The catastrophic collapse of local news is a global phenomenon. Governments and civil society around the world are considering how public policy can save local news in order to stem the growing tide ...

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Steven Waldman is the founder and president of Rebuild Local News, a nonpartisan nonprofit working to counter the collapse of local news and strengthen local democracy. He is also the co-founder of ...

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Many lovely tributes have been written to Charles Peters, the Washington Monthly’s founder, who passed away at 96 on Thanksgiving Day. They captured his brilliant editorial vision, unorthodox ideas ...

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If political power were distributed based on a census of the founding era, the United States would be run by Episcopalians and Congregationalists.