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Oct 2022
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Jeremi Suri on America's Unfinished Figh...

JUSTIN KEMPF
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Our democracy is an evolving machine. The machine was built by a small group of people who were all men and looked the same. Over time the strength of American society is that it has grown and become more diverse and become very different. Our democracy has in an inefficient, episodic way been able to adjust and been able to at least account for some of that ... Show More
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