Resources on Democracy Issues

Organizations

American Civil Liberties Union  – excellent resource of information on many Democracy issues

Brennan Center for Justice  – trustworthy, factual information on democracy-related issues

Center for Common Ground  – mobilizing voters of color (an ESD Partner)

The Civics Center  – focus is on High School student-voter registration (an ESD Partner)

Detention Watch Network  – focuses on ending immigration detention

Environmental Voter Project – mobilizing environmentally-minded voters (an ESD Partner)

Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University  – focuses on freedom-of-speech issues

League of Women Voters  – state and local affiliates provide Information on local issues

MovetoAmend  –  focuses on overturning Citizens United and getting money out of politics  

RepresentUS  – rich source of ‘Take Action Now’ opportunities

Individual Analysts and Authors

Anand Giridharadas The Ink (Substack)

Anat Shenker-Osorio  Words to Win By (Podcast)

Barbara McQuade  Attack from Within – How Disinformation is Sabotaging America (Book)

Heather Cox Richardson  Letters from an American (Substack)

Joyce Vance Civil Discourse(Substack) and Giving up is Unforgivable (Book)

Robert Reich Robert Reich (Substack)  

Ruth Ben-Ghiat  Lucid (Substack)

Timothy Snyder  Thinking About (Substack) and On Tyranny (Book)

These resources are intended for educational purposes and subject-matter expertise. External links are provided for convenience and do not imply total endorsement of the views of organizations or individual authors.