02795cam a2200337 i 4500 2631156236 TxAuBib 20251201120000.0 250917s2025||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2025031612 9798217178117 hardcover $28.00 (OCoLC)1506493408 TxAuBib rda Vance, Joyce, author. Giving up is unforgivable : a manual for keeping a democracy / Joyce Vance. New York, NY : Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2025] ©2025. 211 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-211). Don't be the frog -- The myth of broken institutions -- How democracy works for us -- A new lost cause -- RBG's umbrella -- We are the cavalry. Giving Up Is Unforgivable is a political manifesto for our present moment. 'We're in this together.' For the past two years, Joyce Vance has signed off posts on her chart-topping Substack, Civil Discourse, with these four words. In that time, she's guided readers through a continued erosion of democratic norms, the unprecedented felony conviction of an ex-president, and the approaching specter of a second Trump administration. Now that it's upon us, Vance helps us understand how to avoid burnout and despair and exercise the democratic muscles we need to save the Republic. Giving Up Is Unforgivable is a clarion call to action--putting our current crisis in historical context and sketching out a vision for where we go next. Vance's message is hopeful at its heart, even as it acknowledges the daunting challenges that lie ahead. She is the constitutional law professor you never knew you needed, explaining the legal context, the political history, and the practical reasons that the rule of law still matters, while also empowering you to do something--from the small (that conversation you've been meaning to have with your uncle or volunteering for your favorite political cause) to the big (starting a grassroots movement or running for political office). Consider this the birth of a countermovement to Project 2025, a rallying cry for citizen engagement to counter the second Trump administration and save American democracy. 20251201. Political participation United States. Democracy. Democracy. United States. Right and left (Political science) United States. United States Politics and government 21st century.