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Crossroads: Where does America go from here?

Why liberalism became the cultural architecture of the U.S. after WWII, and how money in politics eroded its successes and shifted power from the people to organized wealth

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OPINION — Shhhh! Be careful what you say.

Why? Because it’s an open secret.

What is? The liberal American democracy we all grew up in is under severe strain. The America of strong middle class, stable jobs, predictable two big-tent party politics and national confidence has been seriously compromised. The economic and political choices of the past 40-plus years reshaped American life, and those choices are now being questioned.

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Crossroads: Where does America go from here?

OPINION — The liberal American democracy we all grew up in is under severe strain. The America of strong middle class, stable jobs, predictable two big-tent party politics and national confidence has been seriously compromised. The economic and political choices of the past 40-plus years reshaped American life, and those choices are now being questioned.

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Crossroads: Where does America go from here?

Why liberalism became the cultural architecture of the U.S. after WWII, and how money in politics eroded its successes and shifted power from the people to organized wealth

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