The 2023 Summer of Democracy Reading List

We asked, and Nebraskans delivered by nominating more than 100 titles for our annual summer reading list on democracy, civics, history, and the social sciences. Here are our favorites from the bunch.

The Nation’s Report Card: Our job is clear

For many young people, it’s a struggle to understand how our institutions work and, moreover, why civic engagement is important. It’s going to take all of us to change this.

The Complete Patriot’s Guide to Cinco de Mayo

The holiday was born of geopolitical conflict, persisted via devotion to democracy, revived by 20th-century Mexican-American activism, and morphed by money and marketing into what it is today.