Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
4. 1 Trying to Save the Soul of America 1
5. 2 The Red and the Blue Endure 15
6. 3 Antagonists and Enablers 29
7. 4 Between the Nightmare and the Noble Dream 52
8. 5 Checked Ambition 70
9. 6 Unrequited Labor 92
10. 7 Energy, Climate, and the Environment 104
11. 8 After the Fall of Roe 123
12. 9 Biden, Congressional Impasse, and the “Broken” U.S. Immigration System 142
13. 10 Trans Rights and the Emerging Politics of Gender 159
14. 11 The Biden Presidency and the Education Wars 173
15. 12 The Equity President 188
16. 13 Invest, Align, Compete 208
17. 14 Biden, Russia, and Ukraine 223
18. 15 Biden and the Middle East 242
19. 16 How Biden Failed to Understand the Modern Media Presidency 264
20. 17 The Historic, and Consequential, Harris Vice Presidency 281
21. 18 The Withdrawal 301
22. NOTES 333
23. CONTRIBUTORS 413
24. INDEX 419