Illinois

(I originally wrote this with the hopes of getting it published in a more politically-targeted publication, but none of them got back to me. I guess if it's not COVID-related they're not interested. So I'm posting it here instead. Please share far and wide.)

I would like to tell you a story. It is a story about politics. About how politics works, and how it doesn't work. It's a case study in how, across the country, the very nature of our political system undermines democracy and keeps those in power, in power. But it's a story that also reveals the steps that can be taken to help fix it.

It's also, for me, a very personal story.