At Thanksgiving, an America of obscene contrasts

Is this the kind of American "greatness" Donald Trump promised?, asks Jill Filipovic. An America that is hungry, sick and isolated, even as he crows at the Dow surging to 30,000? That's not just the sign of a cruelly individualistic society; it's wholly unnecessary in an incredibly prosperous one. The pandemic didn't create American suffering, but it has pushed millions of families over the edge all at once. And our government is largely missing in action.

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