Mark Gongloff, Columnist

Coronavirus Exposes the Cracks in American Greatness

But it’s not too late to turn failing institutions around.

June 29, 2020 at 9:00 PM UTC

Mark Gongloff is a Bloomberg Opinion editor and columnist covering climate change. He previously worked for Fortune.com, the Huffington Post and the Wall Street Journal.

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“America is the greatest country in the world” is a thing Americans often say. It’s increasingly difficult to remember why.