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How to Start a Revolution: Young People and the Future of American Politics
How to Start a Revolution: Young People and the Future of American Politics
How to Start a Revolution: Young People and the Future of American Politics
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How to Start a Revolution: Young People and the Future of American Politics

Written by Lauren Duca

Narrated by Lauren Duca

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Teen Vogue award-winning columnist Lauren Duca shares a “fun, pithy, and intelligent” (Booklist) guide for challenging the status quo in a much-needed reminder that young people are the ones who will change the world.

Journalist Lauren Duca has become an exciting and authoritative voice on the experience of millennials in today’s society. Dan Rather agrees, saying “we need fresh, intelligent, and creative voices—like Lauren’s—now as much—perhaps more—than ever before.” Now, she explores the post-Trump political awakening and lays the groundwork for a re-democratizing moment as it might be built out of the untapped potential of young people.

Duca investigates and explains the issues at the root of our ailing political system and reimagines what an equitable democracy would look like. It begins with young people getting involved. This includes people like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the youngest woman ever to be elected to Congress; David and Lauren Hogg, two survivors of the Parkland, Florida shooting who went on to become advocates for gun control; Amanda Litman, who founded the nonprofit organization Run for Something, to assist progressive young people in down ballot elections; and many more.

Called “the millennial feminist warrior queen of social media” by Ariel Levy and “a national newsmaker” by The New York Times, Duca combines extensive research and first-person reporting to track her generation’s shift from political alienation to political participation. Throughout, she also drays on her own story as a young woman catapulted to the front lines of the political conversation (all while figuring out how to deal with her Trump-supporting parents).
LanguageEnglish
Release dateSep 24, 2019
ISBN9781508298502
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Lauren Duca

Lauren Duca is an award-winning journalist focused on destroying the white supremacist patriarchy and building equitable public power by empowering people to pursue ethical self-determination. Duca is best known for her massively viral piece “Donald Trump is Gaslighting America” in Teen Vogue and an interview with Tucker Carlson that launched her efforts fighting for young people—and especially young women—to insist on their right to the political conversation. Duca’s writing has appeared in The New York Times, The New Yorker, New York magazine, and other places without New York in the title, including The Independent and Out magazine. She’s mostly just trying to get you to follow her on Twitter: @LaurenDuca.

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    This is an excellent and very necessary book for young people to read. It served as a great way to get me heated about the unnecessary rules and operations that we have in the USA. It also educated me on certain terms or concepts I wasn't familiar with, like the political industry complex. There needs to be change in our country and it takes everyone to participate.