At grave risk, and in story after story this book chronicles how powerful players have hijacked the language of science to the detriment of we, the people, the essential bedrock of our democracy. Attacks on science and democracy are not new, though todays Political Climate brings them into sharp relief. Were witnessing the denial of facts and evidence, the dismantling of science and scientific the expertise in our federal agencies and the rollback of evidencebased public protections. The bottom line is that when science is sidelined in government decisions, people get hurt. And this assault poses an additional threat to our democracy. Indeed, the very fundamental institutions of our democracy our elected officials, appointed officials, our laws, our regulatory system, even the courts are under threat. Government is increasingly responding to the interests of the few over the interests of the many. Trust and confidence in our governmental and Public Institutions are eroding. Voter suppr
For this really important conversation, not just about this book about but about the challenge year that have of bringing people and our country together. Elizabeth, youre this book is it was a thrill for me to read it in part because theres a little confirmation bias on with me. I think a lot of what youre talking about are things that ive experienced personally coming Rural America, but also things ive been talking a lot about and to have someone write, book and provide all of this incredible research and Data Analysis that you do in this book, that confirms what weve been saying for a long time, which is that we arent all that different in this country. And so a first question that i have for because i looked at your bio and youve written about art in new york, youve written about celebrity, youve written about a lot of different topics but you havent written before about america. And so as the daughter of danville, what drove you to write this book . Oh, thats a question, senator h