Opinion
Death and Seeds of New Beginnings
In the midst of a pandemic with social and political unrest, a violent effort to intimidate Congress and threats of violence at state capitals, I keep thinking about new beginnings.
Debilyn Molineaux
Debilyn is the co-founder and executive director of Bridge Alliance, a coalition of more than 100 civic reform groups.
Opinion
Death and Seeds of New Beginnings
In the midst of a pandemic with social and political unrest, a violent effort to intimidate Congress and threats of violence at state capitals, I keep thinking about new beginnings. New beginnings often require a death to occur first. It may be the death of an idea from which a
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