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The dark parallels between 1920s America and today’s political climate

  • Written by Alex Green, Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
imageIn the 1920s, some Americans' concern for a U.S. in decline led to a rise in various discriminatory policies and movements that hurt vulnerable minorities. iStock/Getty Images Plus

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