Hello from Washington, where we are enjoying some of the best weather of the year. Many thanks to everyone who has subscribed to CivicTexts since the last issue! Alex Howard here, your host for the day. For this issue, I’ve pulled together news, commentary, and analysis from the last
Good afternoon from Washington, where fall is in full swing and election day is just over two weeks away. I took some time offline this weekend to build up resilience for what lies ahead. I hope you did, too. Many thanks to everyone who has subscribed to Civic Texts since
Good afternoon from Washington, where I just finished listening to the first meeting of the U.S. government's Open Government Federal Advisory Committee over on Zoom. Administrative meetings like this aren't usually open, but they're livestreaming this one, including the lengthy ethics briefing members
Good afternoon from Washington, where Halloween decorations are going up, autumn leaves are coming down, and I have unbranded myself to as I rolled past another birthday milestone. I have a backlog of newsletters to write and share that span the events of the past week and the underlying currents
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Good evening from Washington, where I’m digesting another good fall day spent at Howard University participating in the third Democracy Summit convened by the Center for Journalism and Democracy. As in past years, the proceedings were livestreamed and archived on YouTube, where you can watch online. I took the
Good afternoon from Washington, where we are enjoying the best fall weather yet while a toxic storm of lies, rumors, and conspiracy theories undermines our government‘s response to the historic hurricane that swept inland last weekend. As always, thank you for subscribing and amplifying Civic Texts, which will not
As always, thank you for subscribing and amplifying Civic Texts, which will not be sustainable without you. Many thanks to everyone who has supported my work, particularly folks who have subscribed to memberships since our soft launch in April. Please keep sharing these newsletters on social media and forwarding them
As always, thank you for subscribing and amplifying Civic Texts, which will not be sustainable without you. Many thanks to everyone who has supported my work, particularly folks who have subscribed to memberships since our soft launch in April. Please keep sharing these newsletters on social media and forwarding them
As always, thank you for subscribing and amplifying Civic Texts, which will not be sustainable without you. Many thanks to everyone who has supported my work, particularly folks who have subscribed to memberships since our soft launch in April. Please keep sharing these newsletters on social media and forwarding them
As always, thank you for subscribing and amplifying Civic Texts, which will not be sustainable without you. Many thanks to everyone who has supported my work, particularly folks who have subscribed to memberships since our soft launch in April. Please keep sharing these newsletters on social media and forwarding them
Good afternoon from clouded Washington, where I am watching the role artificial intelligence is playing in this weird, intense, and accelerating election season. If the 2016 presidential race brought “fake news” into our national discourse, in 2024 our challenges to distinguish falsehoods from reality have now reached a new level.