Ahead of America’s 250th, the beautiful people have brought anti-patriotism fully back into style
Narrated by Jared Moore
Art by Daniel Medina
Original Text published 06/23/26:
The New Radical Chic
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In 1986 the New York Times celebrated the 100th year of the Statue of Liberty with a series of paeans to its hometown heroine-of-steel, who’d stood at the harbor and welcomed so many of the city’s immigrant families.
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