America’s 250th Birthday Split the Country Instead of Uniting It. That’s Not New – It’s the Point We Keep Missing.
The America 250 celebrations were supposed to be a unifying moment. Instead they became another Rorschach test for a divided country, and the divide itself is more American than the unity we were promised.
The World Cup Is Doing What America’s 250th Birthday Party Couldn’t
Official America250 celebrations drew sparse crowds and political controversy this July. Meanwhile, World Cup stadiums are packed with a country that actually looks like itself. Marcus Hart on what that contrast says about American identity right now.