For all of our understandable angst, let’s chart the good change since the Bicentennial.
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Convention Night 4: Kamala Harris Redraws the Political Lines
In her acceptance speech, the Democratic nominee sought to flip the script on patriotism, inflation, and immigration.
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John Lewis’s Unconditional Love of Country
He always believed in the possibility of perfecting our union.
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Megan Rapinoe Embodies What the Resistance Is All About
She is a patriot in the truest sense of what that word means.
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E Pluribus Unum
Our founders were better at articulating ideals than living up to them. But they got one thing right.
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How This Administration Shuts Down Meaningful Dialogue
Rather than address Democrats’ issues with confirming Mike Pompeo, Sarah Huckabee Sanders attacked their patriotism.
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What It Means to be Patriotic in the Era of Trump
I love my country enough to be ashamed that the president is so casually indifferent to the lives of innocent people.
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Trump’s Nostalgia Voters Love His Brand of Patriotism
Here’s why they embrace talk of treasonous Democrats and will love the idea of a military parade.
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Patriotism in the Era of Trump
‘America is not some fragile thing…We are boisterous and diverse and full of energy, perpetually young in spirit.’
