Jess Piper is the Executive Director of Blue Missouri and the host of the Dirt Road Democrats podcast. We discuss the reality of living in rural Missouri, the state of education, and the dearth of Democratic candidates across the state.
Rural candidates have little to no support from the state party, but Republicans enjoy the support of local churches. One-third of Missouri is rural, but there is not a single elected Democrat representing these areas. Uncontested races are bad for democracy and without Democrats in the race, there is no contest of ideas. In Missouri, for example, multiple school districts only have four days of school, but there have not been elected Democrats who are willing to push back and properly fund these public schools.
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Credits:
Host: Mila Atmos
Guests: Jess Piper
Executive Producer: Mila Atmos
Producer: Zack Travis
Building the Public Square: Rich Harwood
Black Grief/White Grievance: Juliet Hooker
Housing is a Moral Issue: Shaun Donovan
Building a Black Future: Christopher Paul Harris
Have the Conversation: Neal Rickner
Unions and Democracy: Theda Skocpol
Cooperation Democracy: Bernard Harcourt
Shaping Collective Memory: Hajar Yazdiha
Everytown for Gun Safety: Nick Suplina
Making Government Responsive: Sam Oliker-Friedland
Tyranny of the Minority: Steven Levitsky
Radical Acts of Justice: Jocelyn Simonson
The Fear of Too Much Justice: Stephen Bright & James Kwak
America Votes: Sara Schreiber
Maximum Impact Volunteering: Yoni Landau
Hubert Humphrey and Civil Rights: Samuel G. Freedman
America’s Raw Deal: Kurt Andersen
The Right’s Parallel Universe: Anne Nelson
Use Your Footprint for Democracy: David Pepper
Courts for Democracy: Skye Perryman
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