Table of Contents
Introduction 7
1 Rhetoric and Violence: The Wounding of US Representative Gabrielle Giffords Corey Dade 11
2 The Trauma of Racial Violence Kenya Downs 17
3 The Online Face of Political Outrage Yemisi Akinbobola 22
4 The Tribal Roots of Modern Political Outrage Jonathan Haidt 26
5 Political Outrage in the Media Jeffrey M. Berry Sarah Sobieraj 33
6 #MeToo and the Trump Presidency: Are They Related? Ashwini Tambe 37
7 A Backlash Against the Trump Administration Dave Davies 41
8 Occupy and the Reemergence of Leftist Mass Movements Dan La Botz 45
9 Lessons Learned from the Occupy Movement Eric Westervelt 56
10 The Modern Face of White Nationalism in America Andrew Gumbel 65
11 Black Lives Matter and the Path from Protest to Policy Jamilah King 69
12 The Tea Party and Conservative Outrage in the United States William H. Westermever 74
13 Weaponized Outrage: The Russian Campaign to Influence American Politics Timothy Summers 82
14 Protests, Policing, and the First Amendment Mat dos Santos 87
15 The Impact of Mass Demonstrations on Policy Alan Greenblatt 91
16 Populism and Outrage Around the World Dean Baker 109
Organizations to Contact 118
Bibliography 122
Index 126
