The South’s Changing Political Landscape

Imani Perry discusses her recent piece in Harper’s Magazine, “Letter from Alabama: As Goes the South, so Goes the Nation.” Perry, a professor of African-American Studies at Princeton, finds that for every Roy Moore there is a Doug Jones or a Randall Woodfin, the progressive mayor of Birmingham. While much can be said about the South’s shortcomings, Perry also argues that "the South is disaster and it is also miracle."

This segment is guest hosted by DW Gibson.