The United States of Distrust

Plus: Dumbing down the debate over race

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This is worth your time. A new report from More in Common: Two Stories of Distrust in America uses data from five national surveys that reached more than 10,000 Americans from July 2020 through March 2021.

From July 2020 to March 2021, trust in the federal government to do what is right for the country increased by 50 points…