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How local journalism empowers voters in an age of misinformation and political discord

Voters are heading to the polls at a moment when honest, independent news coverage risks being drowned out by partisan voices that are vastly better funded and not encumbered by facts or the truth.

Voters at a polling place at the Chew Playground in Point Breeze on primary day in May 2023.
Voters at a polling place at the Chew Playground in Point Breeze on primary day in May 2023.Read moreMonica Herndon / Staff Photographer
    by Jim Friedlich, For The Inquirer
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