There is no ready-made pathway that will easily empower citizens and other residents to better their lives in accordance with the Constitution and electoral promises. That is not to say we should abandon the electoral route. What is needed is to simultaneously devote attention to ways we ourselves can directly make that difference and meet needs that remain unaddressed.
Professor Raymond Suttner unpacks Part Two of his column, 'Voting and other action needed to recover our democracy'.
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