Trump's Rise Is Troubling Not Just On

I Don't Want To Romanticize The World In Which Everybody Watched Three Networks And The Washington Post And The New York Times And The Wall Street Journal Were Incredibly Dominant. That Time Has Passed.

I Got In Journalism For Any Number Of Reasons, Not Least Because It's So Much Fun. Journalism Should Be In The Business Of Putting Pressure On Power, Finding Out The Truth, Of Shining A Light On Injustice, Of, When Appropriate, Being Amusing And Entertaining - It's A Complicated And Varied Beast, Journalism.

The Minority Vote Is Growing, Which Is Part Of The Alarm Of So Many Republicans And Why Trump Constantly Whipped Up Their Alarm With His Racist Statements.

The Future Is Itself A Story, And Predictions Are Stories We Tell To Amaze Ourselves, To Give Hope To The Desperate, To Jolt The Complacent.

You Are Losing Because Blacks Are Getting Their Civil Rights In The Cities.