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It’s been just over a year since the January 6 Capitol riot took place, and to call it polarizing would be a massive understatement. While some used the first anniversary as an opportunity to advance their partisan agenda, we found a few podcast episodes where the hosts took time to talk with people, learn other’s viewpoints, and start to bridge the divide that was deepened by January 6. 

The tumultuous events of the past year have highlighted the First Amendment’s vital role as a pillar of American democracy. They have also underscored the need for vigilance in defending it.

Journalists’ coverage of these events — the pandemic, the nationwide protests denouncing police killings of Black Americans and supporting racial justice, and the bitterly contested presidential

“Joe is a union guy. Pass it on,” tweeted the AFL-CIO on Election Day 2020. The labor federation, and many of the unions that comprise it, went all-in on Joe Biden, getting out the vote for the Democratic Party presidential candidate as well as donating funds toward the election effort. (Some independent unions, such as the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America, or UE for

Rep. Tom Malinowski is vulnerable in redistricting and his supporters know it.

That’s why dozens of pro-Malinowski witnesses have turned out to testify at otherwise sleepy meetings of the New Jersey Redistricting Commission. They’re desperately trying to prevent him from becoming a sacrificial lamb to save other, increasingly nervous Democratic incumbents.

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