In her speech, Clinton acknowledged several times that many of the voters she met with during her Appalachian tour would never vote for her. The trip nonetheless made sense as part of a larger obligation of leadership.
Making America governable again requires breaking down barriers that get in the way of empathy across not only the lines of race and class but also of social status and personal values. And making America a more just nation requires honest talk about policies that can lift up those still hurting in our economy.
The hard political truth is that economic justice and empathy are the true alternatives to Trumpian divisiveness.
