We Face Our Nation's Fourth Great Crisis - The Iola Register

Ken Burns: Midterms Arrive Amid Our 'Fourth Great Crisis'

Ken Burns think the country is in the midst of its "fourth major crisis"—after the Civil War, the Great Depression, and World War II. "Because of misinformation, which the current administration encourages, age-old fears and conspiracy has created a sense of us versus them that is fundamentally at odds...

We face our nation's fourth great crisis - The Iola Register

There have been three great crises in American history: the Civil War, perhaps the defining event in our history after the Revolution itself, the Great

We Face Our Nation’s Fourth Great Crisis

Ken Burns in The New York Times: There have been three great crises in American history: the Civil War, perhaps the defining event in our history after the Revolution itself, the Great Depression and World War II. These events tested our republic and our resolve in fundamental ways, but the center always held — elections took place, there was a peaceful transfer of power and the judiciary was still independent. Our core democratic institutions r…