Trump Is Back. Now What?
By the end of Election Day 2024, it was clear Donald Trump would be president-elect, winning his second term and beating Vice President Kamala Harris. Pre-election Trump鈥檚 popularity, and on election night he made gains in all seven swing states early on, winning by the next day. In addition to winning the electoral college vote, Trump also won the popular vote. However, this year than in 2020.
A second Trump term could herald , leading to faster, more catastrophic climate change; the ; the dismantling of the ; and .
Jenn M. Jackson, Ph.D., is a 猫咪社区! contributor, assistant professor at Syracuse University鈥檚 Department of Political Science, and author of Black Women Taught Us. They reflected on the election results on Nov. 6, 2024, with 猫咪社区! Senior Editor Sonali Kolhatkar on 猫咪社区! Presents: Rising Up With Sonali.
Sonali Kolhatkar
joined 猫咪社区! in summer 2021, building on a long and decorated career in broadcast and print journalism. She is an award-winning multimedia journalist, and host and creator of聽猫咪社区! Presents: Rising Up with Sonali, a nationally syndicated television and radio program airing on Free Speech TV and dozens of independent and community radio stations. She is also Senior Correspondent with the Independent Media Institute鈥檚 Economy for All project where she writes a weekly column. She is the author of聽Rising Up: The Power of Narrative in Pursuing Racial Justice聽(2023) and聽Bleeding Afghanistan: Washington, Warlords, and the Propaganda of Silence聽(2005). Her forthcoming book is called聽Talking About Abolition聽(Seven Stories Press, 2025). Sonali is co-director of the nonprofit group, Afghan Women鈥檚 Mission which she helped to co-found in 2000. She has a Master鈥檚 in Astronomy from the University of Hawai鈥檌, and two undergraduate degrees in Physics and Astronomy from the University of Texas at Austin. Sonali reflects on 鈥淢y Journey From Astrophysicist to Radio Host鈥 in her 2014聽聽of the same name.
|