David Sirota, on tour for his new book The Uprising, says that homogenization has swallowed up not only our downtowns, restaurants, and radio stations but our understanding of democracy itself. In this commentary he looks at the changing political landscape and why what’s happening in our city councils and state capitols is every bit as important as what’s going on in Washington.





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