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Local Politics

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Social Justice

How Dividing County School Districts Can Lead to de Facto Segregation

In states like North Carolina, splitting up county-wide school systems often results in unequal access to resources separated down racial lines.

Riot police get ready to disperse people demonstrating to denounce the results of the local elections, on February 6th, 2018, in Conakry, Guinea. Guinean opposition leaders denounced the West African country's long-delayed local elections as fraudulent, citing vote rigging in polling stations across the country.
News in Brief

Viewfinder: Local Elections Spark Protests in Guinea

Riot police get ready to disperse people demonstrating to denounce the results of the local elections, on February 6th, 2018, in Conakry, Guinea.

An Amtrak high-speed train derailed from an overpass early December 18th, 2017, near the city of Tacoma, Washington.
Economics

The Potential Ramifications of Trump's Proposed Infrastructure Plan

The president's proposed $1 trillion infrastructure investment could heat up the debate around the role of the federal government in local planning and policy.