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The arguments for and against more powerful local government

The arguments for and against more powerful local government

Aired 07/31/2018

PBS News Hour

The arguments for and against more powerful local government

Clip: 7/31/2018 | 10m 35sVideo has Closed Captions

The arguments for and against more powerful local government

Recently, NewsHour analyst David Brooks wrote a New York Times column arguing that it's time for a resurgence of localism, flipping power and decision-making away from the federal government. Sherrilyn Ifill of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, another NewsHour regular, says that idea fails to take account of the elephant in the room in America: race. They both join Judy Woodruff to talk about it.

Aired 07/31/2018

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