Resources

BOOKS

• Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy’s Guide to the Constitution by Elie Mystal

• Back Roads and Better Angels: A Journey Into the Heart of American Democracy by Francis S. Barry

• Humankind: A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman

• No Democracy Lasts Forever: How the Constitution Threatens the United States by Edwin Chemerinksky

• Rising Out of Hatred: The Awakening of a Former White Nationalist by Eli Saslow

• Stolen Pride: Loss, Shame, and the Rise of the Right by Arlie Russell Hochschild

• The Pocket Constitution of the United States of America: Us Constitution Book, Bill of Rights and Declaration of Independence Travel Size

• The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together by Heather McGhee

• The Tech Coup: How to Save Democracy from Silicon Valley by Marietje Schaake

• They Came for the Schools: One Town’s Fight Over Race and Identity, and the New War for America’s Classrooms by Mike Hixenbaugh

NEWSLETTERS & PODCASTS

• Chop Wood, Carry Water by Jessica Craven

• Letters from an American by Heather Cox Richardson

• Meditations in an Emergency by Rebecca Solnit

• Robert Reich’s Substack

• The Borowitz Report by Andy Borowitz

• The Contrarian by Jen Rubin & Norm Eisen

• The MeidasTouch Podcast with Ben, Brett, and Jordy Meiselas

• The Next Move by Garry Kasparov

• The Practivist Pod with Jessica Craven & Steve Pierson

ORGANIZATIONS

• 50501: A peaceful movement that organizes protests to uphold the Constitution and end Executive overreach (the name stands for 50 protests, 50 states, 1 day).

• American Promise: Dedicated to the Passage of the For Our Freedom constitutional amendment to restore reasonable limits on money in our campaigns and elections.

• Authors Against Book Bans: A coalition of book creators who stand united against the deeply unconstitutional movement to limit the freedom to read

• Blue Wave California: Dedicated to electing Democratic Congress members in California (

• Braver Angels: Dedicated to bridging the partisan divide

• Common Cause: A nonpartisan, grassroots organization dedicated to upholding the core values of American democracy

• Country 1st: A non-partisan movement dedicated to activating the “Reasonable Majority,” founded by Adam Kinzinger

• Democrashe: Dedicated to inspiring and empowering female-identifying high school students to become future elected leaders

• End Citizens United: The name says it all!

• Indivisible: A grassroots movement with a mission to elect progressive leaders, rebuild our democracy, and defeat the Trump agenda

• Leaders We Deserve: A grassroots organization dedicated to electing young progressives to Congress and State Legislatures across the country to help defeat the far-right agenda and advance a progressive vision for the future.

• Move to Amend: A coalition of hundreds of organizations and hundreds of thousands of individuals calling for the #WeThePeopleAmendment to the US Constitution that unequivocally states that inalienable rights belong to human beings only, and that money is not a form of protected free speech under the First Amendment and can be regulated in political campaigns.

• RepresentUS: America’s leading nonpartisan grassroots organization fighting for a government accountable to the people.

• Run for Something: Recruiting and supporting young progressives

• Swing Left: Swing Left helps win elections for Democrats by making it as easy as possible for anyone to have maximum impact on the elections that determine the balance of power in our country.

• The Worthy Educator “EDInfluencers”: A safe, nonpartisan place for educators

  to share ideas and support one another

ETC.

• 5 Calls app: Call your congress people every single day—it takes 5 minutes (or less)!

• Goods Unite Us: Search for a brand, see their politics, and fight back with your wallet

• The General Strike: A grassroots network of regular people (like us MFFers) who know our greatest power is our labor and our right to refuse it. Sign your Strike Card today!

• 5 Calls app: Call your congress people every single day—it takes 5 minutes (or less)!

• Project 2025 Playbook (PDF download) Just so you know what’s coming next <<shudder>>