For years, commentators have talked about the culture wars, but increasingly, scholars and others are beginning to refer to a “truth divide,” suggesting that beliefs held by Americans are now so different that we are essentially living in two separate realities. Reflecting on the attacks on the Capitol, the presidential inauguration, and other recent events, David Blight (Yale University), one of the country’s leading Civil War historians, discusses what it means to live in and think about prospects for unity in a divided nation.
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