After the longest State of the Union address in U.S. history this past Tuesday, we go beyond the bluster and pageantry to assess where our country stands. A sobering look at what President Trump has built, and dismantled, during his second term in office. 

We analyze plans to build an economy around mass immigration detention, the precarious state of finances in so many U.S. households, and the duty citizens have to “fight fascism.”    

Maria Hinojosa speaks with NPR Immigration correspondent Jasmine Garsd, Marketplace host and senior editor Kimberly Adams, and Jason Stanley, author of “Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future.”

Featured photo by Nathan Howard/Getty Images

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