Jeffrey C. Isaac is James H. Rudy Professor of Political Science at Indiana University, Bloomington. He is a Senior Editor at Public Seminar, and his book #AgainstTrump: Notes from Year One, was recently published by Public Seminar/OR Books.
The word scares people, but there's a long history of reform in this country that is socialist, and some unlikely figures (Teddy Roosevelt!) embraced that reform.