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Can Joe Biden 'heal' the United States? Political experts disagree

  • Written by Arie Kruglanski, Professor of Psychology, University of Maryland
imageA Trump supporter and an anti-Trump demonstrator shout at each other near Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington, D.C., Nov. 14, 2020.Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images

Editor’s note: When Joe Biden becomes president on Jan. 20, 2021, he will lead a fractured nation whose political factions are separated by a chasm. In his victory speech,...

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