The Possibility of Encounter in “The Museum of Unnatural Histories" - Chicago Review of Books

The Possibility of Encounter in “The Museum of Unnatural Histories" - Chicago Review of Books

Americans are suspicious these days. According to a Gallup poll conducted just before the 2024 presidential election, only 31% of Americans express a “great deal” or “fair amount” of confidence in mass media.[i] And in April 2024, a Pew Research Center study found trust in the federal government at its lowest in 70 years: only 22% of Americans say they can count on the government to do what is right “just about always” (2%) or “most of the time”…