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A history that looks back to a mythologized past as the country’s perfect time is a key tool of authoritarians. It allows them to characterize anyone who opposes them as an enemy of the country’s great destiny. But the true history of American democracy is that it is never finished. It is the story of people who have honored the idea that a nation
... See moreHeather Cox Richardson • Democracy Awakening
“The conduct of the republican party in this nomination is a remarkable indication of small intellect, growing smaller. They pass over… statesmen and able men, and they take up a fourth rate lecturer, who cannot speak good grammar.”
Doris Kearns Goodwin • Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
The most persuasive description of Trump’s ordinary supporters appeared just after the 2020 election, in a reader’s comment on a New York Times op-ed that had attributed his 74 million votes to white supremacy: I grew up in rural America. My home county went 80–20 for Trump. I also spent 6 months in my hometown since the 2016 election. I’m here to
... See moreGeorge Packer • Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal
The Storm Before the Calm: America's discord, the coming crisis of the 2020s, and the triumph beyond
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