The Alt-right and White Identity Politics

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The alt-right movement, relatively minuscule but outsized in the media coverage it has received before and since Donald Trump’s election, is the latest iteration of America’s dalliance with identity politics. So writes WEEKLY STANDARD senior editor Christopher Caldwell in the New York Times. Here’s an excerpt:

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