What the 2016 Election Is Teaching Us About a Changing America
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Deep inequality and stagnant wages. An emerging electorate of color. White anxiety. Anti-establishment anger. Millennial distaste for the duopoly of party politics. What do you get when you combine these? The combustible 2016 presidential election. What does this election say about who we are? And what will it reveal about the future of American identity?
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Eric LiuExecutive Director, Citizenship and American Identity Program, The Asp... -
Kristen Soltis AndersonCo-founder of Echelon Insights -
DeRay MckessonCivil Rights Activist; Educator; Co-Founder, Campaign Zero -
Matt BarretoCo-Founder and Managing Partner, Latino Decisions; Professor of Politi... -
Stanley GreenbergChairman, CEO, and Partner, Greenberg Quinlan Rosner; Co-Founder, Demo...
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