Evans Whittaker

We are living in violent and deeply troubling times. In New York City, a teenager raised in Philadelphia participated in an attempted terrorist attack on Gracie Mansion. According to security experts, the attack is part of a rising tide of domestic terrorism that has mostly recently led to assaults in Michigan and Virginia. The tragic pattern of violence on display in the daily news is especially troubling because it transcends any single group or ideology. Americans have been badly divided before.