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America's birthday blues

Today, Explained by Vox

Jun 9, 202625:50News & Politics

America's 250th birthday party has gotten political. So did its last big one. This episode was produced by Kelli Wessinger and Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Jolie Myers, fact-checked by Gabriel Dunatov, engineered by David Ta...

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America's birthday blues is an episode from Today, Explained by Vox. America's 250th birthday party has gotten political. So did its last big one. This episode was produced by Kelli Wessinger and Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Jolie Myers, fact-c...

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