{"id":2279,"date":"2025-03-05T13:47:36","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T18:47:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/new-york\/?post_type=resource&#038;p=2279"},"modified":"2025-03-05T13:47:36","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T18:47:36","slug":"read-listen-democracy-resources-we-recommend","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/new-york\/resources\/read-listen-democracy-resources-we-recommend\/","title":{"rendered":"Read &amp; Listen: Democracy Resources We Recommend"},"template":"","class_list":["post-2279","resource","type-resource","status-publish","hentry","resource_type-guide"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"As the federal administration threatens our democracy and tries to divide us, this moment calls for us to fight relentlessly for our rights. \r\n\r\nWe know that keeping up the fight while we're flooded with upsetting news, disinformation, and feelings of pessimism is exhausting. We can only be effective activists if we're also taking care of ourselves\u2014 by seeking out accurate information, fresh and knowledgeable perspectives, and ways to connect with joy and hope. \r\n\r\nWe urge you to continue reading, learning, and fortifying yourself for the work ahead, so we\u2019ve put together this collection of suggested readings and playlists that encourage and fuel us. We hope they do the same for you.","featured_image":"","resource_type":157,"authors":"","related_issues":false,"related_work":false,"location":35},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"","manually_enter_person":false,"person":"","name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<h3><strong>What we're reading<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<strong>Books:<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/on-tyranny-twenty-lessons-from-the-twentieth-century-timothy-snyder\/16520165?ean=9780804190114&amp;next=t\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Tyranny<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0by Timothy Snyder<\/span><\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/on-freedom-timothy-snyder\/20984814?ean=9780593728727&amp;next=t\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Freedom<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0by Timothy Snyde<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">r<\/span>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/guides.loc.gov\/federalist-papers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Library of Congress Research Guides: The Federalist Papers<\/span><\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/we-are-free-to-change-the-world-hannah-arendt-s-lessons-in-love-and-disobedience-lyndsey-stonebridge\/20047666?ean=9780593229736&amp;next=t\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We Are Free to Change the World, Hannah Arendt's Lessons in Love and Disobedience by Lyndsey Stonebridge<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Substack Newsletters:<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/heathercoxrichardson.substack.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Letters from An American<\/span><\/a>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/the.ink\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Ink from Anand Ghiridharadas<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/antiauthoritarianplaybook.substack.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Anti-Authoritarian Playbook<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/contrarian.substack.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Contrarian<\/span><\/a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h3><strong>What we're listening to<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<strong>Podcasts:\u00a0<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.democracygroup.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Democracy Group<\/a><\/span>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politicon.com\/podcast-title\/sisters-in-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sisters in Law<\/span><\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politicon.com\/podcast-title\/sisters-in-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Letters from An American<\/span><\/a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Playlists:<\/strong>\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/open.spotify.com\/playlist\/4NTZkdtRjQ3IuIXPNtLka7?si=YhxvMAM4SkqtZJ6U3iT1JA\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/open.spotify.com\/playlist\/7oiceGXBuaFr14fltUh9Ws?si=1Gzj7Xv8S6OasqIu6INF5w"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_add_component","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_add_component":null},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_work","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_work":{"heading":"Work","manually_curate":false,"work":null}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_resources","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_resources":{"heading":"Related Resources","button_text":"See all Related Resources","manually_curate":false,"resource":null}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Read &amp; 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