In an effort to counteract displacement in racially diverse neighborhoods, Seattle’s Equitable Development Initiative invests in community-led projects that aim to keep longtime residents in their neighborhoods.
Democracy
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Instead of insisting on superlatives amidst spiking inequalities and insurgent fascism, we should be striving toward policies that are socially responsible and work to establish decent baselines.
This trope will persist as long as anti-Blackness persists.
Initial progress in Biden’s first weeks may be overshadowed by rising obstructionism, and timidity in his own party.
In the wake of an insurrection, reconstruction has always been an optimistic act of rebuilding, reimagining, and recreating our country.
Conversations across the lines of race, class, politics, and religion can have a transformative impact on a community.
The women who took part in the siege of the Capitol are part of a long history of women’s participation in extremist violence, both in the United States and abroad.
The youngest inaugural poet encouraged us to own our history and repair our nation.
With one political party standing in support of a violent insurrection, we need better solutions than just “reconciliation.”
Multiple investigations at the state and federal level—plus private lawsuits—await Trump in private life.
President Biden’s inaugural address focused on bringing the nation together. But that won’t happen if “unity” means we revert to the way things used to be.
They are political polar opposites, but through Braver Angels, they’re forging a path toward productive conversations, and even friendship.
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