Our Unfinished March: The Violent Past and Imperiled Future of the Vote-A History, a Crisis, a Plan

A brutal, bloody, and at times hopeful history of the vote; a primer on the opponents fighting to take it away; and a playbook for how we can save our democracy before its too latefrom the former U.S. Attorney General on the front lines of this fightVoting is our most important right as Americansthe right that protects all the others, as Lyndon Johnson famously said when he signed the Voting Rights Actbut its also the one most violently contested throughout U.S. history. Since the gutting of the act in the landmark Shelby County v. Holder case in 2013, many states have passed laws restricting the vote. After the 2020 election, President Trumps effort to overturn the vote has evolved into a slow-motion coup, with many Republicans launching an all-out assault on our democracy. The vote seems to be in unprecedented peril.But the peril is not at all unprecedented. America is a fragile...