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  title info:
    title: Our time is now
    sub title: power, purpose, and the fight for a fair America
  name:
    name part: Abrams, Stacey
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: biography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: nyu
    date issued: 2020
    copyright date: 2020
    edition: First edition.
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: xii, 291 pages ; 22 cm.
  abstract: Voter suppression has plagued America since its inception, and so has the issue of identity. Who is really American and what that means. When tied together, as they are in our modern politics, citizens are harmed in overt, subtle and even personal ways. Stacey Abrams experienced the effects firsthand, running one of the most unconventional races in modern politics as the Democratic nominee for the governorship in Georgia and the first black woman major party nominee in American history. Abrams did not become governor, but she will not concede. And the reason she won't is because democracy failed voters. However, fixing suppression isn't enough unless we understand how it works and how identity plays a pivotal role. Suppression and identity altered the 2016 presidential election and will do the same in 2020. But progress can win, and here Abrams lays out how. In Our Time Is Now, Abrams draws on extensive national research from her voter rights organization, Fair Fight Action and her 2020 Census effort, Fair Count, as well as moving and personal anecdotes from her own life. Abrams weaves together the experiences of those who have fought for the vote and the right to be seen throughout our nation's history, linking them with how law and policy deny real political power. So much hangs in the balance for the 2020 election, and the stakes could not be higher. Our Time Is Now will galvanize those seeking change. It will be a critical book by the expert on fair voting and access that will show us where we fall short, who America is now and most importantly, empower us to become the democracy we're meant to be.
  table of contents: Introduction: who is stealing America's future? -- Everything old is new again -- A license to be heard (voter registration) -- Getting beyond the gates (access to the ballot) -- When the numbers lie (ballot counting) -- Taking our power back -- We can see you and so should they -- How the census shapes America -- The playbook -- Populism and the death of democracy -- The next best version of America.
  note: Stacey Abrams.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    geographic code: n-us---
  subject:
    name:
      name part: Abrams, Stacey
  subject:
    topic: Elections
    topic: Corrupt practices
    geographic: United States
  subject:
    topic: Voting
    topic: Corrupt practices
    geographic: United States
  subject:
    topic: Voter registration
    topic: Corrupt practices
    geographic: United States
  subject:
    topic: Racism
    topic: Political aspects
    geographic: United States
  subject:
    topic: Political participation
    topic: Social aspects
    geographic: United States
  subject:
    topic: Presidents
    geographic: United States
    topic: Election, 2020
  subject:
    topic: POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / State & Provincial
  subject:
    topic: POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Campaigns & Elections
  subject:
    topic: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination
  classification: JK1994 .A37 2020
  classification: 324.60973
  identifier: 9781250257703
  identifier: 1250257700
  identifier: 9781250257697
  identifier: 2020005940
  record info:
    record content source: DLC
    record creation date: 200310
    record change date: 20210125085810.0
    record identifier: in00004352232