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Soul of America

"I sought this to restore the soul of America,” Joe Biden said on November 7, the day he declared victory. Biden had repeated that phrase, “soul of America,” time and again on the campaign trail, but he never much elaborated on it. What did it mean?

Like most matters of the spirit, America’s soul is a question of faith rather than evidence. But a TV spot

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