FDF Board Member Ken Dammand outlines the importance of Fix Democracy First's work within the context of Nancy MacLean's thesis on American Democracy.

Our government is a union of all United States citizens. Everyone is a member. It is the way we organize to efficiently address problems that affect us all.

Yanis Varoufakis, the former finance Minister of Greece, uses the mythological creature to explain how the unsustainable financialization of the world’s assets was a result of the world's governments failure to keep the world’s trade imbalances in check.

Howard Zinn presents a different side of history from the more traditional "fundamental nationalist glorification of country".

Written by Hendrick Smith, this book describes the consolidation of wealth in the United States, and the dismantling of the middle class.

Written by Daniel Ziblatt and Steven Levitsky, this book shows how democracies die—and how ours can be saved.

Written by Nancy MacLean, this book is an explosive exposé of the right's relentless campaign to eliminate unions, suppress voting, privatize public education, and change the Constitution.

Written by Joshua Douglas, this book gives anyone fed up with our current political environment the ideas and tools necessary to affect change in their own communities.

This documentary examines how, since 2008, right-wing groups have worked with certain states, to make it harder to vote, particularly for minority groups and young people

A secretive, high-tech gerrymandering initiative launched 10 years ago threatens to undermine our democracy

An aggregated list of all FDF's suggested books to learn more issues relating to improving our Democracy.

Buffet is right. Wealth is concentrated in the hands of a mindbogglingly small fraction of the population and this phenomenon is accelerating

BIG win in Seattle! Two of the three bills that are part of the Clean Campaigns Act passed unanimously.

The Seattle Clean Elections Ordinance poses the possibility of eliminating Super PACs Nationwide.