Democracy or Disaster? Clinton, Trump and the Health of American Politics

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PBS World Channel National Broadcast: Virginia, TBD/Nationally, TBD 2016

JONATHAN RAUCH, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution is the author of six books and many articles on public policy, culture, and government. He is a contributing editor of The Atlantic and recipient of the 2005 National Magazine Award, the magazine industry’s equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize. His current article in the July/August issue of The Atlantic is titled “How American Politics Went Insane.”

RYAN LIZZA is the Washington correspondent for The New Yorker and an on-air contributor for CNN. Before joining The New Yorker in 2007, he served as political correspondent for The New Republic, correspondent for GQ, and contributing editor for New York. Lizza has also written for the New York Times, Washington Monthly, and The Atlantic. Since 1998, he has covered most of the country’s major political stories, including the last four presidential campaigns, and has written many political profiles for The New Yorker. His awards include the 2012 National Press Club’s Hood Award for Diplomatic Correspondence and the White House Correspondents’ Association’s Aldo Beckman Memorial Award.