In Shift From 2020, Identity Politics Loses Its Grip on the Country NYT | Top Stories By: Jeremy W. Peters 2 November 2024 at 17:02 There are signs that society is moving away from the progressive left’s often strict expectations about how to discuss culture and politics. © Doug Mills/The New York TimesProtesters gathering near the White House in June 2020, as considerations of race, gender and sexual orientation became urgent and unavoidable.