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cover of episode Trump's 1968—and Ours w/Todd Gitlin: Plus John Nichols on Journalism in the Age of Trump

Trump's 1968—and Ours w/Todd Gitlin: Plus John Nichols on Journalism in the Age of Trump

2018/8/3
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Living in the USA

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August 1968, 50 years ago: fighting the police outside the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, while the whole world was watching: it was the culmination of an overwhelming year for the anti-war movement. But where was young Donald Trump? Activist, sociologist and author of "The Sixties: Years of Hope, Days of Rage," Todd Gitlin, comments on politics then -- and now. Plus, John Nichols says the age of Trump is NOT a golden age for American journalism -- cutbacks and mass layoffs have crippled our news media, just when we need them the most.