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Since the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling that the privileges of things--money and corporations--matter more than the privileges of individuals, America has encountered an emergency of democracy. Within this timely and completely updated second model, Jeff Clements describes the strange background of the bizarre ruling, its ongoing detrimental effects, and the growing movements to change it. He carries a new section, "TAKE ACTION!", displaying how--state by status and community by community--Americans are using creative strategies and tools to renew democracy and curb unbalanced corporate and business power. Since the first model, 16 expresses, 160 users of Congress, and 500 metropolitan areas and cities have called for a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United, and the list is growing. That is a struggle we can get!