Is America Headed for Another Civil War?
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America is divided and battling many different internal “wars” — over politics, culture, language, religion. Is it possible all this internal division could culminate in a civil war? Today’s episode of “The Argument” brings together Jamelle Bouie and Tim Alberta to assess. Bouie is a Times Opinion columnist and historian of America’s Civil War. Alberta is a staff writer at The Atlantic and made the case that the F.B.I. Mar-a-Lago search is the tipping point for political violence that could put our democracy at stake. Mentioned in this episode: “The Civil War” documentary by Ken Burns “Oklahoma City” documentary from PBS “Bring the War Home” by Kathleen Belew “What Comes After the Search Warrant?” by Tim Alberta in The Atlantic “Why We Are Not Facing the Prospect of a Second Civil War” by Jamelle Bouie in The New York Times “Bad Losers” by Tim Alberta in The Atlantic (A full transcript of the episode is available on the Times website.)
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