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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.
Matthew Sitman