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In a Pandemic, We Need Democratic Deliberation More Than Ever
As our plague year lengthens–we are but halfway through and already the toll of American dead is 200,000–it becomes ever clearer that COVID-19 is not just a threat to our lives and health, but to our democratic institutions as well. What these often have in common is the attempt to muzzle the political bedrock of our deliberative democracy: public debate of public policy.
Continue reading In a Pandemic, We Need Democratic Deliberation More Than EverSay Thank You Say I’m Sorry
They have washed their hands for you.
From a poem by Jericho Brown in today’s New York Times
Say Thank You Say I’m Sorry
Absalom, Absalom! 