Is Our Democracy in Trouble?

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i teach the 17 96 election to my students for this reason. Ju, that was probably far dirtier than anythin would have seen. After 20 16, there was a spike in women running for office,. especial women of color. It made me wonder, in all honesty, do you think the us is going to stay this way? I do for the first able future, it won't always be the boomers right? Because we're going to run out of them.

Dianne Feinstein’s colleagues are concerned the 88-year-old senator is struggling with memory loss, reports Tal Kopan of the San Francisco Chronicle. It’s raising concerns about Feinstein’s ability to do her job and the aging of America's politicians.

This episode was produced by Haleema Shah, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, and hosted by Noel King.

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