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localism

SOURCE: The New Republic
12/2/2022

Defending Democracy Will Mean Working Locally for the Common Good

by Nell Irvin Painter

Americans can fight both partisan dysfunction in Washington and the rise of authoritarianism and ethnic nationalism by working to advance the common good in their own communities, strengthening bonds of social solidarity.

SOURCE: The Atlantic
6/20/2020

To Avoid Integration, Americans Built Barricades in Urban Space

Urban inequality didn’t happen by accident.