New York Times Columnist David Brooks talks local solutions to national problems

May 31, 2019
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Host and New America CEO Anne-Marie Slaughter talks to New York Times Opinion Columnist David Brooks. Brooks brings a set of stories to the show about how the real solutions to national problems are as likely to be solved in the local context, in ways that connect citizens to their government and provide smarter, more durable change.

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