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The Unintended Debt We Owe Donald Trump
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Trump’s Rhetoric and Racism
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Southern Poverty Law Center. Ten Ways Trump Has Emboldened Racists.
https://www.splcenter.org/news/2020/10/15/ten-ways-trump-has-emboldened-racists -
The New York Times. Trump Gives White Supremacists an Unequivocal Boost.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/01/us/politics/trump-proud-boys.html -
The Atlantic. The Nationalist’s Delusion.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/12/the-nationalists-delusion/544155/
Trump’s Policy Impact and Social Unrest
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Brookings Institution. The Legacy of Donald Trump: Damage, Lasting and Potentially Irreversible.
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-legacy-of-donald-trump-damage-lasting-and-potentially-irreversible/ -
Pew Research Center. Trump’s Legacy: Public Deeply Divided on How He Changed the Presidency.
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/01/15/trumps-legacy-public-deeply-divided-on-how-he-changed-the-presidency/
Social Media Amplification and Political Division
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MIT Technology Review. How Trump’s Twitter Helped Radicalize America.
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Harvard Kennedy School – Shorenstein Center. The Media and the Political Divide.
https://shorensteincenter.org
Civic Awakening and Resistance Movements
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The Guardian. Trump’s Presidency Sparked a Wave of Activism – But Will It Last?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/14/trump-presidency-activism-black-lives-matter -
NBC News. Trump’s Impact: More Women, More Minorities Ran for Office in 2018 — and Won.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/more-women-more-minorities-ran-office-2018-won-n937321
