New York Times Contributing Opinion writer Thomas B. Edsall asks this morning “How Much Is America Changing?” Consider these factors. “America is at a racial and political crossroads. Protests over the past two weeks in response to an interrelated set of issues and events—the killing of George Floyd, police brutality, the Covid pandemic, a nation in lockdown, joblessness, a devastated economy and a presidential election.”Each of these issues asks an urgent question at this moment. Given the human penchant for reductionism and simplification, it’s no wonder a lot of us haven’t even been asking the questions. The subtext might be: It’s too big to change.

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