What Do We Tell The Children About Their Country Now?

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What Do We Tell The Children About Their Country Now?
Credit: oligoldsmith
By Joe Conason — November 9, 2016

The hardest problem in the moment of this crushing defeat is what to tell our children - eager, idealistic, and patriotic kids who want to believe that democracy works and that America is kind and just. They have grown up under President Obama and now face the rise of a very different leader, whose sinister and…

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