Is a failure to the workingclass. For those marginalized communities. With democratic socialism in the United States and by the growing membership of democratic socialist and the popularity of Bernie Sanders and representative of causey of cortez to show a future that is more democratic inclusive and environmentally sustainable. In the age of trump and beyond. Let me introduce our guest writing in the guardian and the nation and the New York Times and is a coeditor of we own the future democratic socialism and she lives in brooklyn. Michael smith author of New York Times bestseller invisible man got the whole world watching he has written for the New York Times the atlantic, the paris review author of the new republic and the guardian and has been a featured commentator on npr and bbc radio cnn, msnbc and also lives in brooklyn so now we will turn it over to our guests. After the discussion there will be some words from Michael Bennett later there will be q a and after that there will
Is a failure to the workingclass. For those marginalized communities. With democratic socialism in the United States and by the growing membership of democratic socialist and the popularity of Bernie Sanders and representative of causey of cortez to show a future that is more democratic inclusive and environmentally sustainable. In the age of trump and beyond. Let me introduce our guest writing in the guardian and the nation and the New York Times and is a coeditor of we own the future democratic socialism and she lives in brooklyn. Michael smith author of New York Times bestseller invisible man got the whole world watching he has written for the New York Times the atlantic, the paris review author of the new republic and the guardian and has been a featured commentator on npr and bbc radio cnn, msnbc and also lives in brooklyn so now we will turn it over to our guests. After the discussion there will be some words from Michael Bennett later there will be q a and after that there will
Affairs from all Different Directions into some of the worst tragedies on the planet, but you chose to focus on a small town in oregon. Why lex guest we were running around covering humanitarian crises and we would go back to my beloved hometown and we saw a humanitarian crisis unfolding there. A quarter of the kids who were on my Old School Bus were gone from drugs, alcohol and suicide. I tried to process back. The kids that got on the bus right after me [inaudible] and then nathan and their sister virginia, smart talented kids. One died of drug and alcohol abuse, one in a house fire when he was passed out drunk and one blew himself up cooking meth and died of hepatitis from drug use. Hunter biden the Oregon State Penitentiary for 13 years. So, for a while, we wondered is it something that this is a National Problem that we have depths of despair and Life Expectancy is falling for three years in a row in america and god my old loves this kind of a microcosm to see that opinion across
Particularly because taking a look at a small town in oregon that you come from and i come from a small rural town in oregon and i just ponder how in your professional career traveling the world in a different environment reporting on World Affairs but you choose to focus on a small town in oregon. Why we were all covering the humanitarian crisis and going back to my beloved hometown to the family far we saw humanitarian crisis unfolding their. One quarter of the kids were on my old Number Six School bus for drugs and suicide. The kids who got on the bus right after me a smart talent of kids from drug and alcohol abuse one died in a house fire when he was passed out drunk and regina died from hepatitis injectable drug use and so for a while with a Life Expectancy was falling for three years in a row and it was a microcosm. You saw this through the lens of returning home it could have been titled School Bus Number six. And then early in the relationship over the last couple of decades a
Witnessing the current resurgence of democratic socialism in the United States, as it simplified by the growing membership of democratic socialism in america and the popularity of politicians like Bernie Sanders and alexandria ocasiocortez, the explore how this energy might be channeled to achieve a future that is more democratic, egalitarian, inclusive and environmentally sustainable. In the age of trump and beyond. So let me introduce our guests tonight. Journalist kate aronoff has appeared in the guardian, the nation, and the New York Times. She is a coeditor of we own the future democratic socialism american style together with peter dreier and michael. She lives in brooklyn. Michael denzel smith is the author of the New York Times bestseller invisible man got the whole world watching. And a fellow at the nation institute. He is written for the New York Times, the atlantic, complex, the paris review, harpers, the new republic, the guardian and the root, and just been a featured com