Chadwick Moore

Chadwick Moore

Do progressive municipal leaders want their cities to fail?

Maybe they are nurturing the crisis to push through with their singular vision to cure all of mankind’s ills

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Chadwick Moore
Sep 06, 2019
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In 2017, Seattleites nearly elected a slam poet as mayor. The 31-year-old biracial, queer, poetry artist and community organizer named Nikkita Oliver came in a close third to be the city’s top executive. While on the campaign trail at a slam poetry club, Oliver said the best way to push back against the Trump administ…

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