PROOF

Friends,

I do know that that is an “Ask ME Anything” discussion board, however at present, it’s all of YOU that I’m particularly all for.

Day after horrible day, the Trump regime continues to bombard America and the world with choices which can be undermining democracy and harming tens of millions of individuals. It’s not only a nationwide stress check for democracy and decency. It’s additionally a private stress check for all of us, together with you.

I’d prefer to know what you’re interested by, what you’re anxious about, and what nonetheless provides you hope for the long run. In flip, I’ll do my finest to reply your questions on how we obtained right here, what we would do about it, and what a extra optimistic imaginative and prescient of the long run may appear to be.

To kick us off, I need to share with you what provides me hope.

As lots of you recognize, I taught at UC Berkeley for nearly 20 years and witnessed its energy as one of the profitable engines of upward mobility in America.

I’ve been and proceed to be lucky sufficient to satisfy with and be impressed by youthful generations of scholars and activists decided to maintain up the struggle in opposition to inequality and demagoguery. My hope is that they (and future generations) will be capable to study from the teachings I’ve witnessed firsthand — and proper the various methods my technology got here up quick.

I like America and am pleased with a lot that this nation has achieved over my lifetime. I stay doggedly hopeful concerning the long-term future. But, undeniably, we and far of the world now face a brutal set of crises, headed by the decline of democracy and deterioration of the rule of regulation.

I’m right here from 1-2pm PT/4-5pm ET to reply your questions, so please ask me something!

PS: I’ve a brand new guide out August fifth, referred to as “Coming Up Short: A Memoir of My America” – half autobiography, half historical past targeted on why America elected Trump in 2016 after which once more in 2024, and half a narrative of the failure of my technology – which will maintain solutions to among the questions I don’t get to at present. There can also be a brand new documentary referred to as “The Last Class” (in theaters presently) about my aforementioned ultimate semester of instructing my “Wealth and Poverty” class at UC Berkeley, which expounds on the significance of training to democracy, and deep appreciation for the entire college students I’ve had the privilege of instructing over time.