“We Are the People”: Reflections on Reclamation Day and Finding Hope in the Darkness ^49.2%

The Nation - By Fatima B. Jalloh - 7/3/2026, 9:00 AM

Negativity Bias 26.8% - Indoctrination 23.3% - In-Group Bias 20.6%

I have 250th fatigue. Everywhere you look, there’s some recognition of this milestone anniversary of the nation’s founding. New York City buses and subway cars declare, “Happy 250th.” The Trump administration, diametrically opposing the values of liberty in pursuit of its misinterpretation of “freedom,” celebrates the president along... more