Department of Fate: The Promise, the Power, and the Collapse of America's Most Consequential Institution

"A revelatory history of the Department of Justice and a roadmap to salvaging an imperiled democracy by listening to the echoes of America's past. In this searing new history, Rachel Maddow traces the very real triumphs of the Department of Justice, along with its tragic missteps and misdeeds, back to its beginning. From the DOJ's uneven record in the fight to secure voting rights for all citizens, to its role in decimating the labor movement in the late-nineteenth century, from its creation of the anti-immigrant chaos during the Red Scare, to its enabling of the lawless instincts of recent Administrations-DEPARTMENT OF FATE reveals a stark and urgent truth: the history of the Department is story of failure and complicity, made tragic by shining episodes of principled action. Written with Maddow's typical whip-smart prose and biting clarity, DEPARTMENT OF FATE invites us to reckon with the past in order to help chart a more hopeful future. In a moment beset by polarization, misinformation, and attacks on the rule of law, Maddow's voice shines through in its demand for clear-thinking and its call to seek a new path toward justice for all"-- Provided by publisher.