How did America become so polarized, and can it skirt the kind of political violence that undid Germany’s Weimar Republic in the 1930s? Tyee contributing editor Andrew Nikiforuk writes. Andrew is an award-winning journalist whose books and articles focus on epidemics, the energy industry, nature and more. Published July 16, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/07/16/America-Age-Discord/

America’s Age of Discord

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