Hillary Clinton is speaking out against the Trump administration and urging Americans to get involved to help save democracy before it's too late.

The Democratic presidential nominee, who lost to Donald Trump despite winning the popular vote, has penned an op-ed for The Atlantic where she pulls no punches in her assessment of the current political landscape, which is abundantly clear just from the title: "American Democracy Is in Crisis."

In the essay, Clinton outlines her upset at the administration's attack on minorities, the press, and the institutions this country has held dear and relied upon for centuries. She also takes aim at the Republican establishment that gave rise to his hateful rhetoric and politics.

"In the roughly 21 months since he took the oath of office, Trump has sunk far below the already-low bar he set for himself in his ugly campaign," Clinton charges. She said she had hoped her fears over a Trump presidency were overblown, but reports they were not.

Clinton continues:

Trump and his cronies do so many despicable things that it can be hard to keep track. I think that may be the point—to confound us, so it’s harder to keep our eye on the ball. The ball, of course, is protecting American democracy. As citizens, that’s our most important charge. And right now, our democracy is in crisis.

I don’t use the word crisis lightly. There are no tanks in the streets. The administration’s malevolence may be constrained on some fronts—for now—by its incompetence. But our democratic institutions and traditions are under siege. We need to do everything we can to fight back. There’s not a moment to lose.

As she sees it, there are "five main fronts of this assault on our democracy."

She outlines those as: Trump's assault on the rule of law, noting he believes he has an "absolute right" to do whatever he wants with the Justice Department; The interference in our elections, both from the Russians and from within our own country, thanks to gerrymandering and voter suppression efforts by Republicans; Trump's war on the truth, admitting to denigrating the media in an attempt to make his followers not believe negative stories written about him; The corruption, despite his promises to "drain the swamp," pointing out his decisions are often made with an apparent end goal of doing little more than enriching himself through the office of the presidency; and, finally, the continued efforts to sow seeds of division within the American people.

Clinton explains that while Trump certainly deserves plenty of blame for the current situation, he is, in her estimation, as much a result of it as a cause:

Over many years, our defenses were worn down by a small group of right-wing billionaires—people like the Mercer family and Charles and David Koch—who spent a lot of time and money building an alternative reality where science is denied, lies masquerade as truth, and paranoia flourishes. By undermining the common factual framework that allows a free people to deliberate together and make the important decisions of self-governance, they opened the way for the infection of Russian propaganda and Trumpian lies to take hold. They've used their money and influence to capture our political system, impose a right-wing agenda, and disenfranchise millions of Americans.

And she isn't here for any false equivalencies about how both sides of the aisle are equally guilty:

There is a tendency, when talking about these things, to wring our hands about “both sides.” But the truth is that this is not a symmetrical problem. We should be clear about this: The increasing radicalism and irresponsibility of the Republican Party, including decades of demeaning government, demonizing Democrats, and debasing norms, is what gave us Donald Trump. Whether it was abusing the filibuster and stealing a Supreme Court seat, gerrymandering congressional districts to disenfranchise African Americans, or muzzling government climate scientists, Republicans were undermining American democracy long before Trump made it to the Oval Office.

Now we must do all we can to save our democracy and heal our body politic.

Her proposed solution involves working to increase voter turnout in the upcoming midterms in November, as well as taking steps to update the election process to modern times. That includes abolishing with the Electoral College, making it easier to vote, and overturning Citizens United to get "secret money," as she calls it, out of the political system.

She also encourages bringing civics education back into schools, expanding national-service programs, as well as citizens making the choice individually to come together over common interests and concerns instead of dividing over differences.

"Democracy may be our birthright as Americans, but it’s not something we can ever take for granted," she says. "Every generation has to fight for it, has to push us closer to that more perfect union. That time has come again."

If Democrats hope to block Trump's agenda, keep his judicial nominees off the bench, including his currently scandal embroiled Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, voter turnout will be key. Most prognosticators think they have a clear, if rather narrow, path to retaking the House, with some now seeing a possibility of taking back the Senate as well.

The essay is adapted from an afterword that will soon be added to Clinton’s memoir about the 2016 presidential election, What Happened, published last year by Simon & Schuster.

Read the full essay at The Atlantic.