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Assessing the state of U.S. democracy after Biden warns it is imperiled

Here & Now‘s Jane Clayson speaks with Dartmouth College political science professor Brendan Nyhan about President Biden’s speech Wednesday night and his academic findings which indicate that there is widespread pessimism about the future of American democracy.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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