Holding Democracy Accountable: Miranda Spivack

We discuss how the struggle for transparency is really a struggle for the soul of American democracy.    Miranda’s civic action toolkit recommendations are:  Look up the agendas of your local school board and city council, and attend the public meetings Learn how your local and state governments make decisions   Miranda S. Spivack is a veteran reporter and editor who specialized in government accountability, as well as the author of Backroom Deals in Our Backyard: How Government Secrecy Harms Our Communities and the Local Heroes Fighting Back.     Let’s connect! Follow Future Hindsight on Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/futurehindsightpod/   Discover new ways to #BetheSpark:  https://www.futurehindsight.com/spark    Follow Mila on X:  https://x.com/milaatmos    Follow Miranda on X:  https://x.com/mirandareporter    Read Backroom Deals in our Backyards:  https://bookshop.org/shop/futurehindsight    Sponsor:  Thank you to Shopify! Sign up for a $1/month trial at shopify.com/hopeful.   Early episodes for Patreon supporters: https://patreon.com/futurehindsight  Credits:  Host: Mila Atmos  Guests: Miranda Spivack Executive Producer: Mila Atmos Producer: Zack Travis