New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie joins us to discuss a range of issues facing American politics, including misinformation and the fantasies of political separation, as well as what he would do to strengthen democracy. "Politics is about collectively deciding how we're going to solve problems and how we're going to govern ourselves. As that gets divorced from how people experience politics, it can have the perverse effects we're seeing now," Bouie tell us. Political conflicts aren't going away, but reforming party politics and the structures that incentivize party competition may lower the temperature, Bouie argues.

Jamelle Bouie is also a political analyst for CBS News and a scholar at the UVA Center for Politics.

Links in this episode

• Jamelle Bouie's website
• Columns at New York Times