250 Years Later, Why We’re Still Fighting About Our Founding
The 250th anniversary of the United States reveals a deep cultural divide over the founding myth: one side seeks to sanitize and reclaim it as a symbol of national virtue, while the other grapples with its contradictions, especially slavery and racism. The episode argues that reclaiming a
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