Democracy
Newspapers are still our most reliable source of local journalism. Private equity, though, is squeezing the life out of newsrooms as greedy owners cash in.
Guns, anti-Semitism, paranoid conspiracy theories — it never gets old.
“Politics is driven by language, and America’s peculiar history has given oligarchs the language to undercut democracy.”
Arts Commentary: Time to Step Off the “Carousel” of Denial
We desperately need plays and musicals — produced by local companies with courage and nerve — that acknowledge that the cancer of autocracy is here, today, and becoming stronger. That is the demand — will any answer the call?
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