Anthony J. Badger is the author of FDR: The First Hundred Days, The New Deal: The Depression Years, and Al Gore, Sr.: A Political Life, among other books. He is currently professor of American history at Northumbria University.
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From FDR to Clinton, Democratic leaders have promised a New South-a model of social equality and economic opportunity. So how did the region become the stronghold of conservative Republicans in thrall to Donald Trump? After a lifetime studying Southern po... SEE MORE