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Not long ago those of us who launched Current took for granted the liberal framework that built and animated the institutions of American life. We no longer do so. While that framework was never perfect, it did serve to structure and uphold a shared American way of life amid profound differences. Our nation is living amid a period of stress and testing, consumed by conflicts over cultural values, social goals, and the merits of democracy itself. The resulting tensions have spawned authoritarian impulses on both the right and the left that threaten to upend our liberal order and all efforts toward the common good.
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