Americans have spent this week celebrating the founding of our nation. We watched parades and fireworks and ate barbecue. But for most of us, while we did all of those things, we remembered why and what we were celebrating: the amazing achievement that is America. For some reason, a few days before the celebration began, Fox News decided to pop everyone’s balloon by coming out with the results of a new poll that showed that just 39 percent of Americans say they are proud of their country. That number might be the result of many contributing factors, but a recent Gallup poll says that Americans have also lost faith in many of the core institutions that really define America, who we are, and what we believe in.Read More
Americans’ Faith in U.S. Institutions Going the Way of Patriotism Under Joe Biden
