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Would most citizens want to make America like California?Gage Skidmore, used under CC 2.0 License

Make America California

Gavin Newsom represents the expectations of the progressive left. But California's middle income earners have seen their wages stagnate — a policy result that's unlikely to be popular across America.
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San Francisco and other west coast cities are in decline; how did this happen?

Whatever Happened to the Great West Coast Cities?

America’s urban woes aren’t limited to west coast cities, but the decline there has generally been steeper than elsewhere. Why? How did such golden cities get so tarnished, so quickly?
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African American children learning about Thanksgiving, with model log cabin on table, Whittier Primary School, Hampton, Virginia. Photograph by Frances Benjamin Johnston, [1899 or 1900].Library of Congress, in Public Domain

History Matters

History has moved to the front line of social conflict, but rarely has it been so poorly understood and sketchily taught. The consequent decline in historical understanding suggests that generations of students will leave higher education ill-prepared to engage or even bother with the past.
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