Join us at Sidetrack Bookshop for an insightful evening with Barbara McQuade, former U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, legal analyst for NBC News and MSNBC, and professor at the University of Michigan Law School. Barbara will discuss her paperback release of Attack from Within: How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America, which explores the pervasive impact of disinformation on our democracy and offers practical solutions to counter it.
Don't miss this opportunity to engage with Barbara McQuade as she sheds light on the challenges posed by disinformation and discusses ways to safeguard our democratic values. A Q&A session and book signing will follow the discussion.
About Attack from Within: How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America
Disinformation—the deliberate spreading of lies disguised as truth, whether from opportunists on the far right, misinformed media influencers, or others—is fragmenting America more than ever before, pushing the nation toward extreme views, civil unrest, and violence. In this bestselling book, now with a new foreword by the author, Barbara McQuade identifies how disinformation is seeping into all facets of our society, causing havoc in our voting systems, schools, hospitals, workplaces, and the Capitol. McQuade, an MSNBC legal analyst and former federal prosecutor confronts the ways disinformation is being weaponized to polarize voters, degrade our legal structures, and leverage the political influence of manipulators and authoritarians. Now newly updated, Attack from Within shows us how to fight back against misinformed, extremist thinking and work toward preserving America’s hard-won democracy.
About Barbara McQuade
Barbara McQuade is a professor from practice at the University of Michigan Law School, her alma mater, where she teaches courses in criminal law, criminal procedure, national security, and data privacy. She is also a legal analyst for NBC News and MSNBC, and a co-host of the podcast #SistersInLaw. From 2010 to 2017, McQuade served as U.S Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan. Ms. McQuade was appointed by President Barack Obama, and was the first woman to serve in her position. Earlier in her career, she worked as a sports writer and copy editor, a judicial law clerk, an associate in private practice, and an assistant U.S. attorney. She and her husband have four children and live in Ann Arbor.
