How America's Current Political Divisiveness Compares To Our Past

Published: Jan. 14, 2016, 3:43 a.m.

Mark Grimaldi, Executive Producer of The Leslie Marshall Show, guest hosts for Leslie this hour.

He's joined by Julian Zelizer, a political historian at Princeton University and a New America Foundation fellow.

Julian and Mark discuss how divisive America's current political system is, how that compares to our past, and if/when that will change in the future.

Professor Zelizer has published over five hundred op-eds, including his weekly column on CNN.Com.
He has received fellowships from the Brookings Institution, the Guggenheim Foundation, and the Russell Sage Foundation.
His most recent book, "The Fierce Urgency of Now: Lyndon Johnson, Congress and the Battle for the Great Society" is available on Amazon.com.

Julian's Twitter handle is @JulianZelizer.

Mark Grimaldi's Twitter handle is @MarkJGrimaldi.