Conspiracy Theorists, ‘Truthers’, & Extremists: Impact on America?
Katherine Stewart
Journalist, Best-selling Author, & Leading Expert on Rise of the Anti-Democratic Movement
Wednesday, April 8th, from 2-3pm EST, on Zoom
Journalist Katherine Stewart joins The Common Good to reveal the little known but powerful force made up of various ideologues, white nationalists, Covid truthers, militia members posing as ‘concerned moms’, and religious activists, financed by billionaires, who have become increasingly weaponized to attack democracy at its foundations, weaken democratic institutions and reshape American governance.
Drawing on her explosive book, “Money, Lies, and God”, Stewart will decode how this movement operates, why it’s gaining ground, and what’s at stake for American democracy. Her book, The Power Worshippers formed the basis of the documentary feature God & Country, produced by Rob Reiner and Michele Reiner.
Join us and bring your questions.
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY FOREIGN AFFAIRS
"An eerily prescient guide to the phantasmagoria of our political moment."–The New York Times Book Review
“American democracy isn't simply dying. It is, as Stewart observes, being murdered.”–The New Republic
From the acclaimed author of The Power Worshippers, "an indispensable citizen's guide to the anti-democratic MAGA Right in America" (Congressman Jamie Raskin).
We encourage attendees to purchase a copy of “Money, Lies, and God” available now via your local independent bookstore, Theodore’s Books, or Barnes&Noble.
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About Our Speaker
Katherine Stewart’s latest book, Money, Lies, and God: Inside the Movement to Destroy American Democracy (Bloomsbury 2025), is an instant New York Times bestseller. Her previous book, The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism (Bloomsbury 2020), won First Place in the Nonfiction Books category from the Religion News Association, as well as a Morris B. Forkosch Best Book award. The Power Worshippers formed the basis of the documentary feature God & Country, produced by Rob Reiner and Michele Reiner; Stewart served as executive producer.
Her 2012 book, The Good News Club: The Christian Right’s Stealth Assault on America’s Children, focused on the religious right’s efforts to undermine public education. Stewart’s writing appears in The New York Times op ed, New Republic, Religion News Service and others. Her substack is at katherinestewartbooks, and she is on Bluesky at katherinestewart.bsky.social.