Tucson Festival of Books

Influencers Change Politics, Elections


Politics has profoundly changed from top to bottom. Constituencies are unpredictable and online influences have brought the alt-right into the mainstream. These authors discuss the changes and how they're influencing elections and our country's future.


Panelists
Paola Ramos

Paola Ramos is an author and Emmy-Award winning journalist who contributes to Telemundo News and MSNBC, where she is the host of Field Report. She was also the Deputy Director of Hispanic Media for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign, a political appointee during the Obama Administration, and part of President Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign....

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Elle Reeve

Elle Reeve is a correspondent for CNN, where she reported from the Capitol riot on January 6, 2021. She previously worked for Vice News, where she won two Emmys and a Peabody for her documentary on the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville in 2017....

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Juanita Tolliver

Juanita Tolliver is an MSNBC political analyst, an opinion contributor for theGrio, and a contributor and guest host for SiriusXM Progress. Her book is "A More Perfect Party."

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Books:
Black Pill
How I Witnessed the Darkest Corners of the Internet Come to Life, Poison Society, and Capture American Politics
Elle Reeve
Current Issues / Politics / Social Science
Simon and Schuster
July 2024
ISBN 9781982198886
304 pages
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Defectors
The Rise of the Latino Far Right and What It Means for America
Paola Ramos
Current Issues / Politics / Social Science
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
September 2024
ISBN 9780593701362
256 pages
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A More Perfect Party
The Night Shirley Chisholm and Diahann Carroll Reshaped Politics
Juanita Tolliver
Current Issues / Politics / Social Science
Grand Central Publishing
January 2025
ISBN 9781538770221
224 pages
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