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The U.S. is cracking along centuries-old cultural fault lines. We need quick action to mend its wounds.
16 min readJul 7, 2017
As the United States celebrated its 241st birthday this week, its citizens would be forgiven for worrying that the union might not make it to its 250th.
Divided into increasingly hostile red and blue zones (places where one party and its ideas have been completely vanquished), humiliated by half-serious calls for its most populous states to secede, and…