In this web extra, historian Jill Lepore, author of "We the People. A History of the U.S. Constitution," talks with Tony Dokoupil about competing histories of America; polarization; and dissent as an act of patriotism ... .
This is why Jill Lepore’s sweeping new history of efforts to amend the constitution is so relevant ... A Harvard historian and staff writer for the New Yorker, Lepore writes thoughtful and engaging history.