This Is What Democracy Looks Like: A Graphic Guide to Governance

(2019)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

text article / 1 page (report information)

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Barack Obama; Frances Moore Lappé; Langston Hughes; Gloria Steinem; Margaret Thatcher; Bill McKibben

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Dan Nott (lead cartoonist); James Sturm (editor and contributing cartoonist); Nomi Kane (additional help); Michelle Ollie (additional help); Eva Sturm-Gross (additional help)

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Dan Nott (lead cartoonist); James Sturm (editor and contributing cartoonist); Nomi Kane (additional help); Michelle Ollie (additional help); Eva Sturm-Gross (additional help)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Our democracy is threatened whenever we take it for granted.

Genre

advocacy

Keywords

Democracy; educational; fact; government

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover

What Does Democracy Look Like? (Table of Contents: 2)

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H. L. Mencken; George Orwell; Abraham Lincoln [as Abe Lincoln]; Judge William Hastie; Mollie Ivins; Linda Sarsour

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Dan Nott (lead cartoonist); James Sturm (editor and contributing cartoonist); Nomi Kane (additional help); Michelle Ollie (additional help); Eva Sturm-Gross (additional help)

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Dan Nott (lead cartoonist); James Sturm (editor and contributing cartoonist); Nomi Kane (additional help); Michelle Ollie (additional help); Eva Sturm-Gross (additional help)

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Democracy is a government by and for the people.

Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Abraham Lincoln [as Abe Lincoln]; Judge William Hastie; Mollie Ivins; H. L. Mencken; Linda Sarsour; George Orwell

Keywords

Democracy; educational; fact; government

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Dan Nott (lead cartoonist); James Sturm (editor and contributing cartoonist); Nomi Kane (additional help); Michelle Ollie (additional help); Eva Sturm-Gross (additional help)

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Dan Nott (lead cartoonist); James Sturm (editor and contributing cartoonist); Nomi Kane (additional help); Michelle Ollie (additional help); Eva Sturm-Gross (additional help)

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Dan Nott (lead cartoonist); James Sturm (editor and contributing cartoonist); Nomi Kane (additional help); Michelle Ollie (additional help); Eva Sturm-Gross (additional help)

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Throughout history, there's never been one exact definition of democracy.

Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Athenians; Americans; candidates; voters; public officials

Synopsis

Overview of democracy, and the varied levels of American government.

Keywords

Democracy; educational; fact; government

The Executive Branch: The President (Table of Contents: 4)

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Script

Dan Nott (lead cartoonist); James Sturm (editor and contributing cartoonist); Nomi Kane (additional help); Michelle Ollie (additional help); Eva Sturm-Gross (additional help)

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Dan Nott (lead cartoonist); James Sturm (editor and contributing cartoonist); Nomi Kane (additional help); Michelle Ollie (additional help); Eva Sturm-Gross (additional help)

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Dan Nott (lead cartoonist); James Sturm (editor and contributing cartoonist); Nomi Kane (additional help); Michelle Ollie (additional help); Eva Sturm-Gross (additional help)

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Everything the president says and does gets a lot of attention.

Genre

non-fiction

Characters

President; electors; government employees; Donald Trump; George W. Bush; Benjamin Harrison; Rutherford B. Hayes

Synopsis

Overview of the powers and structure of the executive branch

Keywords

Democracy; educational; fact; government; president

The Legislative Branch (Table of Contents: 5)

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Script

Dan Nott (lead cartoonist); James Sturm (editor and contributing cartoonist); Nomi Kane (additional help); Michelle Ollie (additional help); Eva Sturm-Gross (additional help)

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Dan Nott (lead cartoonist); James Sturm (editor and contributing cartoonist); Nomi Kane (additional help); Michelle Ollie (additional help); Eva Sturm-Gross (additional help)

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Dan Nott (lead cartoonist); James Sturm (editor and contributing cartoonist); Nomi Kane (additional help); Michelle Ollie (additional help); Eva Sturm-Gross (additional help)

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Congress was designed to be the central branch of our government.

Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Members of Congress; delegates to the Constitutional Convention; lobbyist; president

Synopsis

Overview of how Congress works

Keywords

Congress; democracy; educational; fact; government

The Judicial Branch: The Courts (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Dan Nott (lead cartoonist); James Sturm (editor and contributing cartoonist); Nomi Kane (additional help); Michelle Ollie (additional help); Eva Sturm-Gross (additional help)

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Dan Nott (lead cartoonist); James Sturm (editor and contributing cartoonist); Nomi Kane (additional help); Michelle Ollie (additional help); Eva Sturm-Gross (additional help)

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Dan Nott (lead cartoonist); James Sturm (editor and contributing cartoonist); Nomi Kane (additional help); Michelle Ollie (additional help); Eva Sturm-Gross (additional help)

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The U. S. Constitution says relatively little about the judicial branch.

Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Justices of the Supreme Court; litigants before the courts

Synopsis

Overview of the judicial branch

Keywords

Democracy; educational; fact; government; Supreme Court

Checks and Balances (Table of Contents: 7)

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Script

Dan Nott (lead cartoonist); James Sturm (editor and contributing cartoonist); Nomi Kane (additional help); Michelle Ollie (additional help); Eva Sturm-Gross (additional help)

Pencils

Dan Nott (lead cartoonist); James Sturm (editor and contributing cartoonist); Nomi Kane (additional help); Michelle Ollie (additional help); Eva Sturm-Gross (additional help)

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Dan Nott (lead cartoonist); James Sturm (editor and contributing cartoonist); Nomi Kane (additional help); Michelle Ollie (additional help); Eva Sturm-Gross (additional help)

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These three branches of government were designed to spread power out, so that no one branch could accumulate too much power.

Genre

non-fiction

Synopsis

Overview of checks within the U. S. government.

Keywords

Democracy; educational; fact; government

Sharing Power (Table of Contents: 8)

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Script

Dan Nott (lead cartoonist); James Sturm (editor and contributing cartoonist); Nomi Kane (additional help); Michelle Ollie (additional help); Eva Sturm-Gross (additional help)

Pencils

Dan Nott (lead cartoonist); James Sturm (editor and contributing cartoonist); Nomi Kane (additional help); Michelle Ollie (additional help); Eva Sturm-Gross (additional help)

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Dan Nott (lead cartoonist); James Sturm (editor and contributing cartoonist); Nomi Kane (additional help); Michelle Ollie (additional help); Eva Sturm-Gross (additional help)

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Because of all the attention we give the President, Congress and the Supreme Court, it can be easy to forget that the U.S. doesn't have just one government...

Genre

non-fiction

Synopsis

Overview of state and local governments.

Keywords

Democracy; educational; fact; government

State Government (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Dan Nott (lead cartoonist); James Sturm (editor and contributing cartoonist); Nomi Kane (additional help); Michelle Ollie (additional help); Eva Sturm-Gross (additional help)

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Dan Nott (lead cartoonist); James Sturm (editor and contributing cartoonist); Nomi Kane (additional help); Michelle Ollie (additional help); Eva Sturm-Gross (additional help)

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Dan Nott (lead cartoonist); James Sturm (editor and contributing cartoonist); Nomi Kane (additional help); Michelle Ollie (additional help); Eva Sturm-Gross (additional help)

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Like the federal government, each state has its own constitution.

Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Governor; state legislator

Synopsis

Overview of typical state government structure

Keywords

Democracy; educational; fact; government

County Government (Table of Contents: 10)

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Script

Dan Nott (lead cartoonist); James Sturm (editor and contributing cartoonist); Nomi Kane (additional help); Eva Sturm-Gross (additional help); Michelle Ollie (additional help)

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Dan Nott (lead cartoonist); James Sturm (editor and contributing cartoonist); Nomi Kane (additional help); Eva Sturm-Gross (additional help); Michelle Ollie (additional help)

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Dan Nott (lead cartoonist); James Sturm (editor and contributing cartoonist); Nomi Kane (additional help); Eva Sturm-Gross (additional help); Michelle Ollie (additional help)

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Local government is everything below the state government.

Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Mayor; commission members; city councilors; town board members; voters at town meeting

Keywords

Democracy; educational; fact; government; Houston; Los Angeles; town meeting; Vermont

We All Know That Our Democracy Doesn't Work as Intended (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Dan Nott (lead cartoonist); James Sturm (editor and contributing cartoonist); Nomi Kane (additional help); Eva Sturm-Gross (additional help); Michelle Ollie (additional help)

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Dan Nott (lead cartoonist); James Sturm (editor and contributing cartoonist); Nomi Kane (additional help); Eva Sturm-Gross (additional help); Michelle Ollie (additional help)

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Dan Nott (lead cartoonist); James Sturm (editor and contributing cartoonist); Nomi Kane (additional help); Eva Sturm-Gross (additional help); Michelle Ollie (additional help)

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At every level, there are problems that prevent our government from being fair and democratic.

Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Voters; candidates; elected officials; children; disillusioned citizens

Synopsis

How our democracy has fallen short; how it has improved; why people are disillusioned; how we can work for change.

Keywords

Democracy; educational; fact; government

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

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Eleanor Roosevelt; John Adams; Winston Churchill (credited as Sir Winston Churchill); George Bernard Shaw; Dahlia Lithwick; Naomi Klein

Pencils

Dan Nott (lead cartoonist); James Sturm (editor and contributing cartoonist); Nomi Kane (additional help); Eva Sturm-Gross (additional help); Michelle Ollie (additional help)

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Dan Nott (lead cartoonist); James Sturm (editor and contributing cartoonist); Nomi Kane (additional help); Eva Sturm-Gross (additional help); Michelle Ollie (additional help)

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Without equality there can be no democracy.

Genre

advocacy

Keywords

Democracy; educational; fact; government

We Voted Today (Table of Contents: 13)

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Script

Summer Pierre

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Summer Pierre

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Summer Pierre

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I love to go to the old Catholic school --

Genre

non-fiction; advocacy; biography

Characters

Summer Pierre; first-time voter; undecided voter; die-hard libertarian; tree-hugging product of hippies; Democrat; Republican; election officials; Sister Helen Marie Cahill

Synopsis

Summer Pierre and her neighbors cast their ballots.

Keywords

Catholic school; democracy; educational; fact; government

Acknowledgments (Table of Contents: 14)

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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

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Make Your Own State Government Guide (Table of Contents: 16)

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People Power (Table of Contents: 17)

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Hallie Jay Pope

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Hallie Jay Pope

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Hallie Jay Pope

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Yes, democracy is votes, petitions, and calls to our elected representatives.

Genre

advocacy

Characters

Citizens; activists; politician; Samuel Adams; the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Keywords

Activism; democracy; educational; fact; government

Resources (Table of Contents: 18)

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When we set out to make this comic, the creative team quickly discovered that even though we followed the news every day, there was a lot we didn't know, or only kind of knew, about how our government works and is set up.

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover

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