
This week's host Ray Suarez
This week, Need to Know travels to California to explore the state’s “experiment in democracy” — where ordinary citizens, not elected officials, are responsible for redistricting.
What’s on this week:
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By the peopleNeed to Know takes a closer look at a unique California plan that makes ordinary citizens, not elected officials, responsible for redistricting. |
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The people’s choiceIn New York City, residents of one district, not the local councilwoman, decide how $1 million in discretionary funds are spent. |
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American Voices: Mayor Ed LeeThis week’s “American Voices” essay is from Mayor Ed Lee of San Francisco, the city’s first Asian-American mayor. |
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