003ci\u003eTeen Vogue \u003c\/i\u003esince 2018. Her writing on labor, class, disability, and culture has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Baffler\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and many others. Kelly has also worked as a video correspondent for More Perfect Union, The Real News Network, and Means TV \u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003eHer first book, \u003ci\u003eFight Like Hell: The Untold History of American Labor\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 2022. A third-generation union member, she was born in the heart of the South Jersey Pine Barrens and currently lives in Philadelphia.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise\u003c\/strong\u003e for \u003cem\u003eFight Like Hell: The Untold History of American Labor\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Kelly unearths the stories of the people--farm laborers, domestic workers, factory employees--behind some of the labor movement's biggest successes.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"You'll never look at American history the same way again.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Fight Like Hell is the most important book on labor published in a generation.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Sha\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ene Burley, author of \u003ci\u003eWhy We Fight: Essays on Fascism, Resistance, and Surviving the Apocalypse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In FIGHT LIKE HELL you'll find the true stories of people who have fought to win a better world for themselves and everyone else who has to work for a living.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Jeremy Brecher, author of National Bestseller \u003ci\u003eStrike!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A rousing look at the contributions of marginalized groups to the U.S. labor movement [and] a powerful call for today's workers to fight for their rights.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ePublisher's Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Freshly inclusive [...] an excellent entry point for a new understanding of work in America.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Booklist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A well-reasoned argument for restoring unions to their former role in the lives of American workers.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Kirkus\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Meticulously researched and beautifully told, [in \u003ci\u003eFIGHT LIKE HELL\u003c\/i\u003e] Kim Kelly has established herself as a true champion for the working class.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eLiz Shuler, AFL-CIO President\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Kim Kelly throws wide the doors to inspire all of us to seize power for ourselves by showing how--yesterday and today--the oppressed overlooked, the outcasts and the misfits, shaped history. \"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Sara Nelson, International President, Association of of Flight Attendants-CWA, AFL-CIO\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Kim Kelly is a fresh and compelling voice telling the critical stories of working families that so many others ignore. The struggles of workers to form and build their unions in the face of exploitation and abuse have gone untold for far too long. This book breaks through that silence and brings the voices of workers and their families to the forefront where they belong.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Cecil Roberts, International President, United Mine Workers of America\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"In this remarkable interweaving of past and present, Kim Kelly brings America's rich (and bloody) labor history, its most marginalized workers, and their most recent battles to vivid life [...] At once urgent and insightful, \u003ci\u003eFIGHT LIKE HELL\u003c\/i\u003e not only informs, it inspires.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Joseph A. 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And they remind us that nothing changes unless we fight like hell for it.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Stuart Appelbaum, President of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingrams","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48216011473050,"sku":"FightHell-NewBook","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0726\/6988\/8666\/files\/7676C0D6B46928527DEB062F2CB20E6CB8F4D020.jpg?v=1780938910"},{"product_id":"our-time-is-now-power-purpose-and-the-fight-for-a-fair-america","title":"Our Time Is Now: Power, Purpose, and the Fight for a Fair America","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLead From The Outside\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eand political leader Stacey Abrams, a blueprint to end voter suppression, empower our citizens, and take back our country.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"With each page, she inspires and empowers us to create systems that reflect a world in which all voices are heard and all people believe and feel that they matter.\" -- Kerry Washington\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA recognized expert on fair voting and civic engagement, Abrams chronicles a chilling account of how the right to vote and the principle of democracy have been and continue to be under attack. Abrams would have been the first African American woman governor, but experienced these effects firsthand, despite running the most innovative race in modern politics as the Democratic nominee in Georgia. Abrams didn't win, but she has not conceded. The book compellingly argues for the importance of robust voter protections, an elevation of identity politics, engagement in the census, and a return to moral international leadership.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOur Time Is Now\u003c\/i\u003e draws on extensive research from national organizations and renowned scholars, as well as anecdotes from her life and others' who have fought throughout our country's history for the power to be heard. The stakes could not be higher. Here are concrete solutions and inspiration to stand up for who we are--now.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This is a narrative that describes the urgency that compels me and millions more to push for a different American story than the one being told today. It's a story that is one part danger, one part action, and all true. It's a story about how and why we fight for our democracy and win.\" --Stacey Abrams\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStacey Abrams\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis an author, serial entrepreneur, nonprofit CEO and political leader. After eleven years in the Georgia House of Representatives, seven as Minority Leader, Abrams became the 2018 Democratic nominee for Governor of Georgia, where she won more votes than any other Democrat in the state's history. She has founded multiple organizations devoted to voting rights, training and hiring young people of color, and tackling social issues at both the state and national levels; and she is a lifetime member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Abrams is the 2012 recipient of the John F. Kennedy New Frontier Award and the first black woman to become the gubernatorial nominee for a major party in the United States.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise\u003c\/strong\u003e for \u003cem\u003eOur Time Is Now: Power, Purpose, and the Fight for a Fair America\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eOur Time Is Now\u003c\/i\u003e is not a political memoir or a long-form résumé; rather, it is a striking manifesto, a stirring indictment and a straightforward road map to victory...She portrays her constituents and their concerns in such a way that they feel more actual than symbolic, more individual than indicative. When she turns her gaze onto her family, her narrative gifts are in full flower.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Tayari Jones, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The tensions between patience and urgency, between fear and resolve, between the promise of someday and the demands of right now, are at the heart of \u003ci\u003eOur Time Is Now\u003c\/i\u003e. Abrams covers plenty of territory--identity politics, voting rights, and the frustrations and revelations of her gubernatorial race but above all, she writes about the grinding work required to make real the compact of democratic participation.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A detailed exposé of how our democracy has been eroded--and a plan to fix it--from an up-and-coming national leader. If you are feeling hopeless about politics, this well-informed blueprint for change may begin to restore your faith.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[Abrams'] practical approach is inspiring, even comforting, in the current moment.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"For a nation in the throes of a pandemic and wracked by four years of polarized politics, this is an important and timely book.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"[An] impassioned and carefully researched account...Blending personal history, statistical analysis, and detailed policy proposals, Abrams presents a persuasive, if wonkish, argument that any progressive legislative agenda must begin with voting reform. 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