We are living in a dangerous moment in America. Unprecedented partisanship, inequality, social upheaval, and structural failures in our democracy have divided the nation and threaten the American experiment. This urgent issue is addressed by The Atlantic’s December special issue, "How to Stop a Civil War.”
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