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FACEBOOK’S CHAT FUNCTION IS BLOWING UP. It’s 3 p.m. on a Sunday in January and the four candidates running for mayor of St. Louis are participating in a virtual forum hosted by racial justice organization Action St. Louis. By the end of the event, 19,000 viewers will have logged on to watch Board of Aldermen President Lewis E. Reed, 20th Ward Alderwoman Cara Spencer, Treasurer Tishaura O. Jones, and Southwestern Electric Cooperative vice president Andrew Jones weigh in on topics ranging from environmental racism to the expansion of the Special School District.

The Reverend Michelle Higgins, one of the moderators, asks candidates what they would do as mayor

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