Minority Rule
The Right-Wing Attack on the Will of the People - and the Fight to Resist It

9/9/24 update: "[Thurgood] Marshall challenged the oft-repeated platitudes about [our national] founders. 'To the contrary,' he said bluntly, 'the government [the founders] devised was defective from the start, requiring several amendments, a civil war, and momentous social transformation to attain......more

A decent history of American politics in the post-Obama era has yet to be written. One can’t rely upon any of the conservative principals to author one, because they have been drinking at the well of minority rule for too long. A Trump autobiography? He didn’t even write The Art of the Deal. Enter Ar......more

I would like to thank the publishers for providing me with a pre-publication review copy of this book. This deep account offers a comprehensive examination of the decades-long effort by reactionary white conservatives to undermine democracy and entrench their power, alongside the inspiring movement......more

4.5 stars rounded up. Very well researched and timely review of a topic essential to maintaining democracy. I appreciated how the author brought his points across without resorting to inflammatory or over-the-top rhetoric.......more

The ruling of the minority over the majority is baked into American history. While the American ideal of democracy and "one person one vote" is touted as the way our country is supposed to run, it's not what actually happens. Beginning with the founding fathers who were almost all land-owning, slave......more