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  • SOURCE: The Bulwark
    9/9/2021

    The Conspiracy Theorists Are Coming for Your Schools

    by Thomas Lecaque

    "Over the past year, as the conspiracy theorists have come together under one big apocalyptic tent we have seen organized campaigns of harassment, threats of violence, attempts to harm members of school administrations, and physical altercations at school board meetings when masks are mandated."

  • SOURCE: Public Books
    4/23/2021

    Urban Democracy's Documentarian

    Frederick Wiseman's documentaries valorize not only the institutions but the labor that makes local government function against the odds. 

  • SOURCE: Governing
    7/23/2020

    How Can Local Government Address Systemic Racism?

    Peniel Joseph, one of the nation’s leading civil rights scholars, has studied and written about the history of race and democracy. He has some ideas on how cities and urban areas can begin to dismantle racism.