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On Account of Race: The Supreme Court, White Supremacy, and the Ravaging of African American Voting Rights (Hardcover)

By Lawrence Goldstone

$26.00

ISBN: 9781640093928

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Published: Counterpoint LLC - May 5th, 2020
Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism (Hardcover)

By Anne Applebaum

$25.00

ISBN: 9780385545808

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Published: Doubleday - July 21st, 2020
Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose (Paperback)

By Joe Biden

$17.99

ISBN: 9781250171696

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Published: Flatiron Books - November 20th, 2018
One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy (Paperback)

By Carol Anderson, Dick Durbin (Foreword by)

$18.00

ISBN: 9781635571394

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Published: Bloomsbury Publishing - September 17th, 2019
The Truths We Hold: An American Journey (Paperback)

By Kamala Harris

$18.00

ISBN: 9780525560739

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Published: Penguin Books - August 4th, 2020
Trump on Trial: The Investigation, Impeachment, Acquittal and Aftermath (Hardcover)

By Kevin Sullivan, Mary Jordan

$32.00

ISBN: 9781982152994

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Published: Scribner - August 25th, 2020
Thank You for Voting: The Maddening, Enlightening, Inspiring Truth About Voting in America (Hardcover)

By Erin Geiger Smith

$25.99

ISBN: 9780062934826

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Published: Harper - June 23rd, 2020
Rigged: America, Russia, and One Hundred Years of Covert Electoral Interference (Hardcover)

By David Shimer

$29.95

ISBN: 9780525659006

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Published: Knopf - June 30th, 2020
Will He Go?: Trump and the Looming Election Meltdown in 2020 (Hardcover)

By Lawrence Douglas

$22.00

ISBN: 9781538751886

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Published: Twelve - May 19th, 2020
Voice, Choice, and Action: The Potential of Young Citizens to Heal Democracy (Hardcover)

By Felton Earls, Mary Carlson

$27.95

ISBN: 9780674987425

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Published: Belknap Press - September 15th, 2020
The End of White Politics: How to Heal Our Liberal Divide (Hardcover)

By Zerlina Maxwell

$27.00

ISBN: 9780306873614

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Published: Hachette Books - July 7th, 2020
Authoritarian Nightmare: Trump and His Followers (Hardcover)

By John W. Dean, Bob Altemeyer

$29.99

ISBN: 9781612199054

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Published: Melville House - August 25th, 2020

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