Schools are failing to teach students the advantages of liberal democracy—and the dangers of what could replace it.
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The Heart of America Still Beats for Connection
The National Collaborative for Health Equity’s Annual Heart of America Survey shows Americans worrying about economic pressure and craving leaders who end polarization.
Conservatives Have Lost the Culture War
We live in the world of Taylor Swift and Barbie, not Elon Musk.
Glenn Youngkin’s Cheerful Culture War
The Virginia Republican wants you to think he’ll end our divisions. He won’t, but his soft-sell might propel him to the governor’s mansion.
What Will It Take to End the Culture War?
Conservatives want to preserve a status quo that the rest of the country deems unacceptable.
The Questions That Will Ultimately Define Who We Are
Can our pluralistic democracy survive an attack by those who view themselves as engaged in a holy war?
Politics Is Downstream From Culture
How Cambridge Analytica was weaponized in the conservative culture war.
People Want Political Solutions to Gun Violence
For many, the first reaction to a mass shooting is to seek a political solution. You can’t shut that down.
The Corporate World Takes on White Nationalists and Culture Warriors
Bannon is out because CEOs cant tolerate having their brands tainted with his cultural toxicity.
Trump Signals That He Will Wage a Culture War
Democrats must respond with more than simply an economic message.

