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Americans Don’t Need Reconciliation—They Need to Get Better at Arguing

  • Article Published November 1, 2016

This article was originally published in The Atlantic on November 1, 2016.

By Eric Liu

A rush to reunion can entrench injustice. Instead of papering over differences, Americans need to be smarter about engaging them.

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