Holding together : the hijacking of rights in America and how to reclaim them for everyone / John H. F. Shattuck, Sushma Raman and Mathias Risse.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shattuck, John H. F., author.

Raman, Sushma, author.

Risse, Mathias, 1970- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights--United States.

Human rights.

Informational works.

United States--Politics and government--21st century.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (381 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York ; London : The New Press, [2022]

Summary:

"A bold new assessment of the multipronged attack on American rights, and how to push back, from experts at the Fletcher School at Tufts and the Carr Center at Harvard. In fifteen accessible chapters dealing with voting rights, freedom of speech, criminal justice, gun rights, LGBTQ+ rights, disability rights, religious freedom, privacy, immigration, and more, three renowned thought-leaders, including a former assistant secretary of state, John Shattuck, Sushma Raman, and Mathias Risse present a comprehensive account of the current state of rights in America-along with concrete recommendations to policy makers and citizens for reimagining them"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Dedication

Contents

Foreword by Martha Minow

Introduction: The Struggle for Rights

Part I: The Democratic Process

1. Voting Rights Battleground

2. The Corrupting Influence of Money in Politics

3. Civic Education: "A Republic, If You Can Keep It"

Part II: Equal Protection of Law

4. Bending the Arc Toward Racial Justice

5. The Ongoing Struggle for Women's Rights

6. Living Queer History: The Fight for LGBTQ Rights Timothy Patrick McCarthy

7. Rights of Individuals with Disabilities

8. Economic Inequality and the Freedom from Want

Part III: Due Process of Law

9. Giving Justice Its Due

10. Building Bridges, Not Walls: Refugees and Asylum-Seekers

11. Gun Rights and Public Safety

Part IV: Speech, Media, and Belief

12. Speech, Lies, and Insurrection

13. Religious Freedom and Civil Rights

14. Crimes of Hate

Part V: Privacy

15. Privacy, Personal Data, and Surveillance

Toward Equal Liberty

Acknowledgments

Notes

Index

About the Authors

Copyright.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781620977248

1620977249

OCLC:

1309031747