From Obama to Trump: US Politics in an Age of Uncertainty

Lance Selfa is the author of The Democrats: A Critical History

About the AuthorLance Selfa is the author of The Democrats: A Critical History

As contributor Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor puts it, “Donald Trump has been inaugurated as the forty-fifth president of the United States. Writing dismal history like this is dirty work, but somebody’s got to do it and Selfa’s straight talk actually lifts one’s spirits.”Laura Flanders, host of The Laura Flanders ShowResisting Trump must begin with an honest accounting of how he came to power. Part of that pivot demands that we understand how we got here in the first place, but more importantly how we move forward.” U.S. The shock and disbelief must now give way to defiance and organizing. “Lance Selfa’s The Democrats reveals the many ways in which the establishment Democratic Party has not just dashed progressive hopes over centuries but served as a di