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ESSAY: Home of the brave? Really?

Who will stand up for democracy?

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Anand Giridharadas
Feb 18, 2025
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Only in the song does the one automatically follow the other. In real life, you don’t get to be “the land of the free” if you are not also “the home of the brave.”

As I write this, there are scattered and inspiring examples of bravery all around us — prosecutors, judges, even the occasional lawmaker. But in the main, we are proving beyond a shadow of a d…

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