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A 17th-century view of "New Amsterdam," before the British takeover that turned it into New York. (Courtesy of W.W. Norton)

America's fatal division: Not new

A President Donald Trump supporter (R) places her hand in the face of a counter protester during an argument after the election results after President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala D. Harris were declared winners outside Minnesota Governor Tim Walz's mansion on November 7, 2020 in St. Paul, Minnesota. (Joshua Lott/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

What to do when facts no longer matter

Chauncey DeVega

A President Donald Trump supporter waves a MAGA hat at a MAGA Rally in the Toyota Center, Monday, Oct. 22, 2018, in Houston. (Marie D. De Jesus/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)

Addicted to our “destruction narrative"

Chauncey DeVega

Supporters of President Donald J. Trump before the start of the rally. At the Reading Regional Airport in Bern Township, PA Saturday afternoon October 31, 2020 where United States President Donald J. Trump spoke during a campaign rally for his bid for reelection. (Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images)

Undoing Undue Hate

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Black Lives Matter protest outside of the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wisconsin. | Far right protesters march in Tom McCall Waterfront Park as part of the Patriot Prayer Rally. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

America's problem isn't "polarization"

Marjorie Taylor Greene and Joy Behar (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Megan Varner/ABC/Lou Rocco)

"The View" is totally wrong about MTG

Chauncey DeVega

United States crisis and a divided America (Getty Images/wildpixel)

U.S. polarized to the point of no return

Trump supporters face off with police and security forces in front of the US Capitol in Washington DC on January 6, 2021. - Donald Trump's supporters stormed a session of Congress held today, January 6, to certify Joe Biden's election win, triggering unprecedented chaos and violence at the heart of American democracy and accusations the president was attempting a coup. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Norm Ornstein: "The system is broken"

Chauncey DeVega

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Joe Biden; Nancy Pelosi (Getty/Salon)

Can Biden heal the US? Experts disagree

Arie Kruglanski, Robert B. Talisse - The Conversation

Radio personality Rush Limbaugh reacts as First Lady Melania Trump gives him the Presidential Medal of Freedom during the State of the Union address in the chamber of the U.S. House of Representatives on February 04, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Limbaugh: U.S. headed "toward secession"

Alex Henderson - Alternet

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Rage wins elections but harms democracy

Steven Webster - The Conversation

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, Rep. Matt Gaetz, and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Susan Walsh/J. Scott Applewhite/Wong Maye-E/Salon)

Forget "polarization": GOP is insane

Amanda Marcotte

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Abraham Lincoln (Getty/Salon)

Thanksgiving: Resistance holiday

Amanda Marcotte

Bernie Sanders (Getty/Jim Watson)

Bernie vs. Democrats: Another round

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What's causing all this polarization?

Michael Carolan - The Conversation

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Democracy in the digital age

Dirk Helbing, Stefan Klauser - The Globalist

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SCOTUS takes gerrymandering

Aviva Rutkin - The Conversation

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Dem candidates' GOP history

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"It shocks people"

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How did things get this bad?

Marc J. Dunkelman

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Michelle Jamrisko - Bloomberg

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Ted Cruz, wrecking ball

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