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Can America overcome?

A conversation with Jeh Johnson, former secretary of homeland security, about the erosion of democracy, the threat of violent white extremism, and why he still has hope

Anand Giridharadas
Jul 8, 2022
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It was a strange July 4. A moment to celebrate the country in which the country feels like it’s unraveling, unmoored, lost its mind.

It seems to me even more important in this moment than in most to hold two rival truths in tension: that the country is broken, in real trouble, in fact may not make it another decade as a liberal democracy; and that the co…

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