Press served as Chair of the California Democratic Party from 1993-96. He is currently a member of the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol and was the lead House impeachment manager in Trump's second impeachment in 2021.īill Press is a highly respected Washington, DC podcast host, political pundit, syndicated columnist, and prolific author (including From the Left: A Life in the Crossfire and The Obama Hate Machine). Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD8) is a former law professor at American University and a constitutional scholar. In his #1 New York Times bestselling memoir, Unthinkable: Trauma, Truth, and the Trials of American Democracy (Harper, Jan 4, 2022), Congressman Jamie Raskin tells the story of the forty-five days at the start of 2021 that permanently changed his life-and his family’s-as he confronted the painful loss of his son to suicide, lived through the violent insurrection in our nation’s Capitol, and led the impeachment effort to hold President Trump accountable for inciting the political violence. Presented by Lifetime Learning Institute (LLI) at Bard College, in partnership with Oblong Books and the Center for Civic Engagement (CCE) at Bard College.