The Republican embrace of white Christian nationalism

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The Republican embrace of white Christian nationalism

A functioning democracy needs political parties to connect problems with solutions. In the current state of affairs, American democracy has only one effective democratic party. The other one has been drifting toward illiberalism in a trend that started long before Donald Trump became its leader. The...

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