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— 20 November 2022 —

Can we fix our battered politics to deal with converging crises?

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We live whipsawed by “polycrisis.” That’s the word historian Adam Tooze uses to describe multiple, simultaneous systemic crises that intensify as they collide, resulting in dire and deadly disruptions. The question we confront is whether we can rouse our battered politics to deal with them. If the 2022 election campaign is any indication, we’re not coming close.

Katrina vanden Heuvel

Read full article in The Washington Post by Katrina vanden Heuvel

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