Opinion

Americans Are Dangerously Divided (And Not Just Over Trump)

WE CHOSE THIS PATH

Yes, we’re growing ever more polarized. But this cultural civil war predates the 2015 Trump Tower escalator ride.

Matt Lewis
Matt Lewis 

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