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The history of the culture wars — from abortion to school books : NPR
By Ari Shapiro, February 2, 20225:00 AM ET, and Matt Ozug America’s culture wars are creating a world of “magnificent heroes and sickening villains” as people fight a fierce battle in black and white, says writer and podcaster Jon Ronson. Ronson said he watched his own friends fight in the trenches, often to their own…
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Science quietly wins one of the right’s longstanding culture wars | Salon.com
A new survey reveals a resounding victory for advocates of evolution and a setback for purveyors of pseudoscience By Matthew Rozsa, Published August 24, 2021 6:23PM (EDT) The bitter culture wars over the teaching of evolution in public schools dominated headlines throughout the 2000s, in large part because of the Bush administration’s coziness with evangelicals…
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How the ‘Culture War’ Could Break Democracy – POLITICO
Thirty years ago, sociologist James Davison Hunter popularized the concept of culture war. Today, he sees a culture war that’s gotten worse—and that spells trouble for the future of the American experiment. By ZACK STANTON, 05/20/2021 05:30 PM EDT In 1991, with America gripped by a struggle between an increasingly liberal secular society that pushed…
