For every flaw in our political campaigns - rigged elections, dark money, vote suppression, "Citizens United," grassroots movements have come up with solutions and have been winning reforms. This is the story of People Power in action.

This is the missing story of American politics, given short shrift by big media. Not Washington, but grassroots America. Not stale gridlock, but fresh reforms. Not negative ads and billionaire donors, but positive change and citizen activists pressing for gerrymander reform, voting rights for former felons, exposing dark money, and winning surprising victories to give voters more voice and make elections fairer in states as disparate as Florida and California, North Carolina and South Dakota, Ohio, Michigan, Colorado, Missouri, Utah and more. Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Hedrick Smith travels the countries to tell the stories of successful grassroots reforms that have been passed against the odds, but which the mainstream media has largely ignored. It is a story of hope for leveling the political playing field.—Hedrick Smith