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    To Be a Good Citizen, First Pay Attention

    Yes, voting; yes, speaking; yes, showing up; full participation in the American democracy of the moment, however, demands an even more basic activity.
    by Megan Garber Jun 27, 2018 2 minutes
    Source: Mana Mohpayak / Shutterstock

    Here are, in no particular order, some of the things that are happening in America right now: The Supreme Court has . The Supreme Court has to public-sector unions and the labor movement. Anthony Kennedy has that will drastically change the Court’s makeup. A 28-year-old Democratic Socialist in a New York congressional primary. And there are, of course, approximately 5,438 other things—urgent things,

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