When our understanding of the public library begins and ends with the physical collection of books, we risk missing the deeper story unfolding inside library buildings every day in towns, suburbs, and cities across the country.
Debate at its best functions as democracy’s laboratory, a structured process for sorting out the strongest and weakest arguments for a position before committing public resources or restricting individual freedoms.
Countering misinformation in the public sphere requires more than just a savvy social media team at City Hall. The best approach begins by reconceptualizing misinformation not as a media strategy puzzle but as a civic infrastructure problem.
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