Middletown, USA

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There is a sense in middle America that government is not the solution. That Washington, D.C. is broken. The popularity of candidates like Bernie Sanders and the election of Donald Trump are the clearest sign that voters are willing to try radical change in order to shake up the system.

This essay considers what’s next from the perspective of one town which represents the vast middle of the country. Middletown, Connecticut.