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America 2050

Will the United States still be one nation? Should it be?

Illustration by Doug Chayka

America 2050

Will the United States still be one nation? Should it be?

Illustration by Doug Chayka

It’s 2050. Does the United States of America as We Once Knew It Still Exist?

We asked 12 writers for their predictions—and recommendations for how to save democracy.

Michael Tomasky

We Must Fight for a Better America. We Have No Choice.

The problem isn’t “polarization.” The problem is white supremacy.

Siva Vaidhyanathan

Division Is America’s Natural State

A look back from the future at how it all went so wrong

Moustafa Bayoumi

Why Our Country Is Too Big Not to Fail

Maybe the United States was doomed from the start. And Jean-Jacques Rousseau can explain why.