A collection of timely and essential essays by leading progressives on standing up for your values in Trump's America.The election of Donald Trump to be the 45th President of the United States of America shocked and dismayed progressives across the country. What We Do Now, a collection of passionate manifestos by some of the country's leading progressives, aims to provide a blueprint for how those stunned progressives can move forward. Its powerful contributions - from economists, environmentalists, activists, artists, politicians, and novelists - will offer encouragement and guidance to practicing constitutionally protected acts of resistance throughout the unprecedented upcoming administration.
Contributors include:
Cornell William Brooks, president and CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Rea Carey, executive director of the National GLBTQ Task Force
David Cole, national legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
Dave Eggers, author and publisher, McSweeney's
Ilyse Hogue, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America
M. Dove Kent, executive director of Jews For Racial & Economic Justice
Mara Keisling, founder of National Center for Transgender Equality
Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum, spiritual leader of Congregation Beit Simchat Torah
Paul Krugman, Nobel Prize-winning economist and columnist for The New York Times
Allan Lichtman, American political historian, American University
John R. MacArthur, publisher of Harper's Magazine
Bill McKibben, environmentalist, co-founder and senior advisor of 350.org
Robert B. Reich, served in the administrations of Presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter and was Secretary of Labor under President Bill Clinton
Anthony Romero, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
Bernie Sanders, United States Senator from Vermont
Linda Sarsour, executive director of the Arab American Association of New York
Gloria Steinem, feminist
Trevor Timm, co-founder and executive director of the Freedom of the Press Foundation
Katrina vanden Heuvel, publisher of The Nation
Elizabeth Warren, United States Senator from Massachusetts
Cornell William Brooks, president and CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Rea Carey, executive director of the National GLBTQ Task Force
David Cole, national legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
Dave Eggers, author and publisher, McSweeney's
Ilyse Hogue, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America
M. Dove Kent, executive director of Jews For Racial & Economic Justice
Mara Keisling, founder of National Center for Transgender Equality
Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum, spiritual leader of Congregation Beit Simchat Torah
Paul Krugman, Nobel Prize-winning economist and columnist for The New York Times
Allan Lichtman, American political historian, American University
John R. MacArthur, publisher of Harper's Magazine
Bill McKibben, environmentalist, co-founder and senior advisor of 350.org
Robert B. Reich, served in the administrations of Presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter and was Secretary of Labor under President Bill Clinton
Anthony Romero, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
Bernie Sanders, United States Senator from Vermont
Linda Sarsour, executive director of the Arab American Association of New York
Gloria Steinem, feminist
Trevor Timm, co-founder and executive director of the Freedom of the Press Foundation
Katrina vanden Heuvel, publisher of The Nation
Elizabeth Warren, United States Senator from Massachusetts