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Are State Governments Too Powerful?
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28 minutes
Released:
Sep 21, 2022
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Once upon a time, all politics was local. These days, it seems, all local politics is national. And as the states grow further and further apart on policy, and the Republican Party’s opposition to democratic institutions grows more extreme, the downsides of federalism become ever more apparent. On episode 53 of The Politics of Everything, hosts Laura Marsh and Alex Pareene speak with Jacob Grumbach, the author of Laboratories Against Democracy, and Aaron Kleinman, the director of research at the States Project, about the ways our decentralized system threatens democracy, how the right and the left have responded to the increasing nationalization of politics, and what’s at stake in local elections during this year’s midterms.
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Today’s episode is supported by GiveDirectly, a nonprofit that lets you give money directly to people living in extreme poverty to invest in what they need most. Visit givedirectly.org/tnr to send money to someone in need and your donation will be matched up to $500.
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Released:
Sep 21, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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