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The History Behind Polarized America

by David Tollen | Sep 13, 2021 | The Recent Modern Age, Current Politics

For most of its history, the United States had a ruling majority. But during the late 20th Century, that White caste divided into two groups, which I’ll call Metropolitan Whites and Heartland Whites. They have different interests, so they no longer cooperate, which...

Why the U.S. Has No Name

by David Tollen | Oct 23, 2014 | The Recent Modern Age

Today, the United States is a country, a nation, and we tend to think it has been since its birth. But in 1776, and for ninety years after that, Americans could debate whether the U.S. was a country or a complex alliance of many countries, like today’s European...