What Happened To America's Public Intellectuals? They're Still Around, But They Look Different From The Old Days

"The potential market for intelligent discussion is greater than ever. Over a third of the adult U.S. population holds four-year degrees - an all-time high. And because the number of graduates who are women or African-American or Hispanic has increased dramatically, ... it's no accident that some of our fastest-rising intellectual powerhouses are people of color, such as Ta-Nehisi Coates and Roxane Gay." (includes public intellectual "starmap")

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