Documenting America

Washington Post columnist Margaret Sullivan turns the tables on PBS The Open Mind host Alexander Heffner to discuss the tenth anniversary publication of his and Richard D. Heffner’s book, A Documentary History of the United States.

The new chapter “Populists Revolt…Democracy Under Duress” explores the presidency of Donald Trump and ​the digital age through critical documents shaping contemporary America, such as Presidential tweets, Congressional testimony on cyberwar, speeches by Bernie Sanders and Jeff Flake, and Facebook posts by Mark Zuckerberg. What impact are current media and the political climate having on the first draft of history?