Holding together : the hijacking of rights in America and how to reclaim them for everyone
Title:
Holding together : the hijacking of rights in America and how to reclaim them for everyone
Author:
Shattuck, John H. F., author.
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9781620977149
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xxv, 437 pages : illustrations, charts ; 24 cm
Contents:
Voting rights battleground -- The corrupting influence of money in politics -- Civic education : "a republic, if you can keep it" -- Bending the arc toward racial justice -- The ongoing struggle for women's rights -- From stonewall to transgender : movement for LGBTQ rights / Timothy Patrick Mccarthy -- Rights of individuals with disabilities -- Economic inequality and the freedom from want -- Giving justice its due -- Building bridges, not walls : refugees and asylum-seekers -- Gun rights and public safety -- Speech, lies, and insurrection -- Religious freedom and civil rights -- Crimes of hate -- Privacy, personal data, and surveillance.
Abstract:
"A bold new assessment of the multipronged attack on American rights, and how to push back, from experts at the Fletcher School at Tufts and the Carr Center at Harvard. In fifteen accessible chapters dealing with voting rights, freedom of speech, criminal justice, gun rights, LGBTQ+ rights, disability rights, religious freedom, privacy, immigration, and more, three renowned thought-leaders, including a former assistant secretary of state, John Shattuck, Sushma Raman, and Mathias Risse present a comprehensive account of the current state of rights in America-along with concrete recommendations to policy makers and citizens for reimagining them"-- Provided by publisher.
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