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The land of flickering lights: restoring America in an age of broken politics

✍ Scribed by Bennet, Michael


Publisher
Grove Atlantic; Atlantic Monthly Press
Year
2019
Tongue
en-US
Weight
284 KB
Edition
First edition.,First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition
Category
Fiction
City
United States,United States.
ISBN
0802147828

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✦ Synopsis


"Cowardice, corruption, close-mindedness, cruelty --harsh words, but singly or together they explain most of what does or doesn't happen in Washington. Tens of millions of Americans share a conviction that, as a people, we're better than this. They share a hope that their government, too, might someday be better than what we have. This book is about that hope as well."--Senator Michael Bennet

Everything Is in Our Hands (a powerful phrase from the conclusion of James Baldwin's "The Fire Next Time") is a unique contribution to American political writing. Distinguished Democratic Senator Michael Bennet lifts a veil on the U.S. Senate, and chronicles the dramatic full stories behind five decisions crucial to all Americans, each of which exemplifies the partisan politics that are upending our democracy and the American people.

  • The highly politicized nominations and appointments of judges at all levels, including the block of Merrick Garland and Brett...

✦ Subjects


United States -- Politics and government


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