“The U.S. is in the midst of a political and social crisis. But this country has been here before. Other nations have been through worse and built themselves back up. What lessons can we learn? How can we build a nation we can be proud of?”

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Author and columnist David Brooks was appointed as a Presidential Senior Fellow at the Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs in February 2026. Brooks is a staff writer at The Atlantic, and a regular contributor to PBS NewsHour. He worked as an opinion columnist at The New York Times for 22 years and has written for The Wall Street Journal, in addition to authoring books on topics ranging from neuroscience to ethics.