And david daley, author of why your vote doesnt count and the upcoming book unrigged, how americans battle back of democracy. Im a citizen of cherokee nation, a journalist and host of the podcast this land and im really, really excited to dig into this conversation in the next hour. I think its more important now than ever. I think in this moment of a Global Pandemic we are seeing the systemic failures of our government right now. You know, sort of all of the cracks that were existing are more apparent than ever and i think a lot of us have our eyes on this upcoming election, if that election is going to be a solution or make the problem worse. So, steve, i ill direct the first question to you. A lot of democrats have seen a singular focus on beating donald trump in november. Theres a lot of debate whether or not those efforts should be voted on or should be focused on converting trump voters, working class white voters over to the democratic side or increasing turnout or people of col
Of the podcast, democracy in color. Thanks, steve, for joining us. Thanks for having me on. And david daley, the upcoming book, unrigged. Thanks for joining us, david. Pleasure to be here. Hi, everybody. My names rebecca nagel, im a journalist and host of a podcast, this land, and im really, really excited to be digging into this conversation over next hour the next hour because i think it is more important now than ever. I think, you know, in this moment of a Global Pandemic, we are seeing the systemic failures of our government right now. You know, sort of all of the cracks in the system that were already existing are more apparent than ever, and i think a lot of us have our eyes on this upcoming election and if that election going to be a solution or make the problem worse. So, steve, ill direct the first question to you, you know, with a lot of democrats [audio difficulty] singular focus on beating donald trump in november, theres a lot of debate about whether or not those efforts
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Early years of the american conservative movement. So, this brings us to the 1970s and the topic is the industrialization. Were taking up our lecture in 1970, but we will take this all the way through really the 1980s. So, the development to talk about werent sudden. They unfolded very slowly and i will explain what. You tohat, i want reflect on a question that i am going to give you. Do not raise your hands yet. Because i want you to think about it. The American Dream. Define that . O find i want you think about your grandparents generations. Your parents generation. And your generation. I want you to think about the standard of living enjoyed by these generations and your family. Consummate to give me a definition of the American Dream . Carla . , like,g successful and getting married, maybe . Having kids and being able to provide for your family. Prof. Nickerson yes, that is the American Dream for a lot of people. How else to people think about the American Dream . Alexia . For an i
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