Based on immersive reporting—from school board showdowns in Florida, grassroots organizers in Atlanta, barbershops in Las Vegas, deprogrammers of violent extremists in Missouri—experience the moving, funny, true stories of American Democracy in these tumultuous times. TAKES ALL KINDS brings stories from away and from home, including the story of Mother Emmanuel survivor Polly Sheppard and Charlestonian Margaret Seidler’s story of discovery and healing in her book Payne‑ful Business.