Kevin Phillips has been a political and economic commentator for more than three decades. A former White House strategist, he is a regular contributor to the "Los Angeles Times" and NPR and writes for "Harpers" and "Time," His books include "New York Times" bestsellers, "The Politics of Rich and Poor" and "Wealth and Democracy,"
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What if the year we have long commemorated as America’s defining moment was in fact misleading? What if the real events that signaled the historic shift from colony to country took place earlier, and that the true story of our nation’s emergen... SEE MORE